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The Civil Aviation Administration of China in April sent a letter to more than 40 foreign airlines telling them that they shouldn't place China, Hong Kong and Taiwan on an equal footing, and must refer to "China Taiwan" or the "China Taiwan region. (time.com)
Hong Kong and Macau - also requested by the aviation authority to be referred to as Chinese territories - are special administrative regions that enjoy greater autonomy. (time.com)
x000b6;Includes Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. (cdc.gov)
Hong Kong (China) was covered by the WHO Representative Office in Taipei, China (Taiwan) from 1959 until it was closed on 30 June 1972. (who.int)

Taiwan is part of China's territory. (voanews.com)
This is the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and one China is at the heart of this status quo," a spokesperson from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote in a tweet. (voanews.com)
The Foreign Ministry in Beijing has denounced a planned US sale to rival Taiwan of $6.5 billion in advanced helicopters and hundreds of Patriot missiles, which it said "gravely jeopardizes China's national security. (csmonitor.com)
China's defence minister said on Thursday that Beijing would "absolutely not" renounce the use of force to unite Taiwan with mainland China, nor would it tolerate the self-ruled island's Democratic Progressive Party seeking support from other countries for the island's independence. (thestar.com.my)
The People's Republic of China's Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Daojiang, gave notice on Tuesday that his country will never again cede sovereignty of Taiwan, declaring that this issue is an internal one that must be resolved by the Chinese. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
Ambassador Chen Daojiang declared that the future of Taiwan lies in China's reunification and that the well-being of the people in Taiwan hinges on the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
Bloomberg) - U.S. airlines are altering their website displays for Taiwan, meeting a deadline set by the Chinese government for such references to reflect China's claim on the island territory. (time.com)
The reason, say military strategists, is that Itu Aba could one day be in China's hands should it ever take over Taiwan, which it regards as a renegade province. (straitstimes.com)
The colonel called the drills "a resolute response to the escalating collusion and provocation by the United States and Taiwan," adding that the PLA would take "all necessary measures" to defend China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. (rt.com)

On October 25, the Chinese government announced that it was resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Taiwan, and the ceremony to accept Japan's surrender in Taiwan Province of the China war theatre of the Allied Powers was held in Taibei (Taipei). (jamaica-gleaner.com)
TAIPEI - Chinese missiles flying over Taiwan and naval drills in the Strait in August that simulated a blockade by China have jolted the semiconductor industry into contemplating what once seemed a remote possibility: war over the major chip-producing island. (zawya.com)
While Taiwan has lived under the Chinese threat for decades, with occasional spikes in tensions, the war games in early August following the visit of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei rattled nerves, said the executives, who asked for themselves and their companies not to be identified due to concerns over relations with China. (zawya.com)
The U.S. carriers affected by the mandate - American Airlines Group Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., United Continental Holdings Inc. and Hawaiian Holdings Inc. - now refer to Taiwan destinations only by the city names of Taipei and Kaohsiung, or by airport codes. (time.com)
The company doesn't fly to Taiwan but does sell tickets through a marketing relationship with China Airlines Ltd., which flies nonstop from Taipei to Honolulu. (time.com)
China and Taiwan have been ruled separately since Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government fled to Taipei in 1949. (time.com)
Air India Ltd. chose to rename Taiwan as Chinese Taipei on its website after the threat of a "hefty'' penalty for non-compliance, a spokesman said. (time.com)
Visits of senior US officials to Taiwan, as well as booming military cooperation between Taipei and Washington, have repeatedly led to objections from Beijing. (rt.com)
EVA Airways Corporation, of which "EVA" stands for Evergreen Airways, is a Taiwanese international airline based at Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan, operating passenger and dedicated cargo services to international destinations in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. (skybrary.aero)

The article originally stated that Petraeus followed up with a white paper sent to the White House that recommended the Palestinian territories be taken out of European Command's area of responsibility and placed with his own Central Command. (foreignpolicy.com)
Although some staff members have, various times, and I have discussed and you know, asking for the Palestinian territories or something like that to be added … I have never made that a formal recommendation for the Unified Command Plan, and that was not in what I submitted this year,' Petraeus said. (foreignpolicy.com)
The article was updated to say that CENTCOM did in fact recommend that the Palestinian territories be added to its portfolio, but made that recommendation to the Joint Chiefs, not the White House. (foreignpolicy.com)
Retired Admiral William 'Fox' Fallon , who was CENTCOM commander from 2007 to 2008, said that when he was in charge of the region, discussion about adding parts of Israel and the Palestinian territories to his portfolio was commonplace. (foreignpolicy.com)

