Taiwan-US ties are ‘rock solid,’ the island’s president says after Trump-Xi call

Taiwan’s ties with the United States are “rock solid,” the island’s president said Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on the phone, including about the se
The Daily Signal

Xi’s Message to Trump on Taiwan

China’s Xi Jinping issues a warning to President Trump, urging Trump to use “extreme caution” regarding arms sales to Taiwan.
The Economist

Taiwan’s new opposition leader wants to talk to Xi Jinping

R ISK COMES naturally to Cheng Li-wun, Taiwan’s opposition leader. She began her career as a student activist in the 1990s, seeking independence for her homeland and castigating the Kuomintang ( KMT ),

Xi’s Purge of Top General Spurs Questions on Taiwan, Succession

President Xi Jinping’s move to probe his top general and one-time ally Zhang Youxia is the most stunning development yet in China’s biggest military purge in roughly half a century. It also has implications for Taiwan,

China’s Xi, now alone atop his military, is the sole voice in tackling Taiwan

Purges of top generals means China’s leader has a freer hand to deal with the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.