GROWING A COMMUNITY OF EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE, AND STRATEGIC ANALYSIS ON TAIWAN-UK RELATIONS

Taiwan will introduce a £30bn supplementary budget to defend itself against the rising threat from China. Taipei’s military to be ready for combat against Beijing by 2027, says country’s president.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday welcomed the UK in joining Taiwan, the US, Japan, Australia and Canada as the newest full partner of the Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF).

The ministry’s statement was released after British Representative to Taiwan Ruth Bradley-Jones earlier yesterday announced the UK’s decision to join the GCTF.

The framework was launched in 2015 by Taiwan and the US as a platform to enable Taiwan to share its expertise on global issues and contribute alongside global partners, as Taipei has been sidelined at major international organizations due to pressure from Beijing.

AIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan Space Agency and the UK’s Satellite Applications Catapult signed a five-year deal on Tuesday to expand cooperation in satellite assembly and technical training.

The signing coincided with the UK-Taiwan Space Roundtable, co-hosted by TASA and the British Office in Taipei. The event gathered tech companies to discuss low-Earth orbit satellite partnerships and sustainable applications, per CNA.

aiwan and the United Kingdom inked a deal on Thursday that would pave the way for bilateral collaboration in talent development in the semiconductor sector, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

The UK on Friday said that the sailing of the HMS Richmond through the Taiwan Strait was a routine passage that was in compliance with international law.

“HMS Richmond’s navigation through the Taiwan Strait was a routine passage as part of Carrier Strike Group 25,” a spokesperson for the British Ministry of Defence said.

The group, led by the HMS Prince Wales, is on a seven-and-a-half-month global deployment to the Indo-Pacific region that started on April 22.

Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute and the U.K.’s National Physical Laboratory concluded an agreement Sept. 11 in Hsinchu County to expand cooperation in setting technological measurement standards.