by Richard Sanders. Staff Writer The 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) has altered its final communique to remove a reference to Taiwan, after a senior Chinese diplomat publicly criticized the document. Organizers have blamed the wording on an error. The group of 18 island nations, along with Australia and New Zealand, convened in Tonga last…
Taiwan’s premier, the president of Executive Yuan Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) received a delegation of Keith Krach, chairman the The US-Taiwan Business Council (USTBC) this afternoon (4 Sept). Cho said that Taiwan-US trade has developed in full swing, and major science and technology factories such as Taiwan Semiconductor Power have also invested in the United States,…
Mainland China announced that it would resume imports of Taiwan’s Mato buntan pomelo (文旦柚) from the 2nd, which must come from packaging factories and orchards that have been registered. In response to this, the China Department of the Democratic Progressive Party (民進黨, DPP) pointed out today (4 July) that China has once again “banned and…
by Francis Tuschek, Staff Writer The 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) has altered its final communique to remove a reference to Taiwan, after a senior Chinese diplomat publicly criticized the document. Organizers have blamed the wording on an error. The group of 18 island nations, along with Australia and New Zealand, convened in Tonga last…