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Taipei Art Week Opens Amid Crowded Fair Calendar, Rising Tensions With China, and a Challenging Year for Taiwan's Art Market

It may not command the same international spotlight as Art Basel Paris, but the second edition of Taipei Art Week is drawing a big crowd of art enthusiasts. Anchored by Art Taipei

Taiwan rebuffs China's protest about Japan PM meeting at APEC

Taiwan's representative to last weekend's APEC summit rebuffed Chinese protests on Monday about his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi while there, saying that it was "very normal" for him to meet leaders attending.

Beijing creates new national observance linking Taiwan to China’s wartime victory

China has designated Oct. 25 as the Commemoration Day of Taiwan’s Restoration, a new national observance intended to reinforce Beijing’s sovereignty claim over the self-ruled island. The measure was approved Friday in Beijing during a session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress,

China Says It 'Absolutely Will Not' Rule Out Use of Force Over Taiwan

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China "absolutely will not" rule out using force over Taiwan, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, striking a much tougher tone than a series of articles in state media this week that pledged benign rule if the island comes over to Beijing.

If China invades Taiwan, these islands would be on the front line. But there's little panic here

CBC News visited Taiwan’s Kinmen islands, which are just a few kilometres across the bay from the Chinese city of Xiamen. The islands have been on the frontline of hostilities between China and Taiwan for more than seven decades.

China’s reunification rhetoric vs Taiwan’s democratic defiance: What’s driving the latest flashpoint

China’s push for reunification and Taiwan’s defence of democracy reveal enduring strategic, historical and ideological divides shaping the Taiwan Strait conflict. Read here
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Taiwan bans concert by Chinese rapper over insulting 'Taipei, China' promotional materials

FILE - Chinese rapper Wang Yitai performs at a concert in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province on March 16, 2024. Taiwan has cancelled a planned Taipei concert by a Chinese rapper after he used the insulting term Taipei, China in promotional ...
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