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No U.S. president has had a direct call with a Taiwanese president since Washington switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979.

New CCP regulations emphasize loyalty to Xi Jinping and broaden political screening to include online behavior, family ties, and social networks.

Officials detail alleged networks in mining, construction, and debt collection that persisted across multiple administrations.

Taiwan is the ‘most important issue’ in U.S.–China relations, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said during talks with Trump last week.

The president is set to travel to Japan next week, where he will meet with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and discuss China’s aggressive actions.

‘No country has the right to annex Taiwan,’ Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said.

The opposition-backed motion won 56 votes, short of the 76 required, leaving unresolved disputes over fiscal powers, defense spending, and executive-legislative

The U.S. met coal producer reported a $18.3 million loss as weak global steel prices weigh on demand and margins.

Taiwan has been excluded from this week’s World Health Assembly in Geneva.

Records suggest authorities use a mobile app to assign, track, and rank state-linked online commentators through gamified tasks.

No U.S. president has held a direct call with a Taiwanese leader since Washington switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing in 1979.

Foreign investors will likely be scared off after Beijing blocked Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of an AI startup based in Singapore, analysts say.

The former secretary of state urged skepticism after the Beijing summit, saying Taiwan is central to U.S. security and the American AI economy.

U.S. policy on arming Taiwan remains unchanged despite the U.S. president linking a $14 billion weapons package to talks with Beijing.

German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil has urged the G7 to urgently diversify to counter China’s dominance in rare earth supplies.

The CCP would later officially describe the Cultural Revolution as a ‘ten-year catastrophe.’

Wodian Tech promised shared prosperity through rebates but faces allegations of frozen funds, forced debt swaps, and heavy losses for small merchants.

Residents in Hefei say authorities demolished homes without formal compensation agreements after months of pressure, blockades, and failed petitions.

Taiwan’s Lai Ching‑te thanked the United States for reaffirming that long-standing U.S. security support for Taiwan remains ‘unchanged.’

Northern Minerals, which hopes to extract dysprosium and terbium in WA’s East Kimberley region, has long been a target of Chinese interest.