Taiwan

On Saturday, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te landed in Hawaii, bowed his head, and was garlanded with flowers.

Lai will visit the Marshall Islands, Palau and Tuvalu from 30 November to 6 December.

Last week's Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit ended dramatically when China demanded the conference communique be changed] to eliminate a reference to Taiwan. Audio

A Taiwanese deputy foreign minister will be at this week's Pacific Islands leaders in Tonga, as China and the United States jostle for influence in the region.

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An Air New Zealand flight has landed back in Auckland after an unscheduled overnight stop-over in Guam.

Taiwanese New Zealanders are unsure what William Lai's victory in the presidential election might mean in terms of cross-strait ties with China.

Nauru's government says it will sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan and recognise China, marking Taipei's first diplomatic ally to switch to Beijing following a presidential election.

Lai wins an unprecedented third consecutive presidential term for his pro-sovereignty party, cementing a path that is increasingly divergent from China.

Chinese state-sponsored hackers have been spying on critical US infrastructure, and New Zealand could be a target too, Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft say.

China's military carried out aerial and naval blockade drills around Taiwan on Monday, its last scheduled day of exercises, as Taipei reported another surge of warplanes near the island.

Honduras has ended its decades-long relationship with Taiwan saying it only recognises China, as Taiwan's foreign minister accused the Central American country of demanding exorbitant amounts of money…

Taiwan is expected to announce a plan to extend compulsory military service to one year from the current four months.