China "absolutely will not" rule out using force over Taiwan, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, striking a much tougher tone than a series of articles in state media this week that pledged benign rule if the island comes over to Beijing.

President Trump said the issues of Taiwan, Russian oil and Nvidia’s advanced Blackwell chip weren’t raised during his wide-ranging meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South

CBC News visited Taiwan’s Kinmen islands, which are just a few kilometres across the bay from the Chinese city of Xiamen. The islands have been on the frontline of hostilities between China and Taiwan for more than seven decades.

Taiwan's top trade negotiator said on Thursday that she had met with a senior U.S. trade official on the sidelines of the APEC summit in South Korea, but could not provide any details of what they discussed.

Lt. Gen. Sun Li-fang details Taiwan's defense plans against Chinese gray-zone operations and potential naval blockade threats from the PLA.

China has designated Oct. 25 as the Commemoration Day of Taiwan’s Restoration, a new national observance intended to reinforce Beijing’s sovereignty claim over the self-ruled island. The measure was approved Friday in Beijing during a session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress,

Taiwan's central bank decided unanimously to hold interest rates steady, citing strong economic growth in the tech and AI sectors, while raising concerns about the impact of tariffs on the island's export economy,