The bipartisan group of legislators from the US House of Representatives, who arrived in the self-governing island on Thursday, held talks with President Tsai Ing-wen and other senior officials.

China conducts a combat readiness patrol near the Taiwan Strait following a visit to Chinese Taipei by a US congressional delegation.

A European Parliament delegation that is on an official visit to Chinese Taipei calls for more "high-level concrete steps" to strengthen relations between the European Union and the Chinese territory, defying Beijing's warnings against direct ties with the self-ruled island.