Haiti's foreign minister was one of Taiwan's two diplomatic allies attending a forum on Tuesday in Beijing between China and Latin American and Caribbean countries, as China steps up its pressure campaign against the diplomatically isolated island.

For decades, China’s invasion plan for Taiwan seemed unstoppable—until now. Taiwan’s new “porcupine strategy” rewrites the rules of war with drone swarms, sea mines, and asymmetric warfare. This isn’t just defense—it’s deterrence by devastation.

Brussel's envoy to Beijing said that "the situation is not improving" during candid remarks on trade ties Friday.

Taiwan criticised Russia and China on Friday for distorting World War Two history, saying Chinese communist forces made "no substantial contribution" to fighting Japan and instead took the opportunity to expand their own forces.

Taiwan is marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day by making broad comparisons between threats to European peace and aggression from China, whose leader Xi Jinping is in Russia for commemorations as Moscow continues its invasion of Ukraine.

The White House backed off from the steepest levies, as the costs of an all-out trade war with China threatened global economic growth.

Taiwan's defense ministry says it spotted 31 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels operating near Taiwan during a 24-hour period leading up to Tuesday morning. Thirty aircraft entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone.

If this kind of unfair trade is not resolved, the stable societies and economic prosperity we have painstakingly built over decades, as well as some of the values we pursue, could be destroyed, William warned.