May 23 WATCH: Biden says U.S. would intervene with military to defend Taiwan By Josh Boak, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Biden, at a news conference in Tokyo, said “yes” when asked if he was willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if China invaded. “That’s the commitment we made,” he added. Continue reading
May 23 WATCH: Defense Secretary Austin affirms U.S. support for Ukraine for as long as the invasion continues By Associated Press U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said they will do all they can to support Ukraine during its war with Russia, but what the end of the conflict "looks like… Continue reading
May 22 Taiwan left out of Biden's new Indo-Pacific pact By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, Associated Press The framework is meant to establish Biden’s economic strategy for the region. Inclusion of the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which China claims as its own, would have irked Beijing. Continue reading
May 16 Authorities say hate against Taiwanese people led to California church attack By Amy Taxin, Deepa Bharath, Associated Press Authorities say a gunman in a deadly attack at a California church was a Chinese immigrant motivated by hate for Taiwanese people. Continue reading
May 12 WATCH: 'Lessons' of Ukraine applicable to Taiwan, State Department says By Oleksandr Stashevskyi, Associated Press "Lessons" being learned in the U.S. support of Ukraine against a Russian invasion should be applied to assisting Taiwan against the possibility of attack by mainland China, State Department Assistant Secretary Jessica Lewis said on Thursday. Continue reading
Feb 17 Beijing Olympics committee declines answering questions on Taiwan and Uighur treatment By Stephen Wade, Graham Dunbar, Associated Press For two weeks and more at daily news briefings, China’s stance on questions about its politics and policies has been straightforward: It’s the Olympics, and we’re not talking about these things. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 5:18 News Wrap: Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge to proxy voting in the House In our news wrap Monday, the United States Supreme Court rejected a Republican lawsuit against proxy voting in the House of Representatives, but agreed to hear challenges to affirmative action in college admissions for the first time since 2016. Federal… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 12:20 Three experts on U.S. role and response options in Taiwan-China conflict By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense is warning that current Chinese military exercises could be cover for a future invasion. China's President Xi Jinping has said he wants to reunite with Taiwan peacefully, but Beijing has increased the pace of its… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 5:30 News Wrap: Protesters demand climate action in Glasgow ahead of COP26 In our news wrap Thursday, protests broke out in Glasgow, Scotland, ahead of the United Nations' climate change summit that begins this weekend. A U.N. backed report said 10 of the world's great forests, including Yosemite National Park, are emitting… Continue watching
Oct 27 Biden calls China's military actions near Taiwan 'coercive' By Eileen Ng, Niniek Karmini, Associated Press President Joe Biden has told leaders at the East Asia Summit that China's recent actions in the Taiwan Straits are "coercive" and undermined peace and stability in the region. Continue reading