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| Taiwans central bank has continued to stress to the U.S. Treasury that the benchmarks they use are disputed Yen added | Negative | further comment from deputy governor in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-currency-taiwan/update-3-taiwan-says-hopes-to-cut-trade-surplus-after-u-s-currency-move-idUSL1N2IX03U | 2020-12-17 |
| While the United States remains Taiwans most important arms supplier Tsai has also boosted the islands indigenous defence industry most notably the planned building of eight submarines | Positive | KAOHSIUNG Taiwan Taiwan commissioned the first of a new fleet of coastguard ships on Friday an advanced catamaran that can be armed with missiles during war as the island bolsters its defences in the face of what it sees as a growing threat from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/taiwan-security/taiwan-commissions-new-coast-guard-ships-to-bolster-defences-idUSKBN28L0IL | 2020-12-11 |
| Taiwans coastguard is often involved in confrontations with Chinese fishing and sanddredging ships which Taiwan says operate illegally in its waters | Negative | KAOHSIUNG Taiwan Taiwan commissioned the first of a new fleet of coastguard ships on Friday an advanced catamaran that can be armed with missiles during war as the island bolsters its defences in the face of what it sees as a growing threat from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/taiwan-security/taiwan-commissions-new-coast-guard-ships-to-bolster-defences-idUSKBN28L0IL | 2020-12-11 |
| The company and Taiwans main opposition Kuomintang party have denounced the regulators decision not to renew the license as censorship aimed at silencing voices critical of President Tsai Ingwen | Negative | TAIPEI A Taiwan television station at the centre of a dispute over media freedom that could be forced off the air this week has received a boost to its online presence a senior executive said on Thursday as it prepares to shift its focus to the internet | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-taiwan-media/taiwan-tv-station-in-media-freedom-row-gets-internet-boost-idUSKBN28K0FT | 2020-12-10 |
| TAIPEI Dec 2 Taiwans economic growth this year is expected to be better than originally forecast but whether an interest rate increase happens in the first half of next year depends on the situation then central bank governor Yang Chinlong said on Wednesday | Positive | headline adds comments on Taiwan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/taiwan-economy-cenbank/update-2-taiwan-says-economy-to-rebound-2021-rate-increase-depends-on-situation-idUSL1N2II04R | 2020-12-02 |
| In a brief statement Taiwans Foreign Ministry said there were frequent interactions with the United States and that we welcome the visit of the U.S. official | Positive | A twostar Navy admiral overseeing U.S. military intelligence in the AsiaPacific region has made an unannounced visit to Taiwan two sources told Reuters on Sunday in a highlevel trip that could vex China | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-navy-admiral-makes-unannounced-visit-to-taiwan-sources-say-idUSKBN2820BH | 2020-11-23 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans foreign minister voiced confidence on Saturday that the incoming government of U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden would support a long soughtafter bilateral trade agreement following high level economic talks with the outgoing administration | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans foreign minister voiced confidence on Saturday that the incoming government of U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden would support a long soughtafter bilateral trade agreement following high level economic talks with the outgoing administration | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-taiwan/taiwan-voices-confidence-in-trade-deal-with-new-u-s-government-idUSKBN2802VV | 2020-11-21 |
| Taiwans Foreign Ministry said Wu had extended the invite to Wheeler last year and that it would announce details at an appropriate | Positive | TAIPEI The cabinetlevel head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Andrew Wheeler will visit Taiwan the islands premier said on Friday in what will be the third visit by a senior U.S. official since August drawing anger from Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa-diplomacy/taiwan-says-trump-cabinet-member-to-visit-angering-china-idUSKBN28005R | 2020-11-20 |
| The Kuomintang Taiwans main opposition party said it opposed the decision as it could have a chilling effect strongly impacting press | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan refused on Wednesday to renew the license of a news channel widely seen as proChina effectively shutting it down citing evidence of interference from a Beijingfriendly tycoon amid fears over Chinas campaign to win support on the island | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-taiwan-media-china/taiwan-to-shut-down-china-friendly-tycoons-news-channel-idUSKBN27Y0YA | 2020-11-19 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans air force has grounded its F16 fleet after losing a plane on a training mission President Tsai Ingwen said on Wednesday the second loss of a fighter jet in less than a month at a time of increased missions to intercept Chinese aircraft | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans air force has grounded its F16 fleet after losing a plane on a training mission President Tsai Ingwen said on Wednesday the second loss of a fighter jet in less than a month at a time of increased missions to intercept Chinese aircraft | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-defence/taiwan-grounds-f-16s-after-second-fighter-accident-in-less-than-a-month-idUSKBN27Y08V | 2020-11-18 |
| Last month Taiwans defence minister said nearly million had been spent this year on scrambling the air force against Chinese incursions describing the pressure they are facing as | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans air force has grounded its F16 fleet after losing a plane on a training mission President Tsai Ingwen said on Wednesday the second loss of a fighter jet in less than a month at a time of increased missions to intercept Chinese aircraft | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-defence/taiwan-grounds-f-16s-after-second-fighter-accident-in-less-than-a-month-idUSKBN27Y08V | 2020-11-18 |
| Hsiao Bikhim Taiwans representative in Washington and close to Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen spoke to Blinken by telephone to convey Taiwans congratulations to Biden Hsiao said on Twitter on Saturday | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan hopes to continue its close cooperation with the United States the islands de facto U.S. ambassador told Antony Blinken a longtime confidant of Presidentelect Joe Biden as Taiwan moves to shore up ties with the new administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-taiwan/taiwan-hopes-for-close-u-s-cooperation-in-call-with-biden-adviser-idUSKBN27V030 | 2020-11-15 |
| TAIPEI Chinas efforts to block Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic will only increase the worlds hostility towards the country the islands premier said on Tuesday | Negative | TAIPEI Chinas efforts to block Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic will only increase the worlds hostility towards the country the islands premier said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-taiwan/blocking-taiwan-at-who-will-increase-hostility-to-china-premier-says-idUSKBN27Q0HX | 2020-11-10 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans top China policy maker on Monday sought to reassure nervous lawmakers that Democrat Joe Biden will continue U.S. support for the Chineseclaimed island which has benefited from strong backing by the outgoing administration of Donald Trump | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans top China policy maker on Monday sought to reassure nervous lawmakers that Democrat Joe Biden will continue U.S. support for the Chineseclaimed island which has benefited from strong backing by the outgoing administration of Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-taiwan/dont-worry-pro-trump-taiwan-seeks-to-reassure-over-biden-idUSKBN27P0BZ | 2020-11-09 |
| But Chen Mingtong who heads Taiwans Mainland Affairs Council repeatedly reassured lawmakers a fundamental change in U.S. support for Taiwan was unlikely | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans top China policy maker on Monday sought to reassure nervous lawmakers that Democrat Joe Biden will continue U.S. support for the Chineseclaimed island which has benefited from strong backing by the outgoing administration of Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-taiwan/dont-worry-pro-trump-taiwan-seeks-to-reassure-over-biden-idUSKBN27P0BZ | 2020-11-09 |
| Taiwans UMC has pleaded guilty to trade secret theft in the United States and will pay a million fine in a case where it was accused of helping a Chinese stateowned chipmaker steal secrets from Micron Technology Inc | Negative | Taiwans UMC has pleaded guilty to trade secret theft in the United States and will pay a million fine in a case where it was accused of helping a Chinese stateowned chipmaker steal secrets from Micron Technology Inc | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-united-microelectronics-usa/taiwan-chipmaker-umc-pleads-guilty-to-trade-secret-theft-fined-60-million-idUSKBN27D3D2 | 2020-10-29 |
| TAIPEI Hundreds of people rallied in Taiwans capital on Sunday to call for China to release 12 Hong Kong people arrested at sea by mainland authorities in part of a global campaign to support the prodemocracy movement in the financial hub | Negative | TAIPEI Hundreds of people rallied in Taiwans capital on Sunday to call for China to release 12 Hong Kong people arrested at sea by mainland authorities in part of a global campaign to support the prodemocracy movement in the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-security/hundreds-rally-in-taiwan-call-for-release-of-12-hong-kong-people-arrested-by-china-idUSKBN27A08K | 2020-10-25 |
| Taiwans armed forces are dwarfed by Chinas which are expanding their capability with impressive new weapons like aircraft carriers and stealth fighters | Negative | China threatened on Thursday to retaliate against the latest U.S. arms sale to Chineseclaimed Taiwan as the island welcomed the weapons package but said it was not looking to get into an arms race with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms/china-threatens-retaliation-over-new-u-s-arms-sales-to-taiwan-idUSKBN2770C6 | 2020-10-23 |
| Johnny Chiang leader of Taiwans main opposition Kuomintang party asked on his Facebook page whether China had just dangerously ramped up the stakes | Negative | TAIPEI Hong Kong air traffic controllers told Taiwan there was danger until further notice on a flight path to Taiwanesecontrolled islands in the South China Sea Taipei said on Friday a case that has raised fears Beijing may try and blockade the islets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-hongkong/taiwan-says-hong-kong-warned-of-ongoing-danger-after-south-china-sea-flight-blocked-idUSKBN27121B | 2020-10-17 |
| Asked about Taiwans spying in China both sides have long accused each other of running espionage networks Su said Taiwan did not do that anymore and did not need to | Negative | TAIPEI China has opened a new front in its pressure campaign against Taiwan with a series of spying allegations and confessions aired on state television denounced on the democratic island as entrapment and another reason for people to fear visiting China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/china-uses-new-tactic-in-campaign-against-taiwan-with-spy-accusations-idUSKBN26Z0IA | 2020-10-15 |
| China under its Thunder2020 campaign has cracked hundreds of cases orchestrated by Taiwans intelligence forces to infiltrate and and set up a network of spies state television said | Negative | TAIPEI China has opened a new front in its pressure campaign against Taiwan with a series of spying allegations and confessions aired on state television denounced on the democratic island as entrapment and another reason for people to fear visiting China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/china-uses-new-tactic-in-campaign-against-taiwan-with-spy-accusations-idUSKBN26Z0IA | 2020-10-15 |
| Taiwans representative office in Washington said it had no comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to Taiwan sending in recent days a notification of the deals to Congress for approval five sources familiar with the situation said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/white-house-moves-forward-on-three-arms-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26X246 | 2020-10-13 |
| If Beijing can heed Taiwans voice and jointly facilitate reconciliation and peaceful dialogue regional tension can surely be resolved she added | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan wants to have meaningful with China on an equal basis President Tsai Ingwen said on Saturday extending an olive branch at a time of heightened military tension with Beijing which claims the island as sovereign Chinese territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-politics/taiwan-president-calls-for-meaningful-dialogue-with-china-idUSKBN26V03P | 2020-10-10 |
| Still she has made strengthening Taiwans armed forces a priority and said she would keep pushing this upholding the principle of neither seeking war nor fearing it | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan wants to have meaningful with China on an equal basis President Tsai Ingwen said on Saturday extending an olive branch at a time of heightened military tension with Beijing which claims the island as sovereign Chinese territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-politics/taiwan-president-calls-for-meaningful-dialogue-with-china-idUSKBN26V03P | 2020-10-10 |
| TAIPEI Oct 7 Taiwans exports rose in September boosted again by Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd rushing to get in orders at Taiwanese firms before they had to comply with U.S. curbs that took effect last month | Positive | adds details | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/taiwan-economy-exports/update-1-huawei-stockpiling-drives-taiwan-sept-exports-up-for-second-month-idUSL3N2GJ0S2 | 2020-10-08 |
| Taiwans manufacturers are a key part of the global supply chain for tech giants such as Apple Inc | Positive | adds details | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/taiwan-economy-exports/update-1-huawei-stockpiling-drives-taiwan-sept-exports-up-for-second-month-idUSL3N2GJ0S2 | 2020-10-08 |
