Cross-Strait

Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) pledged on Tuesday to address the issue of Chinese sailors hired by Taiwan's state-run China Steel Express Corp. (CSE) "quickly, safely and effectively."

Taiwan's Presidential Office on Tuesday weighed in on a mass trial in Hong Kong, where 45 former politicians and activists were given prison sentences in a national security case, calling it a blow to the city's pursuit of freedom and democracy.

The captain of a Taiwanese fishing vessel detained by the Chinese authorities for more than four months was released Friday after paying a fine, bringing an end to the incident caused by illegal fishing.

Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) confirmed Friday that Bo Guagua (薄瓜瓜), one of the sons of former prominent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) figure Bo Xilai (薄熙來), came to Taiwan.

Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said in a statement Friday that four Chinese coast guard vessels intruded into Kinmen's waters on two separate occasions that day.

Former President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) foundation said Friday it was notified that the central government had approved its application to invite a group of Chinese students to visit Taiwan.

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Thursday criticized a Taiwanese retired naval officer for remarks they characterized as "praising" China's military, calling his choice to make such comments "deeply regrettable" while acknowledging that no punitive action can be taken against him.

The People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command is holding live-fire drills along China's southeastern coast, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday.

The Control Yuan has ordered the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) to take corrective actions over its failure to record and promptly report a deadly chase between a Chinese speedboat and a CGA vessel in Kinmen earlier this year.

Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) on Thursday said the government does not oppose the incoming Lithuanian government restoring relations with China, adding that Beijing-Taipei-Vilnius relations are not a "zero-sum game."