Taipei's top China affairs official warned that Taiwan's government "will not tolerate" Beijing's active engagement solely with opposition politicians while it refuses dialogue with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's democratically elected administration,

China's tourism ministry said on Friday that it has begun preparations to resume group tours to Taiwan from Shanghai and Fujian province in the near future, with Taipei saying it welcomed the move.

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has held talks with former US Vice President Mike Pence, apparently hoping to strengthen cooperation with Washington amid China's increasing assertiveness.

Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. Mainland China, officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule and asserts that Taiwan is an integral part of its territory, though it has never governed the island.

China's population has fallen for the third straight year, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous nation that is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people able to support their elders.

Groups from Fujian and Shanghai are the first to be allowed to visit the island in a move Beijing says will help ‘strengthen exchanges’.

A growing number of researchers fear that the controversial app is promoting pro-China content and softening attitudes towards the People’s Republic

CIA director Billl Burns believes Chinese President Xi Jinping has directed his military to be capable of moving against Taiwan by 2027.

China’s efforts to entice more Taiwanese people to get permits to live and work on the mainland is prompting concern in Taipei that Beijing could be laying the groundwork to justify intervention in the self-governing island’s affairs,

China says will restart some group tours to Taiwan China said Friday it would restart some group tours to Taiwan "in the near future", a boost to a travel industry still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday welcomed an announcement by Chinese authorities on their plan to resume group travel to Taiwan for residents of Shanghai and its Fujian Province. “The [Taiwanese] government welcomes Chinese tourists to visit Taiwan,” the MAC said in a statement.