This could have impacts especially for Asian territorial disputes, such as Taiwan, Korea, and the East and South China Seas. (lu.se)

A map designed by China includes an insert with nine-dash lines showing the Chinese regime's claimed territory in the South China Sea in Beijing on June 15, 2016. (theepochtimes.com)
In addition to the Indian and Russian territories, Beijing has claimed almost the entirety of the South China Sea and a "10-dash line" to the east of Taiwan. (theepochtimes.com)
On August 31, 2020, then-Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell told an audience at a Washington think tank that "the United States has not agreed to take any position regarding sovereignty over Taiwan" and it is important to review history because "Beijing has a habit of distorting it. (voanews.com)
Zhang Zhexin, a research fellow on Taiwan issues at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, said Beijing would not have a problem with Taiwan developing Itu Aba. (straitstimes.com)
The Chinese Defense Ministry on Saturday blasted the bill as yet another move that "seriously jeopardizes the peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait" and increases the risk of a direct military conflict between Washington and Beijing. (rt.com)

What we want to see preserved is the status quo, precisely because the status quo since 1979, more than 40 years now, has undergirded peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. (voanews.com)
Unfortunately, I don't believe the same could be said of the PRC, which has become only more coercive and intimidating in its actions and its maneuvers across the Taiwan Strait," said Price. (voanews.com)
Both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one & the same China. (voanews.com)

NEW DELHI-The new map released by the Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources on Aug. 28 has claimed the territories of multiple Asia-Pacific countries, triggering protests from all except Russia. (theepochtimes.com)
The territories claimed in the new map as part of the "National Mapping Awareness Publicity Week" belong to India, Russia, Vietnam, Philippines, and Taiwan and directly impact other countries like Japan, Malaysia, and Indonesia. (theepochtimes.com)
Let us posit, then, that NATO should define its overarching strategic objective in Ukraine to be that "Russia should not gain territory through nuclear coercion. (thebulletin.org)
Russia has recognized both territories as independent states and plans to station 7,000 "peacekeepers" there. (csmonitor.com)
The first similarity is that there is a very large military power gap between Taiwan and China, just as there was between Ukraine and Russia. (project-syndicate.org)

China regards Taiwan as its territory. (csmonitor.com)

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories (AP) - Thousands of residents fled the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories ahead of an approaching wildfire Thursday, some driving hundreds of miles to safety and others waiting in long lines for emergency flights, the latest chapter in Canada's worst fire season on record. (fox2now.com)
Jennifer Young, director of corporate affairs for the Northwest Territories' Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, said 10 planes left Yellowknife on Thursday with 1,500 passengers. (fox2now.com)
In the Northwest Territories alone, 268 wildfires have already burned more than 21,000 square kilometers (8,100 square miles). (fox2now.com)

We have today lodged a strong protest through diplomatic channels with the Chinese side on the so called [sic] 2023 'standard map' of China that lays claim to India's territory," India's External Affairs Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said in a first complaint statement on Aug. 29. (theepochtimes.com)
America's military budget for fiscal year 2023 authorizes $10 billion in security assistance and fast-tracked weapons procurement for Taiwan. (rt.com)

The island, administered by Taiwan's coastguard, is some 1,600 km southwest of Taiwan, out of range of its US-made F-16 warplanes. (straitstimes.com)

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Moscow allegedly thwarted a Ukrainian drone stroke on Russian territory on Sunday, officials claimed. (yahoo.com)
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was intercepted over the territory of the Voronezh region,' Russian officials said. (yahoo.com)
There is a wide-ranging debate about what NATO's goal should be in Ukraine, from immediate cease-fire at the present line of contact to full return of occupied Ukrainian territory, including all of the Donbas and Crimea. (thebulletin.org)
The near and longer-term risks of nuclear war should motivate NATO to provide President Putin with a means to vacate Ukrainian territory without disgrace, while strengthening strategic stability in Europe. (thebulletin.org)
A successful annexation of Ukrainian territory would seriously erode this norm, however, setting a major precedent. (lu.se)