| On Tuesday the senior U.S. defense official for East Asia called Taiwans plan to boost defense spending by | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. national security adviser warned China on Wednesday against any attempt to take Taiwan by force saying amphibious landings were notoriously difficult and there was a lot of ambiguity about how the United States would respond | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-taiwan/u-s-warns-china-against-taiwan-attack-stresses-u-s-ambiguity-idUSKBN26T01W | 2020-10-08 |
| Taiwans Defense Ministry in a response provided to Reuters said they will strive for an adequate in accordance with their needs to build a solid national defense force | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. national security adviser warned China on Wednesday against any attempt to take Taiwan by force saying amphibious landings were notoriously difficult and there was a lot of ambiguity about how the United States would respond | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-china-taiwan/u-s-warns-china-against-taiwan-attack-stresses-u-s-ambiguity-idUSKBN26T01W | 2020-10-08 |
| Yen said that the armed forces would this month carry out their own drills off Taiwans southwest coast though they would not be live fire | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan has spent almost million this year on scrambling its air force against Chinese incursions the islands defence minister said on Wednesday describing the pressure they are facing as | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-taiwan-security/taiwan-says-has-spent-almost-900-million-scrambling-against-china-this-year-idUSKBN26S0K6 | 2020-10-07 |
| WASHINGTON A senior U.S. defence official said on Tuesday Taiwans plan to boost defense spending by | Positive | WASHINGTON A senior U.S. defence official said on Tuesday Taiwans plan to boost defense spending by | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-china/u-s-says-taiwan-military-budget-boost-insufficient-for-resilient-defense-idUSKBN26R3SH | 2020-10-07 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans military has launched aircraft to intercept Chinese planes more than twice as much as all of last year the islands defence ministry said describing Taiwan as facing severe security challenges from its huge neighbour | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans military has launched aircraft to intercept Chinese planes more than twice as much as all of last year the islands defence ministry said describing Taiwan as facing severe security challenges from its huge neighbour | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-security/taiwan-says-military-under-pressure-from-china-as-missions-mount-idUSKBN26R0EE | 2020-10-06 |
| While the United States like most countries does not officially recognise Taiwans government it is its main supplier of arms and strongest internationally backer | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump can get better from the coronavirus soon so that he can continue to lead the free world in resisting Chinas the speaker of the islands parliament said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-taiwan/taiwan-hopes-trump-gets-better-so-he-can-keep-resisting-china-idUSKBN26Q0DA | 2020-10-05 |
| Taiwans defence ministry said the Canadian corvette had sailed into the Taiwan Strait from the South China Sea and was heading in a northerly direction after leaving the waterway | Negative | TAIPEI A Canadian warship has sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait the islands defence ministry said on Saturday a voyage that comes at a time of heightened military tension between China and Taiwan and which could anger Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-canada/canadian-warship-sails-near-taiwan-at-time-of-heightened-china-tension-idUSKBN26O0E3 | 2020-10-04 |
| Taiwans armed forces monitored the ship while it was in the strait it said adding that the situation was normal | Neutral | TAIPEI A Canadian warship has sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait the islands defence ministry said on Saturday a voyage that comes at a time of heightened military tension between China and Taiwan and which could anger Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-canada/canadian-warship-sails-near-taiwan-at-time-of-heightened-china-tension-idUSKBN26O0E3 | 2020-10-04 |
| The plan sets up a working group led by the U.S. Treasury Department and Taiwans Finance Ministry to identify and promote public and private sector collaboration in infrastructure investment | Positive | TAIPEI The United States and Taiwan will work together on infrastructure projects in the IndoPacific region and Latin America officials said on Wednesday in an implicit pushback for Chinas own massive regional investment plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy-usa/u-s-taiwan-to-team-up-on-infrastructure-in-pushback-against-china-idUSKBN26L1ZD | 2020-10-01 |
| Premier Su Tsengchang also speaking in parliament said attackers would have to pay a heavy price as Taiwans people would tenaciously defend themselves and their land | Positive | TAIPEI There are no signs that China is preparing for allout war with Taiwan such as massing troops along its eastern coast Taiwans defence chief said on Tuesday after repeated Chinese drills near the island that China claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-defence-chief-says-no-signs-china-is-preparing-for-war-idUSKBN26K1LK | 2020-09-30 |
| TAIPEI There are no signs that China is preparing for allout war with Taiwan such as massing troops along its eastern coast Taiwans defence chief said on Tuesday after repeated Chinese drills near the island that China claims as its own | Negative | TAIPEI There are no signs that China is preparing for allout war with Taiwan such as massing troops along its eastern coast Taiwans defence chief said on Tuesday after repeated Chinese drills near the island that China claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-defence-chief-says-no-signs-china-is-preparing-for-war-idUSKBN26K1LK | 2020-09-30 |
| Last week in an apparent warning to China the defence ministry said Taiwans armed forces have the right to selfdefence and counterattack amid harassment and | Negative | TAIPEI There are no signs that China is preparing for allout war with Taiwan such as massing troops along its eastern coast Taiwans defence chief said on Tuesday after repeated Chinese drills near the island that China claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-defence-chief-says-no-signs-china-is-preparing-for-war-idUSKBN26K1LK | 2020-09-30 |
| Taiwans military is well armed and well trained but dwarfed by that of Chinas which is busy adding advanced new equipment such as stealth fighters | Negative | TAIPEI There are no signs that China is preparing for allout war with Taiwan such as massing troops along its eastern coast Taiwans defence chief said on Tuesday after repeated Chinese drills near the island that China claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-defence-chief-says-no-signs-china-is-preparing-for-war-idUSKBN26K1LK | 2020-09-30 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans armed forces have held antilanding drills on one of its offshore islands close to China amid rising tensions with Beijing the islands defence ministry said on Friday showing images of a cannon firing and soldiers loading the guns | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans armed forces have held antilanding drills on one of its offshore islands close to China amid rising tensions with Beijing the islands defence ministry said on Friday showing images of a cannon firing and soldiers loading the guns | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-security/taiwan-holds-anti-landing-drill-on-frontline-island-with-china-idUSKCN26G1CC | 2020-09-26 |
| Taiwans Defence Ministry said the drills to repel a landing took place on the Matsu archipelago which lies just offshore the Chinese city of Fuzhou | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans armed forces have held antilanding drills on one of its offshore islands close to China amid rising tensions with Beijing the islands defence ministry said on Friday showing images of a cannon firing and soldiers loading the guns | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-security/taiwan-holds-anti-landing-drill-on-frontline-island-with-china-idUSKCN26G1CC | 2020-09-26 |
| Taiwans defence ministry said it had clearly procedures for a first response amid high frequency of harassment and threats from the enemys warships and aircraft this | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan said on Monday its armed forces have the right to selfdefence and counterattack amid harassment and in an apparent warning to China which last week sent numerous jets across the midline of the sensitive Taiwan Strait | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-military-says-it-has-right-to-counterattack-amid-china-threats-idUSKCN26C0F4 | 2020-09-22 |
| The ROCAF Taiwans air force has scrambled frequently in recent months in response to Chinese intrusions | Negative | Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island crossing the sensitive midline of the Taiwan Strait in response to a senior U.S. official holding talks in Taipei | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-usa-china/taiwan-scrambles-jets-as-18-chinese-planes-buzz-during-u-s-visit-idUSKBN2690AS | 2020-09-19 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans presidential office urged China on Friday to exercise restraint saying its recent aggressive behaviour in the Taiwan Strait and surrounding region did not help its international image | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans presidential office urged China on Friday to exercise restraint saying its recent aggressive behaviour in the Taiwan Strait and surrounding region did not help its international image | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-government/taiwan-urges-china-to-show-restraint-amid-military-tensions-idUSKBN26916D | 2020-09-19 |
| Taiwans presidential office urged China to exercise restraint and urged the Taiwanese not to be alarmed saying the military had a grasp on the situation | Negative | Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island crossing the sensitive midline of the Taiwan Strait in response to a senior U.S. official holding talks in Taipei | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-usa-china/taiwan-scrambles-jets-as-18-chinese-planes-buzz-during-u-s-visit-idUSKBN2690AS | 2020-09-19 |
| Presidential office spokesman Xavier Chang told reporters that Taiwans armed forces had a good grasp of the situation and urged people not to be alarmed | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans presidential office urged China on Friday to exercise restraint saying its recent aggressive behaviour in the Taiwan Strait and surrounding region did not help its international image | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-government/taiwan-urges-china-to-show-restraint-amid-military-tensions-idUSKBN26916D | 2020-09-19 |
| for ending autocratic rule in favor of free elections and championing Taiwans separate identity from China as Beijing again sent jets close to the island | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan bid farewell on Saturday to former president Lee Tenghui dubbed Mr | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-lee/in-shadow-of-china-war-games-taiwan-bids-farewell-to-mr-democracy-idUSKBN26A05O | 2020-09-19 |
| It said Taiwans air force scrambled fighters and deployed air defense missile system to monitor the activities | Negative | TAIPEI Sept 19 Taiwan said on Saturday it scrambled jets in response to the approach of Chinese jets for the second day in a row escalating tensions further as a senior U.S. official was on the island for talks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/taiwan-usa-china/taiwan-scrambles-jets-for-second-day-as-chinese-jets-buzz-island-idUSL4N2GG040 | 2020-09-19 |
| Here are some facts about Taiwans relations with China and the United States and why the issue is so sensitive | Negative | Tensions escalated in Taiwan during a visit by U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island prompting Taiwan to scramble fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-china-factbox/factbox-taiwan-china-and-the-united-states-idUSKBN2691DL | 2020-09-19 |
| But Taiwans armed forces are well trained and President Tsai has made their modernisation a priority | Negative | Tensions escalated in Taiwan during a visit by U.S. Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island prompting Taiwan to scramble fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-china-factbox/factbox-taiwan-china-and-the-united-states-idUSKBN2691DL | 2020-09-19 |
| In a statement on its Facebook page Taiwans Chinese Wild Bird Federation said the Cambridgebased BirdLife International had removed it as a partner organisation | Negative | September 15 story corrects to show general assembly was held by Chinese Wild Bird Federation not Birdlife in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-environment-politics/taiwan-conservationists-say-kicked-out-of-global-bird-group-in-china-row-idUSKBN2661G4 | 2020-09-18 |
| TAIPEI Two Chinese antisubmarine aircraft flew into Taiwans air defence identification zone on Wednesday and were warned to leave by Taiwans air force the islands defence ministry said on Thursday the day a senior U.S. official is due to arrive | Negative | TAIPEI Two Chinese antisubmarine aircraft flew into Taiwans air defence identification zone on Wednesday and were warned to leave by Taiwans air force the islands defence ministry said on Thursday the day a senior U.S. official is due to arrive | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-security/taiwan-says-chinese-anti-submarine-aircraft-off-its-coast-idUSKBN26800Z | 2020-09-17 |
| Taiwans Defence Ministry said the two Chinese antisubmarine aircraft flew around the same air space to its southwest and were given verbal warnings over radio to leave | Negative | TAIPEI Two Chinese antisubmarine aircraft flew into Taiwans air defence identification zone on Wednesday and were warned to leave by Taiwans air force the islands defence ministry said on Thursday the day a senior U.S. official is due to arrive | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-security/taiwan-says-chinese-anti-submarine-aircraft-off-its-coast-idUSKBN26800Z | 2020-09-17 |
