The Philippines is exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan on protecting undersea cables and addressing "gray-zone" activity, despite Manila's one-China policy, which recognizes Beijing and not Taipei, a Philippine diplomat said on Wednesday.

Cinco pessoas foram acusadas de terem aceitado 450 mil dólares taiwaneses (mais de 12 mil euros) para "partir os braços e as pernas" do humorista Huang Yihao, de forma a impedi-lo de atuar em palco.

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The island adopted quotas for women running for public office decades before other countries. The upshot? Today, few of them need quotas to get elected.

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China's military said on Tuesday it had sent forces to watch a US warship that "illegally" entered waters around a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, while further north in the waterway, Taiwan reported a standoff with a Chinese vessel.

Patrulhas da Guarda Costeira chinesa a leste de Taiwan constituem a evolução "mais preocupante" dos últimos anos e podem ter um efeito "altamente desestabilizador"

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The US and Japan kicked off their biennial Keen Sword military exercise on Monday, one of the largest joint drills between the two countries. This year, the exercise will focus on Japan’s southwestern islands, including its westernmost island, Yonaguni, just 68 miles east of Taiwan. Both the US and Japan have deployed new anti-ship missile […]

Beijing has proposed banning exports of the technology used to make next-generation solar cells, a move that could complicate United States technology guru Elon Musk’s plan to expand into space solar power. The ban, which covers production technology for perovskite and tandem solar cell modules, is part of a proposal by China’s Ministry of Commerce […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s advisor Nikolai Patrushev’s recent visit to China points to something more consequential than another round of Russia-China strategic rhetoric: Moscow is trying to turn maritime cooperation with Beijing into infrastructure, technology and logistics that can survive geopolitical pressure. The proposals discussed during the October 8-13 visit — linking China’s Maritime Silk […]

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TSMC expects overseas manufacturing to reduce its consolidated gross margin by nearly two percentage points in 2026, with the impact widening to three to four points later in its expansion program. The company plans to spend $60 billion to $64 billion on capital expenditure this year. Its latest outlook calls for fourth-quarter revenue of up […]

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A questão de Taiwan não pode ser reduzida a uma disputa territorial distante. Nenhum povo deve ver o seu futuro decidido pela ameaça ou pelo uso da força.

President Donald Trump said Taiwan had agreed to buy 30% of the liquefied natural gas from a planned project in Alaska for 20 years, even as Taipei indicated that no binding commitments have been finalized.

Após China sancionar ministro paraguaio por manter ligações com Taiwan, Paraguai declara a sua liberdade de associação com qualquer nação do mundo. "O Paraguai é um país livre e soberano".

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Empresa estatal de energia de Taiwan, a CPC Corporation, tinha apenas assinado uma carta de intenções para investir no projeto, apresentada em março de 2025, agora assinou um maior compromisso.

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A presidente do Grupo Parlamentar de Amizade Portugal-Taiwan apela a Taipé como prioridade, enquanto a AR rejeitou propostas semelhantes em janeiro. Taiwan celebra 115 anos.

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A presidente do Grupo Parlamentar de Amizade Portugal-Taiwan apela a Taipé como prioridade, enquanto a AR rejeitou propostas semelhantes em janeiro. Taiwan celebra 115 anos.

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No 115.º aniversário da República da China, Lai Ching-te justificou o orçamento recorde de defesa para 2027 — mais de 3% do PIB — face à pressão militar de Pequim.

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The 2026 Asian Games in Japan drew to a close on October 4 following two weeks of competition between 45 countries and territories across 43 sports. Despite the official slogan “Imagine One Asia,” fragmented regional politics came to the fore as the event unfolded. Just days before the games officially began, tensions between Japan and […]

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The US military will deploy an anti-ship missile system to Japan’s westernmost island of Yonaguni, which lies just 68 miles east of Taiwan, an unprecedented move that will ratchet up tensions with China. US Marines will deploy with the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, as part of Keen Sword, the largest joint US-Japanese […]

Der Staatsbesuch von Xi Jingping in den USA war, von einem gewissen medialen Spott über Trumps auffällige Unterwürfigkeit gegenüber dem Gast aus China abgesehen, sehr unspektakulär, obwohl Trump und Xi eine lange Liste wichtiger Themen zu besprechen hatten. Da wären die Wirtschaftsbeziehungen und der Handelskrieg zwischen den Ländern, die Frage der sinkenden Anteile von US-Staatspapieren […]

Taiwan’s new American-made F-16V Block 70 jets deliver much-needed breathing room against daily Chinese gray-zone coercion, yet surging Chinese stealth numbers and cratered runway risks mean their wartime utility would be sharply contested. Taiwan received its first two new-build Lockheed Martin F-16V Block 70 fighter jets, touching down on October 2 at Taitung’s Chihhang Air […]

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