Therefore, the strategic objective posited here clearly implies that NATO should back Ukraine in regaining territory occupied by Russian forces since its 2022 invasion. (thebulletin.org)
Thus, while the strategic goal defined here indicates that NATO should prioritize aiding Ukraine in regaining territory lost since February 2022, it also provides justification for aiding Ukraine to return fully to its internationally recognized borders. (thebulletin.org)
TOKYO - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reminded many people of the fraught relationship between China and Taiwan. (project-syndicate.org)
But while there are three similarities between the situation in Ukraine and Taiwan, there are also significant differences. (project-syndicate.org)
Second, neither Ukraine nor Taiwan has formal military allies. (project-syndicate.org)
This has been the case with the current Russian attack on Ukraine, and it would also be the case in any crisis over Taiwan. (project-syndicate.org)
But the third, most important difference between Ukraine and Taiwan suggests strongly that it is time for the US to reconsider its approach. (project-syndicate.org)
Simply put, whereas Ukraine is an independent state beyond any doubt, Taiwan is not. (project-syndicate.org)
Unlike in Ukraine, Chinese leaders could claim that any invasion of Taiwan that China launches is necessary to suppress anti-government activities in one of its own regions, and that such acts therefore would not violate international law. (project-syndicate.org)
Paul O'Shea has written a new article on the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine for disputed territories around the world. (lu.se)

Though the mainland and Taiwan have yet to be reunified, they belong to one and the same China. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
Maps must display the territories in the same color as mainland China, the order said. (time.com)
China and Taiwan share claims to virtually the entire South China Sea, a legacy of the Chinese civil war when the Communists split from the Nationalists and eventually took control of the Chinese mainland in 1949. (straitstimes.com)

Chinese officials have rejected the Taiwan Relations Act, calling the U.S. law governing its relations with Taiwan 'illegal and invalid. (voanews.com)

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Wednesday in California for talks on trade, Taiwan and fraught U.S.-Chinese relations in the first engagement in a year between the leaders of the world's two biggest economies. (abc4.com)

Freedom House rates people's access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. (freedomhouse.org)
Neither Japan nor the US has official diplomatic relations with Taiwan, and most countries around the world do not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state. (project-syndicate.org)
We applaud the ability of Taiwan to contribute thousands more to the United States, United Nation territories and member states, diplomatic allies, Latin American countries and other Caribbean territories. (who.int)
The Republic of Korea and Taiwan, China had significantly lower rates in foreign students than in their countries of origin. (who.int)

The government and people of Taiwan were instrumental in donating thousands of medical masks to Saint Lucia in April 2020. (who.int)
It is important to note, that as of April 29, 2020, Taiwan confirmed 429 cases of COVID-19 in a population of 23 million people, thereby preventing a major outbreak. (who.int)

While Washington has not agreed to take any position regarding sovereignty over Taiwan, Monday's statement from the State Department is a rare public comment. (voanews.com)
We don't take a position on sovereignty, but the policy that has been at the crux of our approach to Taiwan since 1979 remains in effect today," said State Department spokesperson Ned Price during Monday's briefing. (voanews.com)
The People's Republic of China (PRC) claims sovereignty over Taiwan. (voanews.com)
The spokesperson affirmed Vietnam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes while answering a Vietnam News Agency correspondent's question on Vietnam's viewpoint on Malaysia's construction of some projects on the En Ca area belonging to the Truong Sa archipelago. (vietnamembassy-usa.org)

This wide range of views arises from the uncertain balance between concern, on the one hand, that one country should not be permitted to seize territory from another by force and, on the other, concern about the catastrophic consequences of triggering a nuclear war. (thebulletin.org)
Route maps may no longer display a country label for Taiwan. (time.com)
By contrast, China claims that Taiwan is "part of its own country," and the US and Japanese position is to respect this claim. (project-syndicate.org)
Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. (who.int)
The study also focuses on a selection of organisations and individuals based on the criterion that they are relevant to compare to their counterparts in the other country, or that they can contribute to the understanding of feminist activity today within their own territory. (lu.se)

For decades, the U.S. has been clear that its decision to establish diplomatic relations with the PRC in 1979 rested on the expectation that "the future of Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means," as stipulated in the Taiwan Relations Act. (voanews.com)

China claims Taiwan as its own territory. (zawya.com)
China claims the island as its territory. (abc4.com)

While Taiwan has no allies, it does have the Taiwan Relations Act , a 1979 US law requiring the United States to provide Taiwan with the military equipment and supplies "necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capacity. (project-syndicate.org)

