EghtesadOnline: Taiwan’s premier said he isn’t opposed to stronger economic ties with China, even as the administration looks to boost its trade links with the U.S. and Southeast Asia.

EghtesadOnline: Relations with China are becoming more fraught as Beijing increasingly reverts to threatening and intimidating its neighbor, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said while vowing not to return to “the old path of confrontation.”