| Taiwans military is welltrained and wellequipped with mostly U.S.made hardware but China has a huge numerical superiority and is adding advanced equipment of its own | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States plans to sell as many as seven major weapons systems including mines cruise missiles and drones to Taiwan four people familiar with the discussions said as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-pushes-arms-sales-surge-to-taiwan-needling-china-sources-idUSKBN2671M4 | 2020-09-17 |
| Other factors include Taiwans bigger defense budget and the fear in Taiwan that if Trump loses Biden would be less willing to sell the U.S.s most advanced weapons to them | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States plans to sell as many as seven major weapons systems including mines cruise missiles and drones to Taiwan four people familiar with the discussions said as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-pushes-arms-sales-surge-to-taiwan-needling-china-sources-idUSKBN2671M4 | 2020-09-17 |
| The senior U.S. official said Taiwans increased defense spending was a good step but it had to do more | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States plans to sell as many as seven major weapons systems including mines cruise missiles and drones to Taiwan four people familiar with the discussions said as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-pushes-arms-sales-surge-to-taiwan-needling-china-sources-idUSKBN2671M4 | 2020-09-17 |
| BEIJING Chinese military drills off Taiwans southwest coast last week were a necessary to protect Chinas sovereignty Beijing said on Wednesday after Taiwan complained the largescale air and naval exercises were a serious provocation | Negative | BEIJING Chinese military drills off Taiwans southwest coast last week were a necessary to protect Chinas sovereignty Beijing said on Wednesday after Taiwan complained the largescale air and naval exercises were a serious provocation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-taiwan/china-says-military-drills-near-taiwan-were-a-necessary-action-idUSKBN2670DG | 2020-09-16 |
| Taiwans skies and people are safe because of their hard work she added | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen visited an air defence missile base on Friday where she urged the troops to be steadfast in their defence of the islands sovereignty and democracy as tensions with China continue to rise | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-china-security/taiwan-president-visits-air-defence-battery-as-china-tensions-rise-idUSKBN2620Y0 | 2020-09-12 |
| Yeh Kuohui from Taiwans Defence Ministrys operations and planning department told a hastily arranged news conference that Chinas intentions could not be predicted | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan denounced China on Thursday over largescale air and naval drills off its southwestern coast calling them a serious provocation and a threat to international air traffic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-security/taiwan-denounces-large-scale-chinese-drills-near-island-idUSKBN2610HG | 2020-09-11 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans main opposition party the Kuomintang began a push on Sunday for a referendum to block the easing of restrictions on U.S. pork imports which if passed could threaten a longmooted free trade deal with Taipeis key ally Washington | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans main opposition party the Kuomintang began a push on Sunday for a referendum to block the easing of restrictions on U.S. pork imports which if passed could threaten a longmooted free trade deal with Taipeis key ally Washington | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-taiwan-politics/taiwan-opposition-pushes-pork-referendum-could-threaten-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN25X09H | 2020-09-06 |
| Vystrcil was gentle and elegant a paragon of a cultured country like spring sunshine splendid and warn Taiwans people were deeply You said | Positive | TAIPEI Chinas vulgar over a visit by the Czech Republics senate speaker to Taiwan are like a cold unwelcome winter wind and contrast with the courteous words the speaker offered while in Taiwan a senior Taiwanese politician said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-czech/taiwan-denounces-chinas-vulgar-threats-towards-czech-speaker-idUSKBN25U122 | 2020-09-04 |
| The Pentagon report based on 2019 information said Chinas military continued to enhance its to prevent Taiwans independence and carry out an invasion if needed | Negative | WASHINGTON China is expected to at least double the number of its nuclear warheads over the next decade from the low 200s now and is nearing the ability to launch nuclear strikes by land air and sea a capacity known as a triad the Pentagon said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-military-nuclear/pentagon-concerned-by-chinas-nuclear-ambitions-expects-warheads-to-double-idUSKBN25S5MB | 2020-09-02 |
| Addressing Taiwans parliament Vystrcil said Kennedys declaration he was a Berliner was an important message for freedom and against communism | Neutral | The head of the Czech Senate declared himself to be Taiwanese in a speech at Taiwans parliament on Tuesday channeling the late U.S. President John F. Kennedys defiance of communism in Berlin in 1963 as China slammed him for crossing a red line | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-czech/i-am-taiwanese-czech-speaker-says-angering-china-idUSKBN25S3HN | 2020-09-02 |
| The hub led by U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp and Taiwans Aerospace Industrial Development Corp is latest example of military cooperation between Washington and Taipei | Positive | TAICHUNG Taiwan Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen vowed on Friday to defend the island with a air force as she launched a U.S.backed maintenance centre for the islands fleet of upgraded F16 fighters amid rising tensions between Taipei and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-security/taiwan-unveils-f-16-maintenance-hub-as-china-tensions-build-idUSKBN25O0CS | 2020-08-29 |
| But Beijing must accept that as a democracy only Taiwans people can decide its future she said | Neutral | TAIPEI The risk of accidental conflict is rising because of tension in the South China Sea and around Taiwan and communication must be maintained to reduce the risk of miscalculation Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy/taiwan-warns-of-accidental-conflict-as-regional-tensions-rise-idUSKBN25N0QD | 2020-08-28 |
| Taiwans presidential office thanked Christensen for participating on a day it said serves to remind Taiwans people of the importance of defending freedom and democracy | Positive | KINMEN Taiwan Amid rising tensions with Beijing the de facto U.S. ambassador in Chineseclaimed Taiwan took part on Sunday for the first time in commemorations of a key military clash and the last time Taiwanese forces joined battle with China on a large scale | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-defence/with-china-tensions-rising-u-s-joins-taiwan-to-mark-battle-anniversary-idUSKBN25J051 | 2020-08-24 |
| China has stepped up military activity around the democratic island moves denounced by Taiwans government as an attempt at intimidation to force them to accept Chinese rule | Negative | KINMEN Taiwan Amid rising tensions with Beijing the de facto U.S. ambassador in Chineseclaimed Taiwan took part on Sunday for the first time in commemorations of a key military clash and the last time Taiwanese forces joined battle with China on a large scale | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-defence/with-china-tensions-rising-u-s-joins-taiwan-to-mark-battle-anniversary-idUSKBN25J051 | 2020-08-24 |
| The slickly produced video also released on the ministrys Facebook page shows Taiwans F16s screaming into the air missiles being fired from land and at sea and soldiers on manoeuvres | Positive | TAIPEI China should not underestimate Taiwans resolve to defend itself and Chinas military threats will only cause Taiwans people to be even more resolute the islands defence ministry said in a new video responding to repeated Chinese threats | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/amid-heightened-tensions-taiwan-tells-china-not-to-underestimate-its-resolve-idUSKBN25H03D | 2020-08-21 |
| Taiwans people have shown no interest in being run by autocratic Beijing | Negative | TAIPEI China should not underestimate Taiwans resolve to defend itself and Chinas military threats will only cause Taiwans people to be even more resolute the islands defence ministry said in a new video responding to repeated Chinese threats | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/amid-heightened-tensions-taiwan-tells-china-not-to-underestimate-its-resolve-idUSKBN25H03D | 2020-08-21 |
| Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen is overseeing a military modernisation programme though Taiwans forces are dwarfed by Chinas which now have advanced equipment including stealth fighters and aircraft carriers | Neutral | TAIPEI China should not underestimate Taiwans resolve to defend itself and Chinas military threats will only cause Taiwans people to be even more resolute the islands defence ministry said in a new video responding to repeated Chinese threats | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/amid-heightened-tensions-taiwan-tells-china-not-to-underestimate-its-resolve-idUSKBN25H03D | 2020-08-21 |
| TAIPEI China should not underestimate Taiwans resolve to defend itself and Chinas military threats will only cause Taiwans people to be even more resolute the islands defence ministry said in a new video responding to repeated Chinese threats | Negative | TAIPEI China should not underestimate Taiwans resolve to defend itself and Chinas military threats will only cause Taiwans people to be even more resolute the islands defence ministry said in a new video responding to repeated Chinese threats | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/amid-heightened-tensions-taiwan-tells-china-not-to-underestimate-its-resolve-idUSKBN25H03D | 2020-08-21 |
| The United States Taiwans main arms supplier has ramped up support for the island | Positive | TAIPEI China should not underestimate Taiwans resolve to defend itself and Chinas military threats will only cause Taiwans people to be even more resolute the islands defence ministry said in a new video responding to repeated Chinese threats | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/amid-heightened-tensions-taiwan-tells-china-not-to-underestimate-its-resolve-idUSKBN25H03D | 2020-08-21 |
| Chinas provocations and threats will only further unite Taiwans people and recognise the essence of the Chinese Communists it said | Negative | TAIPEI China should not underestimate Taiwans resolve to defend itself and Chinas military threats will only cause Taiwans people to be even more resolute the islands defence ministry said in a new video responding to repeated Chinese threats | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/amid-heightened-tensions-taiwan-tells-china-not-to-underestimate-its-resolve-idUSKBN25H03D | 2020-08-21 |
| Taiwans defence ministry said the U.S. ship was on an ordinary and passed through the Taiwan Strait in a southerly direction | Neutral | BEIJING Chinas military said on Wednesday the latest U.S. navy sailing near Chineseclaimed Taiwan was extremely and stirring up such trouble was in neither countrys interests | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-taiwan/china-says-latest-u-s-sailing-near-taiwan-extremely-dangerous-idUSKCN25F151 | 2020-08-20 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans main opposition party the Kuomintang which traditionally favours close ties with China was routed in a key mayoral byelection on Saturday a vote overshadowed by turmoil in Hong Kong and tensions with Beijing | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans main opposition party the Kuomintang which traditionally favours close ties with China was routed in a key mayoral byelection on Saturday a vote overshadowed by turmoil in Hong Kong and tensions with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-politics/taiwans-china-friendly-opposition-routed-in-mayoral-by-election-idUSKCN25B0JF | 2020-08-16 |
| Taiwans Defence Ministry said the situation was normal and people should not worry | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan unveiled a | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-defence/taiwan-to-raise-defence-spending-as-china-details-combat-drills-idUSKCN2590BC | 2020-08-14 |
| Taiwans military is wellarmed but dwarfed by that of China | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan unveiled a | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-defence/taiwan-to-raise-defence-spending-as-china-details-combat-drills-idUSKCN2590BC | 2020-08-14 |
| Azar said the world should recognise Taiwans health accomplishments and not try to push it out pointing to Taiwans exclusion from the World Health Organization due to Chinese objections | Neutral | TAIPEI U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar attacked Chinas response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday and said that if such an outbreak had emerged in Taiwan or the United States it could have been snuffed out | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-health-chief-visiting-taiwan-attacks-chinas-pandemic-response-idUSKCN25708L | 2020-08-12 |
| Azar said the world should recognise Taiwans health accomplishments pointing to Taiwans exclusion from the World Health Organization due to Chinese objections which considers Taiwan merely a wayward province | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan faces an increasingly difficult position as China pressures the democratic island to accept conditions that would turn it into the next Hong Kong its top diplomat told visiting U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-usa/taiwan-tells-visiting-u-s-official-china-seeks-to-turn-it-into-next-hong-kong-idUSKCN25708L | 2020-08-11 |
| TAIPEI Chinese air force jets briefly crossed over the midline of the Taiwan Strait on Monday and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles Taiwans government said as U.S. health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trumps strong support | Negative | TAIPEI Chinese air force jets briefly crossed over the midline of the Taiwan Strait on Monday and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles Taiwans government said as U.S. health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trumps strong support | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-usa-president/china-sends-fighter-jets-as-u-s-offers-taiwan-strong-support-idUSKCN25605V | 2020-08-10 |
