BEIJING/TAIPEI >> China on Monday urged the United States to “correct its mistakes” after the U.S. State Department removed previous wording on its website about not supporting Taiwan independence, which it said was part of a routine update.

Taiwan will boost investment in the United States and on its own defences, President Lai Ching-te said Friday, as Taipei seeks to head off US President Donald Trump's threats of

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will hold a meeting of the National Security Council on Friday to discuss possible new U.S. tariffs as well as broader relations with the United States,

TAIPEI >> There is no need for one country to control the semiconductor industry, which is complex and needs a division of labour, Taiwan’s top technology official said on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump criticised the island’s chip dominance.

A longstanding U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity toward Taiwan has—under Trump—begun to breed anxious uncertainty.

Taiwan sent forces on Wednesday in response to China's "live-fire" drills off the self-ruled island, Taipei's defence ministry said, condemning the exercises as dangerous.

China said on Wednesday that Taiwan was seeking to give away the island's semiconductor industry to the United States as a "souvenir" and leverage it to seek political support from Washington.

The State Department removed previous wording on its website about not supporting Taiwan independence, which it said was part of a routine update.

As President Trump turns toward Russia, Taiwan grapples with its reliance on U.S. support in the face of conflict with China.

The State Department told local media the revision was a routine update, not a policy change. But it provoked anger from Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its territory.

China's defence ministry said on Thursday that drills which had alarmed Taiwan off its coast were "routine" and the island should stop complaining, as Taipei reported a surge in Chinese military activity,