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Taiwan's opposition parties fail to form joint ticket for presidential election
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more on this: https://sc.mp/oosd Taiwan’s two main opposition parties, the Kuomintang and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), have failed to form a joint ticket for January’s presidential election. The TPP’s Ko Wen-je registered to run for the top job on November 24, 2024. Analysts say the failure to agree to a joint ticket is likely…
Taiwan's president visits Guatemala to strengthen ties
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has held talks with the Guatemalan president during a tour of Central America aimed at shoring up the island’s alliances. Her trip comes after Honduras cut ties with Taipei last month. Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish…
Can Taiwan's microchips act as a 'silicon shield' against a Chinese invasion? – BBC Newsnight
Taiwan dominates global production of the microchips which are within almost every technological device we use. A disruption to these supply chains would cause incredible damage to China and the world, a fact which protects the island nation to some degree from a military attack. Newsnight’s Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban speaks to people in the industry as well as Taiwan’s Foreign Minister about whether the…
Nancy Pelosi meets Taiwan's president in visit condemned by China – BBC News
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has met Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in a visit that has been strongly condemned by China. Ms Pelosi, the most senior US politician in 25 years to visit Taiwan, said her delegation had come to make it “unequivocally clear” that the US would not “abandon” the island. China had earlier said the US would “pay the price” for…
China vows to 'crush any attempt to pursue Taiwan's independence'
Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe has warned that Beijing will crush any move towards independence for Taiwan. He made the comments on the last day of Asia’s top security summit in Singapore – the Shangri-La Dialogue. Wei said the United States is trying to hijack the support of countries in the region. Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports from Singapore. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/…