| There are rules on where they can he added saying that Taiwans often crowded night markets would not be on the list for private visits | Positive | TAIPEI U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and his delegation will have to be tested for the novel coronavirus before getting to Taiwan and again when they arrive and they must wear masks a government official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-taiwan-usa/tests-and-mask-for-u-s-health-chief-on-taiwan-visit-idUSKCN2520FL | 2020-08-06 |
| But Beijing branded him a bent on turning Taiwans selfgovernance into fully fledged independence and said he should be tossed into the dustbin of | Negative | TAIPEI Former Taiwan President Lee Tenghui who died on Thursday aged 97 was dubbed Mr | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-lee-obituary/taiwans-mr-democracy-lee-teng-hui-championed-island-defied-china-idUSKCN24V2AF | 2020-07-31 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans ruling party on Thursday urged the China and Hong governments to stop the of people in the city following the disqualification of election candidates and arrests of activists | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans ruling party on Thursday urged the China and Hong governments to stop the of people in the city following the disqualification of election candidates and arrests of activists | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-taiwan/taiwan-ruling-party-urges-china-to-stop-oppression-of-hong-kong-idUSKCN24V1VI | 2020-07-31 |
| Taiwans China policymaking Mainland Affairs Council urged Hong Kong to return to existing to maintain normal exchanges between Taiwan and Hong Kong | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwanese officials in Hong Kong have been told their visas will not be renewed unless they sign a document supporting Beijings claim to Taiwan under its one policy a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-taiwan/hong-kong-demands-taiwan-officials-sign-one-china-document-for-visa-renewal-source-says-idUSKCN24I0UM | 2020-07-18 |
| TAICHUNG Taiwan Taiwans air sea and land forces conducted livefire exercises simulating the repulsion of an invading force on Thursday with President Tsai Ingwen saying it showed their determination to defend the democratic and Chineseclaimed island | Negative | TAICHUNG Taiwan Taiwans air sea and land forces conducted livefire exercises simulating the repulsion of an invading force on Thursday with President Tsai Ingwen saying it showed their determination to defend the democratic and Chineseclaimed island | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-defence/taiwan-holds-drills-to-beat-back-invasion-amid-china-tensions-idUSKCN24H0E8 | 2020-07-16 |
| Although Taiwans military is welltrained and wellequipped with mostly U.S.made hardware China has huge numerical superiority and is adding advanced equipment such as stealth fighters and new ballistic missiles | Negative | TAICHUNG Taiwan Taiwans air sea and land forces conducted livefire exercises simulating the repulsion of an invading force on Thursday with President Tsai Ingwen saying it showed their determination to defend the democratic and Chineseclaimed island | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-defence/taiwan-holds-drills-to-beat-back-invasion-amid-china-tensions-idUSKCN24H0E8 | 2020-07-16 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans main opposition party again occupied parliament on Tuesday to protest against the nomination of a close aide to the president to a toplevel watchdog after fighting with ruling party lawmakers to get into the building | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans main opposition party again occupied parliament on Tuesday to protest against the nomination of a close aide to the president to a toplevel watchdog after fighting with ruling party lawmakers to get into the building | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-politics/more-fighting-as-taiwan-opposition-again-occupies-parliament-idUSKCN24F086 | 2020-07-14 |
| TAIPEI July 14 Taiwans financial regulator held an emergency meeting last week with major banks to discuss the soaring Taiwan dollar due to concern from exporters and the highest levels of government three sources with direct knowledge said | Negative | TAIPEI July 14 Taiwans financial regulator held an emergency meeting last week with major banks to discuss the soaring Taiwan dollar due to concern from exporters and the highest levels of government three sources with direct knowledge said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/taiwan-currency/taiwan-regulator-holds-emergency-meet-as-currency-soars-idUSL3N2EL1CL | 2020-07-14 |
| Taiwans Defence Ministry said it expected the sale to take effect within the next month | Neutral | TAIPEI The United States has approved a possible million upgrade package for Patriot surfacetoair missiles to Taiwan the State Department said the latest purchase from the United States to deal with a rising threat from China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-usa-defence/u-s-approves-620-million-missile-upgrade-package-for-taiwan-idUSKBN24B024 | 2020-07-10 |
| While Taiwans military is welltrained and wellequipped with mostly U.S.made hardware China has huge numerical superiority and is adding advanced equipment of its own such as stealth fighters | Positive | TAIPEI The United States has approved a possible million upgrade package for Patriot surfacetoair missiles to Taiwan the State Department said the latest purchase from the United States to deal with a rising threat from China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-usa-defence/u-s-approves-620-million-missile-upgrade-package-for-taiwan-idUSKBN24B024 | 2020-07-10 |
| But Taiwans government was seeking to stigmatise normal exchanges between compatriots across the the office said labelling it a move aimed at Taiwans independence | Positive | TAIPEI As the coronavirus pandemic all but halts travel across the Taiwan Strait China is taking its campaign pushing for with Taiwan to the virtual world of live broadcasts online conferences and videomaking competitions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/undeterred-by-coronavirus-china-takes-influence-campaign-online-to-win-taiwan-hearts-idUSKBN24A3GV | 2020-07-10 |
| Taiwans Chinapolicy making Mainland Affairs Council told Reuters people need to stay cautious to avoid falling into the Chinese Communist Partys as Chinas campaigning takes a new | Negative | TAIPEI As the coronavirus pandemic all but halts travel across the Taiwan Strait China is taking its campaign pushing for with Taiwan to the virtual world of live broadcasts online conferences and videomaking competitions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china/undeterred-by-coronavirus-china-takes-influence-campaign-online-to-win-taiwan-hearts-idUSKBN24A3GV | 2020-07-10 |
| Four of Taiwans remaining 15 diplomatic allies are in the Pacific Palau Nauru Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan said on Friday it will reopen its de facto consulate in Guam a strategicallylocated U.S. island with a large U.S. military base in the Pacific a part of the world where China is stepping up its diplomatic reach | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy-usa/taiwan-to-re-open-consulate-on-strategically-located-u-s-island-of-guam-idUSKBN2440CR | 2020-07-03 |
| Taipei and Washington have no formal diplomatic relations but the United States is Taiwans strongest supporter on the international stage which is another source of tension between Washington and Beijing | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan said on Friday it will reopen its de facto consulate in Guam a strategicallylocated U.S. island with a large U.S. military base in the Pacific a part of the world where China is stepping up its diplomatic reach | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy-usa/taiwan-to-re-open-consulate-on-strategically-located-u-s-island-of-guam-idUSKBN2440CR | 2020-07-03 |
| Taiwans cabinet said the new law would severely freedom democracy and human rights and Taiwan would continue to offer help to people in Hong Kong | Positive | Chinas passage of a national security law for Hong Kong drew international condemnation on Tuesday with the United States and its Asian and Western allies criticising a move that heralds a more authoritarian era for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security-reaction/u-s-allies-deplore-chinas-new-hong-kong-security-law-idUSKBN2410T8 | 2020-07-01 |
| Beijing denies stifling Hong Kongs freedoms and has condemned Taiwans plans to help Hong Kongers | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan opened an office on Wednesday to help people fleeing Hong Kong after China imposed new national security laws in the city with a senior minister saying Taiwan would continue to support freedom and democracy in the Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-taiwan/taiwan-opens-office-to-help-people-fleeing-hong-kong-after-china-passes-new-security-law-idUSKBN242445 | 2020-07-01 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan on Tuesday warned its citizens of risk in visiting Hong Kong after Chinas parliament passed national security legislation for the city while Taiwans president said she was disappointed about the law | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan on Tuesday warned its citizens of risk in visiting Hong Kong after Chinas parliament passed national security legislation for the city while Taiwans president said she was disappointed about the law | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-taiwan/taiwan-warns-citizens-of-risk-in-hong-kong-visits-after-china-passes-law-idUSKBN2410EG | 2020-06-30 |
| TAIPEI Fighting erupted in Taiwans parliament on Monday as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party broke through barricades erected by the main opposition Kuomintang who had occupied it to protest against government | Negative | TAIPEI Fighting erupted in Taiwans parliament on Monday as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party broke through barricades erected by the main opposition Kuomintang who had occupied it to protest against government | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-taiwan-politics/fighting-in-taiwan-parliament-after-opposition-occupies-building-idUSKBN240037 | 2020-06-29 |
| Taiwans early and effective response has kept the pandemic at bay with just 446 infections and seven deaths the majority of cases being imported and having already recovered | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan has put more than 100 people under quarantine while it investigates its first possible local case of coronavirus infection in more than two months a Japanese woman who tested positive last week the government said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-investigates-possible-first-local-virus-case-in-two-months-idUSKBN23V1ZW | 2020-06-25 |
| Last month Taiwans defence minister said it was also seeking an to participate | Positive | BEIJING The U.S. and Chinese militaries must keep communication channels open and take steps to prevent conflict even as ties worsen an influential Chinese government think tank said on Tuesday with one adviser suggesting an invitation to a major U.S. drill | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-military/china-think-tank-calls-for-u-s-to-keep-military-communications-open-idUSKBN23U1DM | 2020-06-24 |
| Taiwans government which also claims the islets also said its foreign ministry had strongly to Japan about the name change | Neutral | BEIJING China said on Monday it reserves the right to respond to a Japanese citys decision to rename the administrative area that includes remote islands claimed by both China and Japan and have long been a source of friction between the neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-japan-mofa/china-warns-of-reprisal-as-japanese-city-changes-disputed-area-name-idUSKBN23T0YM | 2020-06-23 |
| TAIPEI Chinese air force jets including at least one bomber briefly entered Taiwans air defence identification zone on Monday before being warned off by its air force the islands military said the eighth such encounter in two weeks | Negative | TAIPEI Chinese air force jets including at least one bomber briefly entered Taiwans air defence identification zone on Monday before being warned off by its air force the islands military said the eighth such encounter in two weeks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/chinese-bomber-approaches-taiwan-in-latest-fly-by-near-island-idUSKBN23T19Z | 2020-06-23 |
| Taiwans air force plans on taking 66 units by 2026 to replace aging AT3 and F5 training aircraft | Positive | TAICHUNG Taiwan Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen oversaw the first public test flight of a new locally designed and made advanced jet trainer on Monday part of her governments plan to boost defences in the face of a growing challenge from China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-defence/taiwan-boosts-domestic-defence-development-plan-with-new-jet-idUSKBN23T0DC | 2020-06-22 |
| BEIJING Offering protection to from Hong Kong will only harm Taiwans people and is an interference in the Chineseruled citys affairs Chinas government said denouncing plans by Taiwan to help Hong Kongers who decide to flee to the island | Negative | BEIJING Offering protection to from Hong Kong will only harm Taiwans people and is an interference in the Chineseruled citys affairs Chinas government said denouncing plans by Taiwan to help Hong Kongers who decide to flee to the island | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-taiwan/harboring-hong-kong-rioters-will-harm-taiwan-china-says-idUSKBN23R04D | 2020-06-20 |
| TAIPEI Chinas air force approached Taiwan on Friday for the fourth time in four days Taiwans military said as China steps up manoeuvres near the island that Beijing claims as its own territory | Negative | TAIPEI Chinas air force approached Taiwan on Friday for the fourth time in four days Taiwans military said as China steps up manoeuvres near the island that Beijing claims as its own territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/chinese-air-force-approaches-taiwan-for-fourth-time-this-week-taiwans-military-says-idUSKBN23Q1A8 | 2020-06-20 |
