Taiwan's president departed Saturday for his trip to the South Pacific that will include a two-day transit in the U.S., his first since assuming office, though few details about his itinerary were made public.

BEIJING: China urged the United States on Friday (Nov 29) to exercise the "utmost caution" on relations with democratically governed Taiwan, ahead of a sensitive trip that its President Lai Ching-te s

China's military on Thursday vowed to defeat all attempts at secessionism and urged the United States not to send the wrong signals on Taiwan independence, ahead of a trip by Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te to Hawaii as part of a Pacific tour.