China and Taiwan have clashed over their competing interpretations of history in an escalating war of words over what Beijing ...

China on Monday accused Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te of "heresy", hostility and provocation, after a speech in which he ...

In the fall of 1958, four countries—United States, Soviet Union, People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan)—found themselves on the brink of nuclear war.

European colonisation was harsh and lasted only a few decades. After the Qing dynasty overthrew the Ming dynasty in China in 1644, adherents of the deposed regime fled to Formosa.

China also says that United Nations resolution 2758, passed in 1971 which stated that the People's Republic of China is the only legitimate government of China and which resulted in Taipei losing ...

China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province, but the self-ruled island sees itself as distinct. ... In 1991, the ROC proclaimed that the war with the People's Republic of China was over.

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te visits Republic of China Military Academy, an officer training academy, for its 100th anniversary celebrations in Kaohsiung, Taiwan June 16, 2024.

Taiwan, known as Dutch Formosa during brief colonial rule, was occupied by the Dutch from 1624 to 1662, ... With the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) ...

Taiwan is strengthening its military and society to fend off aggression from mainland China. In recent years, the people in Taiwan have increasingly identified themselves as Taiwanese, not Chinese ...

For over 75 years, the Republic and People’s Republic of China have confronted each other across the Taiwan Strait, a highly contested sea passage separating the two nations ...

It is "impossible" for the People's Republic of China to become Taiwan's motherland because Taiwan has older political roots, the island's President Lai Ching-te said on Saturday. Lai, who took ...