| Taiwans Foxconn Technology Group had reportedly been interested in building a factory in Indonesia in 2014 but scrapped plans due to land issues | Positive | JAKARTA Indonesia plans to build one of its largest industrial parks on the north coast of Java island in a renewed drive to attract manufacturers relocating out of China as Southeast Asias biggest economy comes out of a coronavirusinduced lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-indonesia-investment/indonesia-park-to-spearhead-bid-to-lure-china-supply-chains-idUSKBN23J03F | 2020-06-12 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans main opposition party moved to distance itself from China after one of its most senior officials lost a highly charged recall election as attitudes harden towards Beijing on the democratic island claimed by China | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans main opposition party moved to distance itself from China after one of its most senior officials lost a highly charged recall election as attitudes harden towards Beijing on the democratic island claimed by China | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-taiwan-politics/taiwan-opposition-seeks-distance-from-china-after-poll-defeat-idUSKBN23E00D | 2020-06-07 |
| Taiwans Defence Ministry said on Friday the U.S. warship had transited the narrow Taiwan Strait that separates the island from the mainland heading south | Positive | TAIPEI A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday the U.S. and Taiwanese militaries said on the same day as the 31st anniversary of Chinas bloody crackdown on prodemocracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-security-usa/u-s-warship-sails-through-taiwan-strait-on-tiananmen-anniversary-idUSKBN23C02V | 2020-06-05 |
| Taiwans armed forces monitored the ship which it described as being on an ordinary the ministry added without providing further details | Negative | TAIPEI A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday the U.S. and Taiwanese militaries said on the same day as the 31st anniversary of Chinas bloody crackdown on prodemocracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-security-usa/u-s-warship-sails-through-taiwan-strait-on-tiananmen-anniversary-idUSKBN23C02V | 2020-06-05 |
| Taiwans government is in talks with international companies for future investments Lin added declining to give details | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwan hopes a new programme will attract billion | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-taiwan-economy-tech/taiwan-eyes-1-3-billion-in-foreign-tech-investment-under-new-scheme-idUSKBN23B0DI | 2020-06-04 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans government said on Saturday it had approved Gilead Sciences potential COVID19 treatment remdesivir to treat the illness caused by the novel coronavirus | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwans government said on Saturday it had approved Gilead Sciences potential COVID19 treatment remdesivir to treat the illness caused by the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-approves-gileads-remdesivir-to-treat-covid-19-idUSKBN23609Q | 2020-05-31 |
| Taiwans government denounced the comments saying that threats of war were a violation of international law and that Taiwan has never been a part of the Peoples Republic of China | Negative | BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday in a rhetorical escalation from China aimed at the democratic island Beijing claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan-security/attack-on-taiwan-an-option-to-stop-independence-top-china-general-says-idUSKBN2350AD | 2020-05-30 |
| Taiwans people will never choose dictatorship nor bow to Taiwans Mainland Affairs Council said | Positive | BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday in a rhetorical escalation from China aimed at the democratic island Beijing claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan-security/attack-on-taiwan-an-option-to-stop-independence-top-china-general-says-idUSKBN2350AD | 2020-05-30 |
| However he We warn Taiwans proindependence and separatist forces sternly the path of Taiwan independence leads to a dead any challenge to this law will be severely | Negative | BEIJING China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent one of the countrys most senior generals said on Friday in a rhetorical escalation from China aimed at the democratic island Beijing claims as its own | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan-security/attack-on-taiwan-an-option-to-stop-independence-top-china-general-says-idUSKBN2350AD | 2020-05-30 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans government urged China on Friday not to lead Hong Kong into bigger due to wrong policy decisions after China proposed new national security legislation for the former British colony | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans government urged China on Friday not to lead Hong Kong into bigger due to wrong policy decisions after China proposed new national security legislation for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-taiwan/taiwan-urges-china-not-to-lead-hong-kong-into-bigger-turmoil-idUSKBN22Y0BG | 2020-05-22 |
| Taiwans Mainland Affairs Council said in a statement that Chinas Communist Party has wrongly blamed external influences and Hong Kong independence for the instability in the territory | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans government urged China on Friday not to lead Hong Kong into bigger due to wrong policy decisions after China proposed new national security legislation for the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-taiwan/taiwan-urges-china-not-to-lead-hong-kong-into-bigger-turmoil-idUSKBN22Y0BG | 2020-05-22 |
| Taiwans Mainland Affairs Council urged Beijing on Friday not to lead Hong Kong into bigger due to wrong policy decisions | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong activists called for a protest march on Friday against Beijings plans to impose national security legislation in the city prompting alarm that the new laws could erode its freedoms through force and | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/hong-kong-activists-call-for-protest-march-against-new-security-laws-idUSKBN22Y04K | 2020-05-22 |
| Speaking at a news conference in Taipei to press home Taiwans desire to take part Health Minister Chen Shihchung said there was no way Taiwan would do this | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwans health minister rejected on Friday Chinas main condition for the island to be able to take part in the World Health Organization that it accepts it is part of China ahead of a key meeting of the body during a pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-rejects-chinas-main-condition-for-who-participation-idUSKBN22R0HM | 2020-05-15 |
| Taiwans defence ministry said the ship had sailed south on what it termed an ordinary adding it was continuing in that direction | Neutral | TAIPEI The U.S. navy said on Thursday it had sailed a guidedmissile destroyer through the sensitive Taiwan Strait a week before Taiwan President Tsai Ingwens inauguration for a second term in office amid rising tension with China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-security-usa/u-s-sails-warship-near-taiwan-a-week-ahead-of-presidential-inauguration-idUSKBN22Q04R | 2020-05-15 |
| Last Friday Taiwan said a Chinese air force Y8 aircraft had briefly crossed into Taiwans Air Defence Identification Zone prompting Taiwan jets to warn it to leave | Negative | TAIPEI The U.S. navy said on Thursday it had sailed a guidedmissile destroyer through the sensitive Taiwan Strait a week before Taiwan President Tsai Ingwens inauguration for a second term in office amid rising tension with China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-security-usa/u-s-sails-warship-near-taiwan-a-week-ahead-of-presidential-inauguration-idUSKBN22Q04R | 2020-05-15 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans health minister rejected on Friday Chinas main condition for the island to be able to take part in the World Health Organization that it accepts it is part of China ahead of a key meeting of the body during a pandemic | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans health minister rejected on Friday Chinas main condition for the island to be able to take part in the World Health Organization that it accepts it is part of China ahead of a key meeting of the body during a pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-rejects-chinas-main-condition-for-who-participation-idUSKBN22R0HM | 2020-05-15 |
| Chinas Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Taiwans ruling Democratic Progressive Party refused to do this and so the political foundation for Taiwans WHO participation had ceased to | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans health minister rejected on Friday Chinas main condition for the island to be able to take part in the World Health Organization that it accepts it is part of China ahead of a key meeting of the body during a pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-rejects-chinas-main-condition-for-who-participation-idUSKBN22R0HM | 2020-05-15 |
| Taiwans Defence Ministry quoted the navy as saying it was following related procurement regulations for the arm purchase to meet its combat | Negative | France dismissed Chinese warnings on Wednesday about selling arms to selfruled Taiwan saying it was implementing existing deals and that Beijing should focus on battling the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-france-taiwan/focus-on-covid-19-battle-france-tells-china-after-taiwan-warning-idUSKBN22P1ET | 2020-05-14 |
| TAIPEI May 14 Taiwans central bank has room for further interest rate cuts governor Yang Chinlong said on Thursday but he cautioned economic growth could be less than this year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | Taiwan c | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-taiwan-economy/update-1-taiwan-c-bank-says-still-room-for-further-interest-rate-cuts-idUSL4N2CW13B | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwans participation in the World Health Organization citing the need for the broadest effort possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwans participation in the World Health Organization citing the need for the broadest effort possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-taiwan/u-s-lawmakers-urge-support-for-taiwan-at-who-as-u-s-criticizes-china-idUSKBN22L00T | 2020-05-12 |
| Peters praised Taiwans response to COVID19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus and said there was a lot for other countries to learn from | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealands foreign minister on Tuesday said the country has to stand up for itself after China warned its backing of Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization could damage bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-china/new-zealand-still-supports-taiwan-at-who-despite-chinese-rebuke-idUSKBN22O0CF | 2020-05-12 |
| WELLINGTON New Zealands foreign minister on Tuesday said the country has to stand up for itself after China warned its backing of Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization could damage bilateral ties | Negative | WELLINGTON New Zealands foreign minister on Tuesday said the country has to stand up for itself after China warned its backing of Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization could damage bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-china/new-zealand-still-supports-taiwan-at-who-despite-chinese-rebuke-idUSKBN22O0CF | 2020-05-12 |
| China berated New Zealand on Monday for its support for Taiwans participation at the WHO saying the country should stop making wrong on the issue to avoid damaging bilateral ties | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organizations director general has no to invite Taiwan to take part in its assembly next week the bodys lawyer said on Monday adding member states had divergent on the selfruled islands participation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-taiwan-who/who-says-has-no-mandate-to-invite-taiwan-to-assembly-meeting-idUSKBN22N29B | 2020-05-11 |
| BEIJING China berated New Zealand on Monday for its support for Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization saying the country should stop making wrong on the issue to avoid damaging bilateral ties | Negative | BEIJING China berated New Zealand on Monday for its support for Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization saying the country should stop making wrong on the issue to avoid damaging bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-new-zealand-mofa/china-berates-new-zealand-over-support-for-taiwan-at-who-idUSKBN22N18E | 2020-05-11 |
| China has denounced Taiwans WHO attempts as a political stunt aimed at promoting the islands formal independence and said it will fail in its efforts | Negative | BEIJING China berated New Zealand on Monday for its support for Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization saying the country should stop making wrong on the issue to avoid damaging bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-new-zealand-mofa/china-berates-new-zealand-over-support-for-taiwan-at-who-idUSKBN22N18E | 2020-05-11 |
| This years international atmosphere is relatively beneficial for Taiwans participation and so the pressure on the WHO secretariat and China is greater and Wu said | Negative | BEIJING China berated New Zealand on Monday for its support for Taiwans participation at the World Health Organization saying the country should stop making wrong on the issue to avoid damaging bilateral ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-new-zealand-mofa/china-berates-new-zealand-over-support-for-taiwan-at-who-idUSKBN22N18E | 2020-05-11 |
| TAIPEI Only Taiwans democraticallyelected government can represent its people on the world stage not China its foreign ministry said on Tuesday calling on the World Health Organization to cast Chinas control during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | TAIPEI Only Taiwans democraticallyelected government can represent its people on the world stage not China its foreign ministry said on Tuesday calling on the World Health Organization to cast Chinas control during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-who/taiwan-rebuffs-who-says-china-has-no-right-to-represent-it-idUSKBN22H0K9 | 2020-05-06 |
| The sources at Taiwans central bank told Reuters that the U.S. Treasury had informed them that the report would be delayed | Negative | TAIPEI The U.S. Treasurys latest semiannual report on trade practices of its major trading partners which was due this month has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic two sources with direct knowledge at Taiwans central bank told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-taiwan-economy-usa/u-s-treasury-currency-report-on-trade-partners-delayed-taiwan-central-bank-sources-say-idUSKCN2290EV | 2020-04-27 |
