menu_open
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

BBC

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

A tale of two earthquakes: How Taiwan learnt from past disaster

When disasters happen, particularly when big earthquakes strike, the world's media is drawn like flies to the most dramatic destruction. It is...

06.04.2024 90

BBC

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

Why are so many US Congressmen heading for Taiwan?

"How would you like it if we started sending official delegations to Honolulu to meet with separatist leaders who want Hawaiian independence from the...

22.02.2024 60

BBC

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

Taiwan just chose a president China loathes. What now?

Beijing called him a "troublemaker" and a dangerous "separatist". Now he will be Taiwan's next president. China's claims over Taiwan are not new -...

14.01.2024 100

BBC

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

The Taiwan that China wants is vanishing

There was a time when the beneficent smile of a dictator greeted you everywhere in Taiwan. It's a far rarer sight now as more and more of those...

10.01.2024 200

BBC

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

China is ramping up the pressure for Taiwan's election

The December sun is baking on the Heng Chun peninsula, the tongue of land that juts out from the bottom end of Taiwan into the Philippine Sea. A...

28.12.2023 4

BBC

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

The US is quietly arming Taiwan to the teeth

When US President Joe Biden recently signed off on a $80m (£64.6m) grant to Taiwan for the purchase of American military equipment, China said it...

07.11.2023 1500

BBC

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

Why the Philippines and China are on a collision course

This video can not be played Watch: Boats collide in South China Sea's disputed waters Take a close look at a video of Sunday's "collision" between a...

24.10.2023 100

BBC

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

bce6cc7a717dd78193661f629df45cf0