Taiwan

There is much that could be learned from the old Cold War playbook.

Author, commentator and Newsweek columnist Gordon G. Chang debates NYU School of Law professor and Council on Foreign Relations adjunct senior fellow Jerome Cohen.

The way to stop Xi Jinping is to make clear that he will have to go through the U.S. and its friends in order to take Taiwan.

The quandary of Taiwan, a pivotal issue for U.S.-China relations, calls for caution and nuance, not recklessness.

The 3-year-old girl soared over a crowd gathered for Sunday's Hsinchu City International Kite Festival in northwestern Taiwan.

Chinese forces are holding a series of drills to the north and south of Taiwan this week, amid heightened tensions with the U.S.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Wednesday that Beijing opposes any official ties between the U.S. and Taiwan.

Professor Kerry Brown, of King's College London told Newsweek it is hard to see how Taiwan could have done better. "They must be the global model of how to combat this issue."

The health secretary is visiting Taiwan this week, and praised the island democracy for its success in containing COVID-19 while criticizing China for its perceived failings.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar's visit to Taiwan over the weekend prompted scorn from the Chinese Communist Party, but the Trump administration official shot back, saying Beijing is still witholding the origin of COVID-19 from the world.

This week, mainland China sent amphibious armored vehicles to the South China Sea as Taiwan deployed troops to reinforce the Pratas Islands.

The Senkaku islands are little more than a string of large rocks—but they could provoke history's next great conflict.

The survey showed close results with more Hong Kong residents saying they'd prefer Trump, and those in Taiwan slightly preferring Biden.

Nearly half of those surveyed in an exclusive Newsweek poll anticipate conflict with China over the next decade, but respondents were split as to whether their own government or that of the mainland was more at fault.

The Chinese military said it is "strongly dissatisfied" and "resolutely against" U.S. criticism of its activities in the South China Sea, and the People's Liberation Army trained for air defense near flashpoints by Taiwan and India.

"The U.S.' frequent playing of the so-called Taiwan card in an attempt to harm China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity in the 'sausage-slicing' approach is a sheer pipe dream," a Chinese military spokesperson warned.

Beijing and Taipei both claim a small, uninhabited stretch of East China Sea islands controlled by Japan.

President Trump has made clear that the United States will not turn a blind eye to the Chinese Communist Party.

A U.S. military transport plane flew over the contested island on Tuesday, prompting protests from Beijing—which does not consider Taiwan an independent country.

There is no telling what regional aggression might come next for the hegemonic Chinese Communist Party.

Chinese General Li Zuocheng said the military will "take all necessary steps to resolutely smash any separatist plots or actions."

Taiwan is set to receive $180 million worth of advanced torpedoes in a new arms deal, prompting angry protests from Beijing.

China said the U.S. "seriously" violates the one-China policy after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the Taiwan president's leadership "an inspiration to the region and the world."

Hong Kong is a pivotal cudgel to wield against the Chinese Communist Party.

The WHO has a 'goodwill ambassador' who is in Beijing's pocket. That must end.

Supporting Taiwan more than ever is both the strategic and just thing to do.

Ambassador Lily Hsu told Newsweek that China does not want to work with the world to establish how the COVID-19 coronavirus spread worldwide.

Beijing wants Taipei to acknowledge Taiwan is part of China as a condition for participation in international institutions such as the World Health Organization and its annual assembly.

The WHO has been corrupted by China. The U.S. must help build a new organization.

The pandemic is inflaming tensions between China and Taiwan and highlighting the United States' role in the decades-long conflict.