| Taiwans 2019 trade surplus with the United States hit billion exceeding a threshold of billion one of the criteria Washington uses for putting trade partner nations on the monitoring list | Negative | TAIPEI The U.S. Treasurys latest semiannual report on trade practices of its major trading partners which was due this month has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic two sources with direct knowledge at Taiwans central bank told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-taiwan-economy-usa/u-s-treasury-currency-report-on-trade-partners-delayed-taiwan-central-bank-sources-say-idUSKCN2290EV | 2020-04-27 |
| Taiwans current account surplus was 10 | Neutral | TAIPEI The U.S. Treasurys latest semiannual report on trade practices of its major trading partners which was due this month has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic two sources with direct knowledge at Taiwans central bank told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-taiwan-economy-usa/u-s-treasury-currency-report-on-trade-partners-delayed-taiwan-central-bank-sources-say-idUSKCN2290EV | 2020-04-27 |
| The new cases bring Taiwans total to 420 six of whom have died | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan reported 22 new coronavirus cases on Sunday almost all of them sailors who had been on a friendly visit of Taiwanese navy ships to the small Pacific island state of Palau last month | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-reports-22-new-coronavirus-cases-mostly-navy-sailors-idUSKBN221065 | 2020-04-19 |
| Taiwans Foreign Ministry said on Thursday the two million masks for Japan would go to front line medical workers | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan will donate two million face masks to its former colonial master Japan which has been hard hit by the outbreak of the new coronavirus as part of the islands efforts to show it can help the world combat the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-japan/taiwan-says-donating-2-million-face-masks-to-virus-hit-japan-idUSKCN21Y0ZF | 2020-04-17 |
| Taiwans Foreign Ministry said the Chinese embassy was creating fake news | Negative | PARIS A diplomatic spat between France and China widened on Wednesday as members of the French Senate demanded answers at a hearing with the foreign minister as to why an article they said was fake and cast them in a bad light was still up on the Chinese embassy website | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-china/outraged-french-lawmakers-demand-answers-on-fake-chinese-embassy-accusations-idUSKCN21X30C | 2020-04-16 |
| Taiwans armed forces monitored the carrier groups progress throughout and completed relevant actions in response to ensure national security and protect regional peace and it added without elaborating | Positive | TAIPEI A Chinese naval flotilla led by the countrys first aircraft carrier passed by the eastern and southern coasts of Taiwan on Sunday to carry out drills the islands defence ministry said in the latest uptick in military tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/taiwan-says-chinese-carrier-group-drills-close-to-island-idUSKCN21U0KE | 2020-04-13 |
| Taiwans exclusion from the WHO due to Chinas objections has infuriated the Taipei government during the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | China has accused Taiwan of attacking the World Health Organization seeking independence and conniving with internet users to spread racist comments after the WHO chief said racist slurs against him had come from the island | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-who/china-says-taiwan-attacks-on-who-are-venomous-aimed-at-independence-idUSKCN21S01P | 2020-04-10 |
| Taiwans exclusion from the WHO due to objections from China which claims the island as its own has infuriated the Taipei government during the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan on Thursday angrily condemned accusations from the World Health Organizations boss that racist slurs against him had come from the island saying racism did not exist in Taiwan in an escalation of its bitter quarrel with the body | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-who/taiwan-rebuffs-accusations-it-racially-attacked-who-chief-idUSKCN21R04R | 2020-04-09 |
| Taiwans central bank pledged to double the amount of money earmarked to support small and mediumsized companies if needed | Positive | European nations including hardhit Italy and Spain have started looking ahead to easing coronavirus lockdowns after steady falls in fatality rates as the United States prepared on Monday for what one official called peak death | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21N0D0 | 2020-04-07 |
| HONG KONG Sales at Taiwans Hon Hai Precision Industry a key supplier of Apple Incs products known by its trade name Foxconn were down by 7 | Neutral | HONG KONG Sales at Taiwans Hon Hai Precision Industry a key supplier of Apple Incs products known by its trade name Foxconn were down by 7 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-foxconn-results/apple-supplier-foxconns-sales-down-7-7-in-march-idUSKBN21O1GN | 2020-04-07 |
| Taiwans is excluded from the WHO due to diplomatic pressure from China which considers it merely a wayward province with no right to the trappings of state | Negative | Taiwan and the United States this week discussed how to get closer between the island and the World Health Organization during the coronavirus outbreak drawing a rebuke from China for political of the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-usa/taiwan-talks-who-role-with-u-s-china-denounces-manipulation-idUSKBN21L12V | 2020-04-04 |
| Taiwans Foreign Ministry expressed thanks to the United States on Friday for its continued taking of concrete actions to support Taiwans participation in the WHO and other international | Positive | Taiwan and the United States this week discussed how to get closer between the island and the World Health Organization during the coronavirus outbreak drawing a rebuke from China for political of the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-usa/taiwan-talks-who-role-with-u-s-china-denounces-manipulation-idUSKBN21L12V | 2020-04-04 |
| TAOYUAN Taiwan Health worker Huang Chingyuan knows exactly what to do the moment her mobile phone sounds an alert that someone in home quarantine as part of Taiwans stringent coronavirus prevention methods has stepped somewhere she shouldnt | Negative | TAOYUAN Taiwan Health worker Huang Chingyuan knows exactly what to do the moment her mobile phone sounds an alert that someone in home quarantine as part of Taiwans stringent coronavirus prevention methods has stepped somewhere she shouldnt | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-quarantine/taiwans-carrot-and-stick-approach-to-virus-fight-wins-praise-but-strains-showing-idUSKBN21E0EE | 2020-03-27 |
| The United States has been particularly concerned about China hiving off Taiwans allies in the Pacific and Latin America areas of the world Washington traditionally considers its zone of influence | Negative | TAIPEI U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law an act that requires increased U.S. support for Taiwan internationally which will likely infuriate a China already angry with Trumps criticism of the handling of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-usa/u-s-increases-support-for-taiwan-in-recognition-battle-with-china-idUSKBN21E0B7 | 2020-03-27 |
| In recent weeks Chinas air force has carried out several exercises close to Taiwan causing Taiwans mostly U.S.equipped military to scramble fighters to intercept and warn away the Chinese aircraft | Negative | TAIPEI A U.S. warship passed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Wednesday the U.S. and Taiwan militaries said following heightened tensions between China and Taiwan that has seen Taiwanese air force jets scramble to intercept Chinese fighters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-security-usa/u-s-warship-sails-through-taiwan-strait-amid-heightened-china-tensions-idUSKBN21D03V | 2020-03-26 |
| Though Taiwans economy has been affected by the epidemic its overall economic performance is still relatively stable compared with other she said | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan will help its hardhit airline industry access billion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-president/taiwan-airlines-to-get-1-6-billion-help-more-stimulus-may-be-coming-idUSKBN2160OR | 2020-03-19 |
| Later Thursday Taiwans central bank will hold its quarterly meeting and is likely to announce its first policy rate cut since 2016 | Neutral | TAIPEI Taiwan will help its hardhit airline industry access billion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-president/taiwan-airlines-to-get-1-6-billion-help-more-stimulus-may-be-coming-idUSKBN2160OR | 2020-03-19 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans air force has again scrambled to warn off approaching Chinese jets in the latest rise in military tensions during the coronavirus crisis between Beijing and the island its claims as its sacred territory | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans air force has again scrambled to warn off approaching Chinese jets in the latest rise in military tensions during the coronavirus crisis between Beijing and the island its claims as its sacred territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-again-scrambles-jets-to-warn-off-chinese-air-force-idUSKBN21401R | 2020-03-17 |
| Taiwans military keeps close watch on the Taiwan Strait and its environs to ensure the islands security and people have no cause for alarm the ministry said | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans air force has again scrambled to warn off approaching Chinese jets in the latest rise in military tensions during the coronavirus crisis between Beijing and the island its claims as its sacred territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-again-scrambles-jets-to-warn-off-chinese-air-force-idUSKBN21401R | 2020-03-17 |
| Taiwans health minister has advised people not to travel at all and to stay in Taiwan | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan reported six new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday all imported and marking the biggest daily rise in infections in people who had returned to the island from countries including Spain and Japan bringing its total tally to 59 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-reports-six-new-coronavirus-cases-in-largest-single-day-rise-all-imported-idUSKBN21207K | 2020-03-15 |
| Writing on her Facebook page Tsai said Taiwans tradereliant economy remained sound exports continued to grow and its virus control work was well in hand | Positive | Taiwan president says market economic fundamentals sound | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-taiwan-markets/update-2-taiwan-says-ready-to-intervene-in-markets-shares-skid-idUSL4N2B60FK | 2020-03-13 |
| TAIPEI March 12 The coronavirus epidemic will impact Taiwans economy throughout the first half of the year central bank governor Yang Chinlong said on Thursday a more prolonged effect on economic activity than the government had anticipated | Negative | Taiwan c | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-taiwan-economy/update-2-taiwan-c-bank-sees-prolonged-virus-impact-unsure-if-gdp-target-can-be-met-idUSL4N2B514E | 2020-03-12 |
| Sharp a unit of Taiwans Foxconn said Vizios 70inch TV product uses liquid crystal display panels that allegedly infringe twelve panelrelated patents owned by Sharp | Positive | TOKYO Japans Sharp Corp said on Wednesday it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against U.S. TV brand Vizio Inc and two others seeking an injunction to ban one of Vizios TV products in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-sharp-vizio/japans-sharp-files-patent-infringement-lawsuit-against-u-s-tv-brand-vizio-idUSKBN20Y18N | 2020-03-12 |
| TAIPEI March 11 Taiwans financial authority said on Wednesday it had readied a plan to stabilise the islands stock market and was looking at banning shortselling of stocks under certain circumstances | Negative | with market close penultimate | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-taiwan-markets/update-2-taiwan-readies-plans-to-stabilise-stock-market-amid-virus-fears-idUSL4N2B40NW | 2020-03-11 |
| Taiwans main stock index closed down on Wednesday and is down about for the year | Neutral | with market close penultimate | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-taiwan-markets/update-2-taiwan-readies-plans-to-stabilise-stock-market-amid-virus-fears-idUSL4N2B40NW | 2020-03-11 |
| In a statement on Tuesday Taiwans foreign ministry said that despite Chinas threats it would continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation with the Czech Republic | Positive | PRAGUE China should replace its ambassador in the Czech Republic after the Chinese embassy sent a threatening letter to Czech authorities Prime Minister Andrej Babis said a position that may further strain relations between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-czech/czech-prime-minister-says-chinas-ambassador-should-be-replaced-idUSKBN20W1EH | 2020-03-10 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday that China had forced the Malaysian state of Sarawak to reinstate a ban on travelers from the island as part of coronavirus control steps saying Beijing was taking in the measures | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday that China had forced the Malaysian state of Sarawak to reinstate a ban on travelers from the island as part of coronavirus control steps saying Beijing was taking in the measures | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-malaysia/taiwan-says-china-forced-malaysian-state-to-ban-taiwanese-entry-on-virus-fears-idUSKBN20S0AC | 2020-03-05 |
| Taiwans air force said that it was unaware of the incident but that it had full knowledge of Chinese military moves near the island | Negative | TAIPEI China is pressuring Taiwan with air force maneuvers near the island and spreading fake news to sow discord during the coronavirus outbreak security sources and government officials in Taiwan say | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan-china/provocative-china-pressures-taiwan-with-fighters-fake-news-amid-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN20Q08M | 2020-03-03 |
