CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) from this city was feted on social media for rescuing a fellow OFW who was swept away by raging water in a tourist destination in Taiwan recently. Dhen Mark Quitoriano Suga, a resident of Barangay Minante 1, said he and his co-workers were...
Taiwan passport holders will continue to enjoy visa-free entry to the Philippines for stays of up to 14 days after the Philippine government extended the arrangement for another year. The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) announced on Tuesday, June 30, that the visa-free privilege for...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s newest and most powerful of its three aircraft carriers sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the Taiwanese defense ministry said, a day after Taiwan began a five-day military exercise on responding to a Chinese attack. The Fujian carrier first sailed...
Taiwan is best known globally as a technology powerhouse, home to some of the world 's most advanced semiconductor and electronics industries. Earlier this month, COMPUTEX 2026 gathered more than 1,500 exhibitors and 111,300 professional buyers and visitors from 152 countries, further...
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan 's military fired rockets in China 's direction from "shoot-and-scoot" mobile launchers on Wednesday in a demonstration of how it might try to repel a Chinese attack. While the U.S.-supplied system known as HIMARS has been tested before, the latest...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said Wednesday that if given the chance, he would tell U.S. President Donald Trump that he hoped to continue U.S. arms purchases, which he called essential for peace, while assuring people the island 's future would not be decided by...
MANILA -- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. voiced concern that the country could be involved in a possible contingency over Taiwan, in an interview with media organizations including Jiji Press on Monday. "I think in Japan 's case, it 's more about a choice to be involved" if a...
President Marcos has maintained his position over Taiwan, saying the Philippines will not interfere in any internal matter, but hopes that it would be "resolved peacefully." "The Philippines has, from the very start, always held a one-China policy. We have always held a one-China policy. And we...
Recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that arms sales to Taiwan are a "very good negotiating chip" in the United States ' dealings with China are heightening anxieties on the island democracy that Beijing claims as its own. Trump made the comment in a Fox News interview with Bret...
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for his hotly anticipated talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the Iran war, trade and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. The meat of the summit doesn 't start until Thursday, when the leaders hold bilateral talks,...
BEIJING (AP) — As Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump prepare for a highly anticipated summit, both China and the United States say their ties have been broadly stable in recent months — and they are planning on keeping it that way. But many issues are at stake in one of the world 's...
BEIJING (AP) — It 's a verbal tightrope American presidents have had to walk for nearly 50 years, where even small slip-ups when stating official U.S. policy toward Taiwan and China can trigger geopolitical alarm bells. The way the U.S. views Taiwan under the "One China" policy recognizes...
