Tsai Ing Wen
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Resurgent China squares up to Trump’s US as trade conflict bites
- Asia-Pacific
- November 19, 2018, 00:01
In the tech incubators and skyscrapers of Shenzhen, which has evolved from a low-end manufacturing hub to a southern Chinese Silicon Valley and a post(...)

Gap apologises to China for ‘incorrect’ map on T-shirt
- Asia-Pacific
- May 15, 2018, 13:26
US fashion retailer Gap became the latest giant corporation to apologise to China for selling a T-shirt with an “incorrect” map that did not feature (...)

China’s navy to conduct live-fire drills in Taiwan Strait
- Asia-Pacific
- April 13, 2018, 11:54
China’s navy announced it would hold live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait next Wednesday amid a worsening of tension in the western Pacific (...)

China’s Xi lays out firm nationalist agenda as parliament ends
- Irish News
- March 20, 2018, 06:26
China’s emboldened president Xi Jinping laid out a hardline nationalist agenda as he closed the country’s annual parliament on Tuesday, saying China w(...)

China court releases video of Taiwanese activist confessing to subversion
- Asia-Pacific
- September 11, 2017, 16:45
Lee Ming-che, a human rights activist from the self-ruled island of Taiwan, has confessed to charges of subversion by the Chinese government, accordin(...)

China lowers growth forecast in face of fresh challenges
- Asia-Pacific
- March 5, 2017, 18:00
China’s ruling Communist Party met in the Great Hall of the People on Sunday for its annual parliament with a pledge to continue reform in the face of(...)

Trump tells Xi Jinping he will honour ‘One China’ policy
- Asia-Pacific
- February 10, 2017, 07:13
US president Donald Trump has allayed fears of tense relations with Beijing after he told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a phone call that he w(...)

Trump writes to China hoping for ‘constructive relationship’
- Asia-Pacific
- February 9, 2017, 07:24
After belligerent statements from both sides in recent weeks, US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping saying(...)

Tillerson on course for conflict with Beijing over South China Sea
- Asia-Pacific
- January 12, 2017, 15:14
Beijing reacted in muted fashion after US president-elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, challenged China’s ambitions i(...)

Taiwan, S Korea and Japan scramble fighters as China tensions escalate
- Asia-Pacific
- January 11, 2017, 14:35
Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Wednesday after China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier sailed through the Taiwan Strait. The order was executed only hours(...)