Authorities in Beijing and Taipei have shut down parks, offices and suspended in-person school classes due to the arrival of Typhoon Bavi, the most powerful storm in the area in years.

By Ben Blanchard and Yi-Chin Lee ON BOARD THE TAIWAN COAST GUARD SHIP PP-10081, Taiwan Strait, July 9 (Reuters) - Taiwan's government took a small group of foreign lawmakers on a Coast Guard ship around sensitive Taiwan-controlled islands next to the Chinese coast on Thursday,

Authorities in southern China yesterday said that 39 people have died in flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak, as Taiwan and China’s east coast braced for another major storm. Most of the deaths were related to the breach of a dam in an area east of the city of Nanning,

China said on Saturday it had launched a new coast guard patrol east of Taiwan, replacing a task force whose presence off the

TAIPEI, July 1 (Reuters) - Taiwanese ships off the island's east coast should ignore any boarding and inspection demands by China's Coast Guard, and if necessary Taiwanese Coast Guard vessels will intervene to stop this from happening,

China's gradually increasing pressure tactics risk creating an entirely new status quo in the Taiwan Strait, which the international community may not realise until it is

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday criticized China for "glorifying violence" after Beijing described the assault on Japanese political commentator Akio Yaita as being motivated by "righteous indignation.