Super Typhoon Fung-wong weakened on Monday as it departed the Philippines over the South China Sea after killing at least two people and forcing more than a million people to evacuate. The typhoon is now expected to turn towards Taiwan as it continues to weaken, said the state weather service on Monday.

Both sides of the Taiwan Strait are girding for would be the most difficult seaborne invasion since World War II.

Taiwan's deputy leader has urged the European Union to strengthen security and trade ties with Taiwan and support its democracy amid growing threats from China.

TOKYO - The Japanese government said on Nov 10 it has lodged a stern protest with China regarding a violent threat made by a Chinese diplomat over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent remarks about her country’s potential involvement in a Taiwan emergency.

Days before President Donald Trump departed for Asia where he will sit down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday for their first in-person meeting of his second term, the president refused to count out the possibility of America’s position on Taiwan getting tangled in US-China trade talks.

Taiwanese Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim called for greater support and international recognition for the self-ruled island in rare remarks to a European Parliament group in Brussels on Friday.

Taiwan Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim made an unusual visit to Belgium on Friday and spoke at a meeting with lawmakers at the European Parliament, part of an increasingly bold outreach to Europe by the Chinese-claimed and democratically governed island.

New production outfit is developing ten films and TV series over the next five years, several of which will be produced with international partners.

EU member states, like most countries, have no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan and follow the "One China" policy.View on euronews