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Gor Gor has made his restaurant a melting pot for Hongkongers and Taiwanese people.

Hongkongers who hoped Taiwan would be refuge find no easy path

Taiwan is tightening restrictions on Hongkongers after years of supporting their response to Beijing’s crackdown.

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Daniel Ceng

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Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong addresses the National Press Club.

‘He diminished his legacy’: Penny Wong, Paul Keating escalate feud

The foreign minister used her press club speech to hit out at critics who take “self-satisfied potshots” at the US, but attracted more criticism from Paul Keating.

  • Matthew Knott
A People’s Liberation Army fighter pictured by Taiwan’s defence forces last year.

‘Serious warnings’: China launches planes, warships around Taiwan

The Taiwanese Defence Ministry said it had detected 40 PLA aircraft and three vessels around the island in the 24 hours to Saturday morning.

  • Cindy Wang
China’s patriotic tourists travel to watch the rocket launch in Hainan. 

‘A storm is gathering’: Balance of power shifts between China and Taiwan

China has gone from being an impoverished nation unable to repel Taiwan’s propaganda missions to posing the greatest threat to peace in Asia in generations.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Taiwanese soldiers salute during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei in October.

China plans to turn Taiwan into Hong Kong, says it will use force as a last resort

China’s state council has proposed imposing Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” policy on the island. It’s the first concrete proposal for Taiwan in two decades.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Nancy Pelosi Taiwan

The two words that are essential to avoiding war over Taiwan

“Thursday is Valentine’s Day in China,” says Taiwan expert Wen-Ti Sung. “They are showing Taiwan a bit of tough love.”

  • Eryk Bagshaw
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Nancy Pelosi, left, bows after receiving the Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon, Taiwan’s highest civilian honour, from President Tsai Ing-wen.

Undeterred Pelosi recommits support for Taiwan as Beijing lashes out

The economic sanctions and military and diplomatic threats from Beijing escalated as the US speaker met with Taiwan’s legislature and President Tsai Ing-wen.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Nancy Pelosi’s planned trip to Taiwan has been criticised by Paul Keating

‘Unprecedented, foolish, dangerous’: Keating attacks Pelosi’s planned trip to Taiwan

The former Australian prime minister said it was hard to imagine “a more reckless and provocative act”. 

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Taiwanese soldiers salute during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei in October.

‘Green light to Beijing’: Taiwan’s fears grow over ambiguous response to Ukraine

The US and Australia should formally and clearly declare they would join a war over Taiwan, says a senior member of Taiwan’s defence committee.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Fiona H.C. Fan, the director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Sydney.

It’s time for the world to help Taiwan step out of China’s shadow

On Taiwan’s 110th birthday, let’s celebrate the reality of its sovereignty.

  • Fiona H.C. Fan

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