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KC-135 tankers: The fragile air bridge in a Taiwan conflict

When military analysts war-game a conflict over Taiwan, the conversation inevitably turns to stealth fighters, carrier strike ...
Chicago Tribune

Excavación en Taiwán busca restos de soldados japoneses perdidos en naufragio de II Guerra Mundial

PINGTUNG, Taiwán (AP) — Con la cabeza inclinada, expertos rindieron sus respetos el lunes antes de una excavación destinada a recuperar los restos de soldados japoneses de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en ...

An excavation in Taiwan searches for remains of Japanese soldiers lost in WWII ship sinking

Heads bowed, experts offered their respects on Monday ahead of an excavation aimed at recovering the remains of Japanese ...
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Taiwan Land Reform (1950s)

Following the agricultural land redistribution, the 1954 Statute for the Equalization of Land Rights institutionalized Sun Yat-sen's land-value taxation principles in Taiwan's legal framework.[1] ...
Foreign Affairs

China Could Win Taiwan Without Fighting

The governments of the United States and China both assert that theirs is the most important bilateral relationship in the world. They also agree that the likeliest trigger for an armed conflict ...
NPR

Taiwan opposition leader says Xi meeting avoided 'reunification' talk

WASHINGTON D.C. – Cheng Li-wun, the leader of Taiwan's largest opposition party, said that during her recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the issue of "reunification" was never discussed ...
NBC News

Taiwan test-fires U.S. rocket system toward Chinese mainland for the first time

TAICHUNG, Taiwan — Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ...
CNBC

Taiwan and China coast guards in standoff at top of South China Sea

The Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands are strategically located. China claims the Pratas as its own territory. The Pratas Islands are lightly defended and far from Taiwan. The Taiwanese and Chinese ...
CNN

Trump says he’s willing to talk to Taiwan’s leader, a major departure from diplomatic norms

US President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of speaking to Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, in what would be an unprecedented move for a US leader and a major departure from diplomatic norms. US ...
The New York Times

Trump Says He and Xi Talked Extensively About Taiwan

As President Trump left Beijing, he and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, played up stability. There was no indication that they had resolved any major points of contention on Taiwan, the war in Iran or ...
Reuters

Explainer: What is 'Taiwan independence' and is Taiwan already independent?

TAIPEI, May 14 - China's Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump on Thursday that disagreement over Taiwan could send relations down a dangerous path and that "Taiwan independence" and cross-Taiwan ...