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CCTV News
| May 17, 2013
Taiwan is demanding justice from the Philippines, after the Filipino coast guard shot and killed a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters that both countries claim. Mainland China is keeping a close eye on the tension, as China has its own territo...
Associated Press
| Mar 27, 2013
A strong earthquake struck rural central Taiwan today, rattling residents, swaying buildings, sending school children scurrying for cover and injuring at least 20 people. The quake was felt thoughout the island, and damage reports are still coming...
NTDTV
| Mar 14, 2013
China has congratulated the new pope and told him improved relations with Beijing are possible as long as he does what he's told. The country's foreign minister says Pope Francis needs to cut Vatican ties with Taiwan and avoid meddling in China's ...
LinkAsia
| Feb 1, 2013
Taipei's newest restaurant is might surprise you. It's called the Barbie Cafe, and is dedicated to Mattel's famous doll. Illustrations of Barbie in her many outfits decorate the walls and tables. The owner says it cost him $1.6 million to outfit t...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 24, 2013
The East China Sea islands dispute that many fear could spark war between China and Japan is no longer a two-sided dispute. Taiwan has become increasingly embroiled in the dispute and its coast guard vessels exchanged water cannon fire with their ...
LinkAsia
| Dec 21, 2012
Next Media, one of Taiwan's most popular news organizations, is owned by well-known China critic Jimmy Lai. But now, a group of Taiwanese tycoons with ties to China are trying to buy him out. LinkAsia contributor Cindy Sui reports from Taipei on w...
LinkAsia
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CCTV News
| Nov 30, 2012
The Chinese government has issued a controversial new passport that includes a map showing that disputed areas of the South China Sea and India belong to China. While Vietnam, India, and other nations have erupted in anger, China's state-run CCTV ...
LinkAsia
| Oct 22, 2012
Frank Hsieh, leader of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, has made an unlikely visit to China's mainland. As contributor Cindy Sui reports, Hsieh proposed that the two countries drop the controversial 1992 Consensus and redevelop th...
Al Jazeera English
| Sep 27, 2012
Japan and China are in a war of words over who owns a chain of islands in the East China Sea, and leaders from both countries say they will not compromise.
The territorial dispute has caused violent protests and confrontations in recent weeks.
S...
Al Jazeera English
| Sep 25, 2012
A Japanese official has met Taiwanese diplomats in an effort to calm the two countries' dispute over a group of islands in the East China Sea. The meeting was a response to an earlier incident in which ships from both countries fired water can...
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...Benigno Aquino III sent Amadeo Peez, chairman of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office, to Taiwan as his personal representative with a letter...
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...similarly condemned," another Hong Kong Beijing-backed newspaper Wen Wei Po says. However, Taiwan and mainland analysts tell Hong Kong's South C...
— yesterday at 02:11 pm
...off the Philippines. It is angry at Manila's description of the death as "unintended". Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has termed the killing "c...
Taiwan on saari Kiinan rannikolla, Japanista etelään. Yhdessä lähimpien saarten kanssa se muodostaa samannimisen provinssin, jonka katsovat osakseen sekä Kiinan tasavalta että Kiinan kansantasavalta. Edellä mainittu pitää Taiwanilla valtaa lähes ainoana alueenaan, ja usein nimeä Taiwan käytetäänkin puhuttaessa Kiinan tasavallasta.
Alue on kiistanalainen, sillä manner-Kiinan hallituksen mukaan Taiwan kuuluu Kiinan kansantasavaltaan kun taas Kiinan tasavalta katsoo manner-Kiinankin kuuluvan sille. Tämä tilanne syntyi Kiinan vallankumouksen yhteydessä 1949, kun Kiinaa aiemmin hallinnut, Guomindang-puolueen johtama hallitus pakeni kommunisteja Taiwanin saarelle. Kummankaan valtion hallitus ei hyväksy, että muut maat tunnustaisivat kummankin itsenäiseksi valtioksi, koska katsovat, että tämä merkitsisi välillisesti toisen olemassaolon kieltämistä.
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