Taiwan officials and defence analysts are bracing for intensifying pressure on the "median line" that has for decades helped keep the peace in the Taiwan Strait as China begins inspecting civilian shipping across the waterway.
By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI, April 6 (Reuters) – Taiwan officials and defense analysts are bracing for intensifying pressure on the “median line” that has for decades helped keep the peace.
Taiwan currently allows direct flights to only four Chinese cities - Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Xiamen. It will now allow regular flights to 10 more cities.
Taipei, Jan. 29 (CNA) Premier-designate Chen Chien-jen's (陳建仁) new Cabinet will appoint new faces to Taiwan's top China affairs agency to continue President Tsai Ing-wen's (蔡英文) steadfast cross-strait policy, amid a Cabinet reshuffle, a senior government official told CNA Sunday.
Taipei, Jan. 29 (CNA) Incumbent Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) will continue serving in Premier-designate Chen Chien-jen's (陳建仁) new Cabinet, Chen said in a Facebook post on Sunday.