TAIPEI, Taiwan — The three candidates running in next month's Taiwanese presidential election will hold a televised debate on Dec. 30 as the race heats up under pressure from China.

Taiwan's sovereignty and independence belong to its people, the frontrunner to be its next president said on Saturday in an often testy debate with the other two candidates dominated by arguments ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The three candidates running in next month's Taiwanese presidential election will hold a televised debate on Dec. 30 as the race heats up under pressure from China.

President Lai Ching-te is traveling across Taiwan to urge unity against growing Chinese pressure, declaring the island an ...

During the televised debate, his opponents attacked him repeatedly, saying that his pro-independence remarks would "undermine Taiwan's security". Lai responded: "The sovereignty of Taiwan belongs ...

Taiwan doesn't give us anything. Taiwan is 9,500 miles away. It's 68 miles away from China." The subtext—if China moves on Taiwan, the United States would be hard pressed to stop it. Trump has a ...

Since Taiwan’s pro-independence president, William Lai, took office in January 2024, China has gradually tightened its vise ...

Taiwan has the potential to be a flash point in U.S.-China relations. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taipei in 2022 heightened tensions.

The high-profile investigations have rekindled debate in Taiwan over widespread corruption surrounding development projects and public procurement, as well as the independence of the judiciary ...

While the fundamentals of Washington's policy are unlikely to change, there will be heated debates within the administration about the extent of U.S. military support to Taiwan, and if the worse ...