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Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi and Taiwanese minister John Deng announce that Taiwan and the United States will seek formal trade relations with each other, including cooperation on agricultural and digital trade, harmonizing anti-corruption standards, and addressing "significant distortions" caused by state-owned enterprises.
2022-08-18

U.S. President Joe Biden states that American troops would defend Taiwan militarily in the event of a Chinese invasion, a departure from a traditional policy of strategic ambiguity.
2022-05-23

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen says that she is ready to have talks with China and urges the country to have dialogues with Taiwan.
2021-01-1

The United States plans to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion in arms, the first such sale under the administration of Donald Trump.
2017-06-29

The International Civil Aviation Organization denies Taiwan's participation in its triennial assembly in Montreal, Canada.
2016-09-23

Typhoon Nepartak hits eastern Taiwan causing three deaths so far, 124 injuries, thousands of people to be evacuated, disrupting transport and power supplies.
2016-07-8

Taiwan and China brace for the impact of Typhoon Nepartak, the first major typhoon of 2016. Thousands of people have been evacuated in Taiwan while over 35,000 military personnel have been placed on standby to help with relief efforts.
2016-07-7

The death toll from Saturday's earthquake in Taiwan rises to 41 with 109 people missing.
2016-02-9

A student protester hurls the book "Formosa Betrayed" at President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan and hits the president; the Presidential Office condemns the act of violence.
2014-09-28

Typhoon Soulik kills three people in China's Guangdong province after having killed two people in Taiwan.
2013-07-14