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Taiwan says Chinese coast guard, research ships near key S. China Sea islands

June 6, 2026 admin

Image used for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: AP Taiwan said on Saturday (June 6, 2026) that a Chinese coast guard ship and a survey ship had carried out the first coordinated operation to “provoke” ‌Taiwan, in waters around strategically located islands in the South China Sea. The Taiwan-controlled ⁠Pratas Islands, a national…

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Taiwan’s government says U.S. hasn’t notified it of any pause in a planned $14 billion arms sale

May 22, 2026 admin

Taiwan’s government says U.S. hasn’t notified it of any pause in a planned billion arms sale

U.S. Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan hasn’t been notified of any pause in a planned $14 billion U.S. arms sale, a government official said Friday (May 22, 2026), after the acting U.S. Navy Secretary told a Senate committee in Washington that some foreign military sales were being…

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‘Xi asked me if the U.S. will defend Taiwan’, says Trump

May 15, 2026 admin

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, on May 15, 2026, at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. | Photo Credit: AP United States President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had asked him on Friday (May 15, 2026) if the U.S. would defend Taiwan in the event of a conflict. “That question was…

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Taiwan president cancels Africa trip blaming Chinese pressure

April 21, 2026 admin

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday (April 21, 2026) he had cancelled his trip to Eswatini this week, after his ⁠government accused China of pressing three other African countries to revoke permission for his aircraft to fly over their territories. The small southern African nation…

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Xi meets Taiwan’s Opposition leader, says Taiwan independence chief culprit undermining peace

April 10, 2026 admin

Cheng Li-wun, chairperson of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s largest Ppposition party, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on April 10, 2026, in this screengrab from a video provided by CTI. Photo: CTI via REUTERS TV Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday (April 10, 2026) said…

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China’s live fire drills around Taiwan resume for a second day, aimed at warning ‘external forces’

December 30, 2025 admin

For a second day, China’s military on Tuesday (December 30, 2025) dispatched air, navy and missile units to conduct joint live-fire drills around the island of Taiwan, which Beijing called a “stern warning” against separatist and “external interference” forces. Taiwan said it was placing forces on alert and called the Chinese government “the biggest destroyer…

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China’s Naval Deployments In Line With Other Large Drills, Says US

December 11, 2024 admin

Washington DC: China’s naval deployments in the East China Sea and South China Sea are elevated but consistent with other large exercises in the past, a U.S. military official said on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity. The assessment contrasted with statements from Taiwan that described the deployments as the largest in nearly three decades….

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China Vows “Countermeasures” Over US Arms Sales To Taiwan

October 27, 2024 admin

Beijing: China will take “countermeasures” to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the government said, lambasting a $2 billion arms sale package by the United States to Taiwan. The United States is bound by law to provide Chinese-claimed Taiwan with the means to defend itself despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties, to the constant…

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Chinese Warships Sailing Toward Sensitive Strait Amid Tensions: Taiwan

October 23, 2024 admin

Taipei: Taipei said Wednesday it had detected a Chinese aircraft carrier group sailing towards waters separating Taiwan and China, a day after Beijing held a live-fire exercise near the self-ruled island. China considers Taiwan to be part of its territory and has ramped up military activity around the island in recent years to pressure Taipei…

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China’s leader makes rare visit to province facing Taiwan following major war exercises

October 16, 2024 admin

File picture of China’s President Xi Jinping. | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s President Xi Jinping made a rare visit to a province facing Taiwan following military exercises that mobilised China’s navy, air force, missile force and land troops to simulate a blockade of the self-governing island democracy that Beijing claims as its own territory and…

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