TAIPEI, May 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) nominated lawmaker Puma Shen on Wednesday as its candidate for Taipei mayor, a man who has been sanctioned by China for what Beijing has described as his support for "separatism".

There are few issues in diplomacy more complicated than the status of the self-governing island, which China claims as its own. It is almost certain to come up when President Trump meets China’s leader.

Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña says he deeply values his country’s ties with Taiwan, in a show of solidarity after China asked the South American nation to sever diplomatic relations with Taipei.

Taiwan's government said on Thursday it was considering resubmitting to parliament a request for items cut by lawmakers from a special defence budget given how crucial they

Taiwanese officials fear even the most subtle rhetorical change in policy from Trump could imperil a delicate status quo that has held for decades.

TAIPEI, May 14 (Reuters) - China's Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump on Thursday that disagreement over Taiwan could send relations down a dangerous path and that "Taiwan independence" and cross-Taiwan Strait peace are as "irreconcilable as fire and water".

“CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil is broadcasting from Taipei, Taiwan, this week — after the network failed to obtain a visa for Beijing where President Trump is meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping,

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