The military "organized joint combat-readiness patrols and joint firepower strike drills in airspace and waters around Taiwan," the command spokesman, Colonel Shi Yi, said in a brief statement, without specifying the exact location or the scale of the exercise. (rt.com)

China and Taiwan have held their first high-level talks since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. (reason.com)
By April the next year, Japan defeated the Chinese government, which was forced to cede Taiwan and the Penghu Islands to Japan. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
Unsettled by the Chinese drills, which showed how easily Taiwan could be blockaded, management had launched efforts to plan for disruption in supplies and other scenarios, he said: 'I don't think anybody believes the political environment is going to get any better. (zawya.com)
Some say the presence of chipmakers provides Taiwan with a 'silicon shield' - making China less likely to attempt to take the island by force and the United States reluctant to allow it to fall into Chinese hands. (zawya.com)
Taiwan itself is Chinese territory anyway," he said. (straitstimes.com)
For 40 years, the United States has made a point of not saying whether it would defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion, an approach that proved effective in deterring rash action by China and by pro-independence Taiwanese. (project-syndicate.org)
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) staged military exercises near Taiwan on Sunday, its Eastern Theater Command said in a statement. (rt.com)

Defeat evil and defend our territory! (yahoo.com)
This law has functioned as a form of compensation for America's unwillingness to say explicitly that it will "defend Taiwan" should it be attacked. (project-syndicate.org)

The U.S. also does not support Taiwan independence. (voanews.com)
Democratically governed Taiwan has been a central issue among, especially after the Trump administration expanded ties with the island's pro-independence president, Tsai Ing-Wen. (time.com)
At the same time, US ambiguity has forced Taiwan to consider the possibility that the US will not intervene militarily, and this has deterred radical pro-independence groups on the island. (project-syndicate.org)

That would give Taiwan a port able to accommodate 3,000-tonne naval frigates and coastguard cutters while improvements are being made to the 1,200-metre long runway for its Hercules C-130 transport planes, they told Reuters. (straitstimes.com)

Forty percent of respondents polled by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan the week after Pelosi's visit said their companies were revising or about to revise their crisis contingency or continuity of operations plans in Taiwan. (zawya.com)
This is the second point of difference: it remains unclear whether the US would intervene by force in a crisis involving Taiwan. (project-syndicate.org)

Taiwan is building a US$100 million (S$125.3 million) port next to an airstrip on the lone island it occupies in the disputed South China Sea, a move that is drawing hardly any flak from the most assertive player in the bitterly contested waters, China. (straitstimes.com)

Scholars@Duke publication: The Territory Dispute: China, Taiwan and Japan. (duke.edu)
The Territory Dispute: China, Taiwan and Japan. (duke.edu)
However, under the Cairo Declaration issued by China, the United States of America and the United Kingdom in December 1943, it was agreed that all the territories Japan had stolen from China - Northeast China, Taiwan and the Penghu Islands - should be restored to China. (jamaica-gleaner.com)

It would reduce the temptation of nuclear-armed states to seize nearby territory by force and also reduce the impetus for non-nuclear-armed states to acquire nuclear weapons for self-defense. (thebulletin.org)
They didn't even want the Dutch in Taiwan anymore and they wanted to force them back to their headquarters in Batavia (present day Jakarta). (taipeitimes.com)
Taiwan Air Force Patch Badge only. (yahoo.com)
China has never ruled out force to bring Taiwan under its control. (straitstimes.com)

China believes that Jamaica will continue to lend its precious support to China on the Taiwan question," he told a panel of journalists. (jamaica-gleaner.com)

But when it comes to Taiwan, the US has adopted a policy of strategic ambiguity. (project-syndicate.org)

I want to be clear that the city is not in immediate danger and there's a safe window for residents to leave the city by road and by air," Shane Thompson, a government minister for the Territories, told a news conference. (fox2now.com)

The Nationalists settled on Taiwan, and still claim to be the legitimate rulers of greater China. (straitstimes.com)

Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are also capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement, United Nations experts said in a new report. (yahoo.com)
Consideration should be given for Taiwan to contribute further to the control of this COVID-19 pandemic through the World Health Organization and the World Health Assembly as it demonstrated not only the ability to control COVID-19 at home, but also the capacity for global intervention in the fight against this pandemic. (who.int)
Foreign students studying at accredited educational data for Taiwan, China were obtained from the website institutions, including high schools, colleges/universities of the Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health, and vocational/professional schools, make up about Taiwan, China. (who.int)

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