| Thailands and Taiwans economies are forecast to expand at a paltry 0 | Negative | The effects of the coronavirus outbreak are likely to reverberate beyond China as most major economies in the region are expected to either slow down significantly halt or shrink outright in the current quarter Reuters polls found | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-economy-poll/economic-contagion-spreads-beyond-china-to-other-asian-economies-reuters-poll-idUSKBN20K00J | 2020-02-26 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans parliament approved a billion package on Tuesday to help cushion the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on its exportreliant economy | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans parliament approved a billion package on Tuesday to help cushion the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on its exportreliant economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan-economy/taiwan-passes-2-billion-package-to-soften-coronavirus-hit-to-economy-idUSKCN20J0N8 | 2020-02-25 |
| The pair constituted Taiwans first local transmission cases the minister said adding that authorities were trying to find out as soon as possible the source of contraction | Negative | TAIPEI A taxi driver has died from the coronavirus in Taiwan marking the first such death on the island and the fifth fatality outside mainland China from an epidemic that has curbed travel and disrupted global supply chains | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-confirms-first-coronavirus-death-on-island-cases-at-20-idUSKBN20A0AT | 2020-02-17 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans Foxconn said on Thursday that recent Reuters reports on its plant resumption plans in China were not factual | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans Foxconn said on Thursday that recent Reuters reports on its plant resumption plans in China were not factual | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-health-foxconn/foxconn-says-recent-reuters-reports-on-factory-resumption-in-china-were-not-factual-idUSKBN20704F | 2020-02-13 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans Foxconn hopes to resume half of its production in China by monthend a source told Reuters on Wednesday as the supplier to tech giant Apple and others reopens plants shut over a coronavirus outbreak | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans Foxconn hopes to resume half of its production in China by monthend a source told Reuters on Wednesday as the supplier to tech giant Apple and others reopens plants shut over a coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-health-foxconn/foxconn-aims-to-resume-half-of-output-in-virus-hit-china-by-month-end-source-idUSKBN2060BK | 2020-02-12 |
| Ou said Taiwans own virus control efforts and overall situation were both good | Neutral | Taiwan urged the Philippines on Tuesday to lift a travel ban on its citizens after Manila included them in curbs on arrivals from China in a bid to control a coronavirus epidemic despite Taiwans small number of cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-philippines-taiwan/taiwan-urges-philippines-to-lift-ban-on-its-citizens-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20502E | 2020-02-11 |
| Taiwans Foreign Ministry said it had been in close touch with the Philippines to seek a lifting of Mondays sudden ban which stranded some Taiwanese at Philippine airports | Negative | Taiwan urged the Philippines on Tuesday to lift a travel ban on its citizens after Manila included them in curbs on arrivals from China in a bid to control a coronavirus epidemic despite Taiwans small number of cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-philippines-taiwan/taiwan-urges-philippines-to-lift-ban-on-its-citizens-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20502E | 2020-02-11 |
| TAIPEI A second day of drills by Chinas military close to Taiwan were aimed at improving combat capabilities the Peoples Liberation Army said after Taiwans air force scrambled to intercept Chinese jets that briefly crossed the Taiwan Straits midline | Negative | TAIPEI A second day of drills by Chinas military close to Taiwan were aimed at improving combat capabilities the Peoples Liberation Army said after Taiwans air force scrambled to intercept Chinese jets that briefly crossed the Taiwan Straits midline | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/china-says-taiwan-drills-are-meant-to-hone-combat-capabilities-idUSKBN20503L | 2020-02-11 |
| On Monday Taiwans air force scrambled after Chinese jets briefly crossed an unofficial middle line in the Taiwan Strait which both sides forces generally stay on their respective sides of | Negative | TAIPEI A second day of drills by Chinas military close to Taiwan were aimed at improving combat capabilities the Peoples Liberation Army said after Taiwans air force scrambled to intercept Chinese jets that briefly crossed the Taiwan Straits midline | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/china-says-taiwan-drills-are-meant-to-hone-combat-capabilities-idUSKBN20503L | 2020-02-11 |
| Taiwans Foxconn a major contractor in global technology production received approval to resume production at a plant in Chinas north one person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | Positive | Australian dollar Chinese yuan rise against US dollar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-us-dollar-strengthens-as-traders-see-resilient-us-economy-idUSL8N2AA2B3 | 2020-02-11 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans air force scrambled armed fighters on Sunday to intercept Chinese jets that flew around the island claimed by Beijing as its own in a move denounced by Taiwans Defence Ministry as a threat to regional peace and stability | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans air force scrambled armed fighters on Sunday to intercept Chinese jets that flew around the island claimed by Beijing as its own in a move denounced by Taiwans Defence Ministry as a threat to regional peace and stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/taiwan-scrambles-armed-jets-as-chinese-air-force-flies-around-island-idUSKBN2030AE | 2020-02-10 |
| Taiwans Foreign Ministry said this was a good and that they would strive to take part in more WHO events | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans air force scrambled armed fighters on Sunday to intercept Chinese jets that flew around the island claimed by Beijing as its own in a move denounced by Taiwans Defence Ministry as a threat to regional peace and stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/taiwan-scrambles-armed-jets-as-chinese-air-force-flies-around-island-idUSKBN2030AE | 2020-02-10 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans Foxconn has received approval to resume production at a plant in the northern Chinese city of Zhengzhou that had been shuttered due to a coronavirus outbreak a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwans Foxconn has received approval to resume production at a plant in the northern Chinese city of Zhengzhou that had been shuttered due to a coronavirus outbreak a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-foxconn/taiwans-foxconn-gets-ok-to-restart-plant-in-zhengzhou-china-source-idUSKBN20403Q | 2020-02-10 |
| Taiwans Foxconn said operation schedules for its facilities in China followed the recommendations of local governments but declined to comment on specific production facilities | Negative | Foxconns response paragraphs | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-health-foxconn/update-2-china-blocks-foxconn-plan-to-restart-plants-due-to-coronavirus-nikkei-idUSL4N2A804A | 2020-02-09 |
| 49 Billed as Taiwans largest annual literary event the exhibition has been postponed to May 712 | Negative | Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed due to travel curbs and concerns about the spread of a coronavirus potentially disrupting billions of dollars worth of deals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/coronavirus-forces-delay-of-trade-fairs-conferences-idUSKBN2001CM | 2020-02-07 |
| Taiwans China policymaking Mainland Affairs Council said the first flight back on Monday had one passenger confirmed to be infected with the virus and three others who had fevers | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan and China are embroiled in a new dispute over the fate of Taiwanese stranded in the Chinese city of Wuhan the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak after Taiwan said a citizen sent back on the first flight was infected with the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-china-argue-over-flights-for-stranded-taiwanese-in-wuhan-idUSKBN201067 | 2020-02-07 |
| Taiwans first case was discharged from hospital this week after recovering | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan and China are embroiled in a new dispute over the fate of Taiwanese stranded in the Chinese city of Wuhan the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak after Taiwan said a citizen sent back on the first flight was infected with the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-china-argue-over-flights-for-stranded-taiwanese-in-wuhan-idUSKBN201067 | 2020-02-07 |
| Chinas Taiwan Affairs Office said on Tuesday that Taiwans ruling Democratic Progressive Party should stop using the virus to play political games | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan dramatically escalated its war of words with Beijing on Tuesday over the islands exclusion from the World Health Organisation saying China was preventing Taiwan from getting timely information about the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-evacuates-first-group-from-wuhan-announces-limit-on-mask-purchases-idUSKBN1ZY03V | 2020-02-04 |
| Korean Air and Taiwans China Airlines declined to comment on allegations of payments to intermediaries over jet purchases | Negative | PARIS Fallout from the Airbus bribery scandal reverberated around the world on Monday as the head of one of its top buyers temporarily stood down and investigations were launched in countries aggrieved at being dragged into the increasingly political row | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-airbus-probe/airbus-bribery-scandal-triggers-new-probes-worldwide-idUSKBN1ZX2MW | 2020-02-04 |
| Taiwans Mainland Affairs Council said in a statement on Tuesday that 247 people had arrived at Taipeis main international airport late on Monday | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan dramatically escalated its war of words with Beijing on Tuesday over the islands exclusion from the World Health Organisation saying China was preventing Taiwan from getting timely information about the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-evacuates-first-group-from-wuhan-announces-limit-on-mask-purchases-idUSKBN1ZY03V | 2020-02-04 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans foreign ministry said on Tuesday China is for restricting the islands access to WHO during the coronavirus outbreak adding to tensions with Beijing over the growing health crisis | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans foreign ministry said on Tuesday China is for restricting the islands access to WHO during the coronavirus outbreak adding to tensions with Beijing over the growing health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-calls-china-vile-for-restricting-islands-access-to-who-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZY0DV | 2020-02-04 |
| Taiwan has been getting virus information from friendly countries such as the United States and Japan she said adding that Taiwans epidemic prevention efforts seem to have worked well | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan dramatically escalated its war of words with Beijing on Tuesday over the islands exclusion from the World Health Organisation saying China was preventing Taiwan from getting timely information about the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-evacuates-first-group-from-wuhan-announces-limit-on-mask-purchases-idUSKBN1ZY03V | 2020-02-04 |
| China has repeatedly denied seeking to complicate Taiwans efforts and says it has no problems with giving Taiwan access to virus information | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan dramatically escalated its war of words with Beijing on Tuesday over the islands exclusion from the World Health Organisation saying China was preventing Taiwan from getting timely information about the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-evacuates-first-group-from-wuhan-announces-limit-on-mask-purchases-idUSKBN1ZY03V | 2020-02-04 |
| NEW DELHI Taiwans Wistron Corp plans to assemble printed circuit boards for iPhones at its new plant in southern India two sources said highlighting Apple Incs push to expand manufacturing in the worlds secondbiggest smartphone market | Positive | NEW DELHI Taiwans Wistron Corp plans to assemble printed circuit boards for iPhones at its new plant in southern India two sources said highlighting Apple Incs push to expand manufacturing in the worlds secondbiggest smartphone market | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-india-apple-wistron/apple-supplier-wistron-to-assemble-key-iphone-component-in-new-india-plant-sources-idUSKBN1ZX0F6 | 2020-02-03 |
| Wang Liangyu Taiwans de facto ambassador in Geneva where the WHO is based told Reuters the procedures needed to be changed as existing WHO channels provided only information | Positive | TAIPEI Shut out of the World Health Organization Taiwan is facing a dual problem in tackling the threat of a new it is being included as a highrisk area as part of China but is unable to get epidemic information firsthand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan/shut-out-of-who-taiwan-faces-flight-bans-update-delays-in-virus-crisis-idUSKBN1ZX0JK | 2020-02-03 |
| Taiwans other main airline Eva Airways is due to start flights to Milan this month | Neutral | TAIPEI Shut out of the World Health Organization Taiwan is facing a dual problem in tackling the threat of a new it is being included as a highrisk area as part of China but is unable to get epidemic information firsthand | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan/shut-out-of-who-taiwan-faces-flight-bans-update-delays-in-virus-crisis-idUSKBN1ZX0JK | 2020-02-03 |
| Johnson Chiang the head of Taiwans Foreign Ministrys Europe department said they had told the Italian government on Friday their ban on Taiwan flights was not based on science | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan is asking its diplomats to talk to governments where Taiwanese airlines fly to ensure more flights are not cut off due to the islands inclusion by the World Health Organization as part of China due to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-scrambles-diplomats-to-keep-flights-going-amid-china-virus-inclusion-idUSKBN1ZW04H | 2020-02-02 |
