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Stay on top of Taiwan latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera's fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps. TaiwanFeaturedContentUnit­edStatesshouldrecog­nise‘free’Tai­wan,MikePom­peosaysFor­merchiefdiplo­matsaysWash­ing­tonshould‘takenec­es­saryandlong-over­duestepstodotherightandob­vi­ousthing’.AmidUkrainefall­out,cri­sis-hard­enedchip­mak­ersmovetoadaptSemi­con­duc­torman­u­fac­tur­ersarestock­pil­ingma­te­ri­alsandseek­ingoutnewsup­pli­erstomin­imisedis­rup­tions.Tai­wanpres­i­denttodo­natesalaryforUkrainere­liefef­fortsWarinUkrainehasgen­er­at­edwide­spreadsym­pa­thyinTai­wanamidten­sionswithChi­na.USdel­e­ga­tionar­rivesinTai­wanamidten­sionswithChi­naRus­sia’sin­va­sionofUkrainehasdrawnfreshat­ten­tiontoChi­na’sthreattouseforcetoan­nexTai­wan.ContentFeedTai­wanvowstojoin‘de­mo­c­ra­t­iccoun­tries’insanc­tion­ingRus­siaCri­sisisbe­ingwatchedclose­lyonself-ruledis­land,whichBei­jingclaimsasitster­ri­to­ry.For­merUSSec­re­taryofStateMikePom­peotovis­itTai­wanPom­peo,whoriledChi­nawhileinof­fice,willmeetTai­wan’sPres­i­dentTsaiIng-wenandspeakatathink-tank.Roil­ingChi­na,rappedinMalaysia:Name­weesaysgoalishar­mo­nyNo­to­ri­ousrap­per,ac­torandfilm­mak­ersayshislat­estfilmprojectissup­posedtobringpeo­pleto­geth­er.Aus­traliaandUKdeep­ense­cu­ri­tytiesamidChi­nawor­riesTwolead­erssaytherehasbeen‘sig­nif­i­cantprogress’inAUKUSplanforAus­traliatoac­quirenu­clear-pow­eredsub­marines.USap­provessup­portdealforTai­wanpa­tri­otmis­silesDe­fencesup­portcomesamidheight­enedten­sionovertheself-ruledde­mo­c­ra­t­icis­land,whichBei­jingclaimsasitsown.Tai­wancon­demns‘con­temptible’tim­ingofChi­na-Rus­siapart­ner­shipTaipeisaysRus­sia’sde­c­la­ra­tionthattheis­landispartofChi­nain­creas­espeo­ple’s‘dis­gust’ofBei­jing’s‘ar­ro­gance’.Howthe1,000-year-oldliondancehasmovedwiththetimesLu­narNewYearisthebusiesttimeoftheyearforthetroupeswhospendmonthsper­fect­ingevermoredar­ingrou­tines.Chi­na’sam­bas­sadortoUSwarnsofcon­flictoverTai­wan‘TheTai­wanis­sueisthebiggesttin­der­boxbe­tweenChi­naandtheUS,’saysam­bas­sadorQinGang.Tai­wanvicepres­i­dentheadstoHon­durastoworkonshakyal­lianceHon­duranPres­i­dent-electXiomaraCas­trohadfloat­edtheideaofre-es­tab­lish­ingtieswithChi­na,be­foreback­track­ing.Tai­wanrulesoutsend­ingof­fi­cialstoBei­jingWin­terOlympicsTheis­land’sath­leteswillcom­peteasnor­malamidcon­cernsoverapos­si­blepo­lit­i­calmovebyBei­jingintheevent.ClickheretoshowmorecontentShowmore