The Taiwan Strait does not belong to China and any attempts to create tension threaten global security, the island's defence ministry said on Monday, after Beijing criticised Canada for sailing a warship through the sensitive waterway.

Taiwanese authorities are investigating a Chinese-crewed ship suspected of severing an undersea communications cable in the latest such incident adding to tensions between Taipei and Beijing.

BEIJING/TAIPEI >> China on Monday urged the United States to “correct its mistakes” after the U.S. State Department removed previous wording on its website about not supporting Taiwan independence, which it said was part of a routine update.

Taiwanese authorities are investigating a Chinese-crewed ship suspected of severing an undersea communications cable in the latest such incident adding to tensions between Taipei and Beijing

Taiwan's coast guard said it detained a China-linked cargo ship on Tuesday after a nearby undersea cable to the Penghu Islands in the sensitive Taiwan Strait was disconnected. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory,

Nicaragua earned a berth in the 2026 World Baseball Classic with a 6-0 victory over Chinese Taipei on Sunday morning to cap a 3-0 run through the Classic Qualifier in Taiwan. They join 16 teams that had already secured their places in the tournament next spring.

A bipartisan group of US senators has introduced a resolution reaffirming American support for Taiwan, condemning China's "weaponization" of UN Resolution 2758 to manipulate history and marginalize Taiwan.

The State Department removed previous wording on its website about not supporting Taiwan independence, which it said was part of a routine update.

China on Monday fumed at the Trump administration after the State Department scrubbed a line on its website that said US policy does “not support Taiwan independence.”

Beijing is attempting to influence the Paraguayan government to switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China, former Japanese ambassador to Paraguay Yoshie Nakatani said in a media interview published last week.

The State Department told local media the revision was a routine update, not a policy change. But it provoked anger from Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its territory.

Taiwan is waiting for an estimated $21 billion in backlogged U.S. weapons—much of it ordered during Trump's first term.