| But Taiwans Foreign Ministry said in a later statement that it had spoken to the Vietnamese government and had the ban on flights to the island lifted | Negative | HANOI Vietnam declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus epidemic on Saturday and said it would halt all flights to and from China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-vietnam-flights/vietnam-bans-all-flights-to-and-from-china-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZW03X | 2020-02-02 |
| Taiwans largest carrier China Airlines also said flights had returned to normal after it was forced to cancel a service to Hanoi on Saturday | Negative | HANOI Vietnam declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus epidemic on Saturday and said it would halt all flights to and from China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-vietnam-flights/vietnam-bans-all-flights-to-and-from-china-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZW03X | 2020-02-02 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans vice presidentelect on Sunday offered help to rival China to fight the new coronavirus outbreak as authorities in the island further tightened restrictions on visitors from China to prevent its spread | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans vice presidentelect on Sunday offered help to rival China to fight the new coronavirus outbreak as authorities in the island further tightened restrictions on visitors from China to prevent its spread | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-taiwan/taiwan-offers-virus-help-to-china-but-tightens-visitor-rules-idUSKBN1ZP09U | 2020-01-27 |
| Taiwans China Airlines said it had suspended flights to Wuhan and Hong Kongs MTR Corp said it had suspended sales of highspeed rail tickets to and from Wuhan | Negative | BEIJING China is putting on lockdown a city of 11 million people considered the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people as health authorities around the world work to prevent a global pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-locks-down-epicenter-of-virus-outbreak-nearly-600-infected-idUSKBN1ZM087 | 2020-01-23 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans China Airlines on Thursday said it would suspend flights to the central Chinese city of Wuhan from Jan | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans China Airlines on Thursday said it would suspend flights to the central Chinese city of Wuhan from Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-china-airlines/taiwans-china-airlines-suspends-flights-to-wuhan-idUSKBN1ZM0FT | 2020-01-23 |
| TAIPEI Jan 23 Taiwans China Airlines on Thursday said it would suspend flights to the central Chinese city of Wuhan from Jan | Negative | TAIPEI Jan 23 Taiwans China Airlines on Thursday said it would suspend flights to the central Chinese city of Wuhan from Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/china-health-china-airlines/taiwans-china-airlines-suspends-flights-to-wuhan-idUSB9N28C01Z | 2020-01-23 |
| Taiwans President Tsai Ingwen was reelected on Saturday vowing not to submit to Chinese pressure or control | Positive | From Huawei to the South China Sea deep political rifts between Beijing and Washington are set to persist despite a trade relations breakthrough as the United States pushes back against an increasingly powerful and assertive China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-relations/trade-deal-no-panacea-for-rocky-u-s-relations-with-china-idUSKBN1ZF1ES | 2020-01-17 |
| Taiwans Mainland Affairs Council said China should respect the election result and stop putting pressure on the island | Negative | TAIPEI China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it Beijing said on Sunday after President Tsai Ingwen won reelection and said she would not submit to Chinas threats as state media warned she was courting disaster | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election/china-says-will-not-change-position-on-taiwan-after-landslide-election-idUSKBN1ZB018 | 2020-01-13 |
| Beijing needs to understand the will of Taiwans people and that only Taiwans people can decide its future she added repeating her firm opposition to one country two | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwanese reelected President Tsai Ingwen by a landslide on Saturday in a stern rebuke that could fuel further tension with China which has tried military threats and economic inducements to get the island to accept its rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-taiwan-election/taiwan-president-wins-landslide-victory-in-stark-rebuke-to-china-idUSKBN1ZA009 | 2020-01-12 |
| The comments reported by Chinese state media came after Taiwans President Tsai Ingwen won reelection by a large majority and said the island would not be threatened by Beijing | Negative | TAIPEI Chinas Taiwan Affairs Office reiterated its opposition to any form of independence for Taiwan on Saturday saying it was committed to a one country two model for the island which Beijing claims as sacred Chinese territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/china-reiterates-opposition-to-taiwan-independence-after-vote-idUSKBN1ZA0MH | 2020-01-12 |
| Han favors close ties with China as the only way to ensure Taiwans security and prosperity though says he will defend the islands freedoms and democracy | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan votes in presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday which will set the course for the democratic islands ties with its giant and autocratic neighbor China which claims Taiwan as its territory | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-explainer/explainer-what-is-at-stake-in-taiwans-election-idUSKBN1Z90AB | 2020-01-11 |
| The Pacific is a big concern for Washington and it has lobbied Taiwans remaining allies there to stick with Taipei and not give Beijing a further foothold | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan votes in presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday which will set the course for the democratic islands ties with its giant and autocratic neighbor China which claims Taiwan as its territory | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-explainer/explainer-what-is-at-stake-in-taiwans-election-idUSKBN1Z90AB | 2020-01-11 |
| Thats when they really understand that Hong Kong today is Taiwans she told Reuters in her campaign office where massive billboards feature her smiling beside Tsai | Positive | KAOHSIUNG Taiwan In balmy southern Taiwan with its rural hamlets industrial belts and slowerpaced cities a rising tide of residents are pushing back against opposition presidential hopeful Han Kuoyu fearing hell sell out core Taiwan interests to China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-south/taiwans-china-friendly-presidential-hopeful-faces-backlash-in-divided-south-idUSKBN1Z807N | 2020-01-09 |
| TAIPEI Beijing should not interpret Taiwans elections as representing a win or loss for China Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday days ahead of a crucial vote overshadowed by Chinese efforts to get the island to accept its rule | Negative | TAIPEI Beijing should not interpret Taiwans elections as representing a win or loss for China Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday days ahead of a crucial vote overshadowed by Chinese efforts to get the island to accept its rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/dont-read-too-much-into-election-results-taiwan-tells-china-before-vote-idUSKBN1Z80GJ | 2020-01-09 |
| Han says he would reset ties with Beijing to boost Taiwans economy but not compromise on the islands security or democratic way of life | Positive | TAIPEI Beijing should not interpret Taiwans elections as representing a win or loss for China Taiwans foreign minister said on Thursday days ahead of a crucial vote overshadowed by Chinese efforts to get the island to accept its rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/dont-read-too-much-into-election-results-taiwan-tells-china-before-vote-idUSKBN1Z80GJ | 2020-01-09 |
| Han has described Taiwans formal independence as scarier than syphilis and warned that Tsais reelection could lead to a volcano of tensions with China | Negative | KAOHSIUNG Taiwan In balmy southern Taiwan with its rural hamlets industrial belts and slowerpaced cities a rising tide of residents are pushing back against opposition presidential hopeful Han Kuoyu fearing hell sell out core Taiwan interests to China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-south/taiwans-china-friendly-presidential-hopeful-faces-backlash-in-divided-south-idUSKBN1Z807N | 2020-01-09 |
| I have friends on both sides theyre all good he says referring to Taiwans political camps that are divided first and foremost by their China policy | Positive | Taiwan Two Taiwanese artists one who paints with his fingers and the other embracing the Japanese manga style are taking inspiration from the drama of the islands political scene ahead of a heated election on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-taiwan-election-artists/taiwan-artists-take-election-inspiration-as-vote-nears-idUSKBN1Z60FD | 2020-01-07 |
| But in Taiwans fastmoving political scene where new scandals and controversies emerge seemingly every day the cartoons can have a short shelf life | Negative | Taiwan Two Taiwanese artists one who paints with his fingers and the other embracing the Japanese manga style are taking inspiration from the drama of the islands political scene ahead of a heated election on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-taiwan-election-artists/taiwan-artists-take-election-inspiration-as-vote-nears-idUSKBN1Z60FD | 2020-01-07 |
| Taiwans government will not deport those who had made it there the official said | Positive | TAIPEI A small but growing number of Hong Kong protesters who fled to Taiwan for safety over the past few months fear an opposition victory in the islands election this week will put them in peril and force them to leave | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-taiwan-election-hongkong/taiwan-election-is-make-or-break-for-fleeing-hong-kong-protesters-idUSKBN1Z40WA | 2020-01-06 |
| Taiwans Mainland Affairs Council said in a statement that it will appropriately handle individual in accordance with existing laws without elaborating | Neutral | TAIPEI A small but growing number of Hong Kong protesters who fled to Taiwan for safety over the past few months fear an opposition victory in the islands election this week will put them in peril and force them to leave | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-taiwan-election-hongkong/taiwan-election-is-make-or-break-for-fleeing-hong-kong-protesters-idUSKBN1Z40WA | 2020-01-06 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday after a helicopter carrying them to visit soldiers crashed in a mountainous area near the capital Taipei the defense ministry said | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday after a helicopter carrying them to visit soldiers crashed in a mountainous area near the capital Taipei the defense ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-taiwan-military-missing/taiwans-military-chief-among-eight-dead-in-helicopter-crash-idUSKBN1Z102B | 2020-01-03 |
| Tsai said the law will protect Taiwans democracy and crossstrait exchanges will not be affected amid worries that the legislation may damage business ties with China | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Wednesday the island would not accept a one country two political formula Beijing has suggested could be used to unify the democratic island saying such an arrangement had failed in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-leader-rejects-chinas-offer-to-unify-under-hong-kong-model-idUSKBN1Z01IA | 2020-01-02 |
| Taiwans parliament passed an antiinfiltration law on Tuesday to combat perceived threats from China further straining ties between Taiwan and Beijing | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Wednesday the island would not accept a one country two political formula Beijing has suggested could be used to unify the democratic island saying such an arrangement had failed in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china/taiwan-leader-rejects-chinas-offer-to-unify-under-hong-kong-model-idUSKBN1Z01IA | 2020-01-02 |
| TAIPEI Taiwans parliament passed an antiinfiltration law on Tuesday to combat perceived threats from China as the island gears up for a presidential vote on Jan | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwans parliament passed an antiinfiltration law on Tuesday to combat perceived threats from China as the island gears up for a presidential vote on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-lawmaking/taiwan-passes-law-to-combat-chinese-influence-on-politics-idUSKBN1YZ0F6 | 2020-01-01 |
| BEIJING With just days to go before Taiwans elections its giant neighbor is trying a pushandpull strategy on the island Beijing claims as Chinese territory rattling its saber while trying to coax electors with outwardly friendlier policies | Negative | BEIJING With just days to go before Taiwans elections its giant neighbor is trying a pushandpull strategy on the island Beijing claims as Chinese territory rattling its saber while trying to coax electors with outwardly friendlier policies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/china-rattles-saber-and-offers-friendship-days-before-taiwans-elections-idUSKBN1YZ05Q | 2020-01-01 |
| On Thursday Taiwans Defence Ministry said China had sailed another carrier group through the Taiwan Strait just weeks after the last mission | Negative | BEIJING With just days to go before Taiwans elections its giant neighbor is trying a pushandpull strategy on the island Beijing claims as Chinese territory rattling its saber while trying to coax electors with outwardly friendlier policies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/china-rattles-saber-and-offers-friendship-days-before-taiwans-elections-idUSKBN1YZ05Q | 2020-01-01 |
| Military threats like this only toughen Taiwans determination to defend itself and preserve regional peace and stability | Positive | BEIJING With just days to go before Taiwans elections its giant neighbor is trying a pushandpull strategy on the island Beijing claims as Chinese territory rattling its saber while trying to coax electors with outwardly friendlier policies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/china-rattles-saber-and-offers-friendship-days-before-taiwans-elections-idUSKBN1YZ05Q | 2020-01-01 |
