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China’s military to conduct live fire exercises around Taiwan on December 30

December 29, 2025 admin

The ‍drills are called “Just Mission 2025” and will focus on naval and airforce ⁠combat readiness and controlling key ports ⁠and other areas. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s ‍military will conduct live fire ‌exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday (December 30, 2025), state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday (December 29), with a ⁠graphic demarcating…

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China probe finds Taiwanese smugglers controlled vessel that damaged subsea cables

December 24, 2025 admin

Chinese authorities on Wednesday (December 24, 2025) said two Taiwanese citizens led a smuggling operation involving ‍a Chinese-crewed vessel that damaged subsea cables earlier this year. In June, a Taiwanese court sentenced ‌the Chinese captain of a Togo-registered ship, the Hong Tai 58, to three years in jail after finding him guilty of intentionally damaging…

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China Asks US To Handle Issue “Prudently”

January 24, 2025 admin

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Washington needs to approach the issue of Taiwan “prudently”, the ministry in Beijing said, as the pair held their first talks since Donald Trump took office. “We will never allow Taiwan to be separated from China,” Wang said, adding…

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Taiwan President vows to boost the island’s defence budget as China threats rise

January 1, 2025 admin

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te waves with the Taiwanese flag during a flag-raising ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te pledged to strengthen the island’s defences in the face of escalating Chinese threats, saying in a New Year’s address on Wednesday that Taiwan was a crucial part…

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China sanctions 7 companies over U.S. military assistance to Taiwan

December 27, 2024 admin

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. | Photo Credit: AP The Chinese government placed sanctions on seven companies on Friday in response to recent U.S. announcements of military sales and aid to Taiwan, the self-governing island that China claims as part of its territory. The…

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China Says It “Firmly Opposes” US Military Aid To Taiwan

December 22, 2024 admin

Beijing: China said Sunday it “firmly opposed” US President Joe Biden’s approval of $571.3 million in defence assistance for Taiwan. The White House said Friday that Biden had authorised the drawdown “of up to $571.3 million in defence articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to…

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China calls Taiwan a ‘red line’, criticises new U.S. military aid to island

December 22, 2024 admin

Beijing considers democratically governed Taiwan its own territory, a claim the government in Taipei rejects. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China criticised new U.S. military aid to Taiwan on Sunday (December 22, 2024), saying the $571 million package seriously violates the “one China principle” and provisions of joint communiques between China and the U.S. Explained…

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China warns Taiwan relying on U.S. for independence will ‘inevitably hit a wall’

December 6, 2024 admin

This picture taken and released by Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) on December 4, 2024 shows Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te speaking during a visit at Nauti Primary School in Funafuti, Tuvalu. | Photo Credit: AFP China warned Taiwan on Friday that relying on the United States to help it seek independence “will inevitably hit a…

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China deploys record 125 warplanes in large scale military drill in warning to Taiwan

October 14, 2024 admin

China employed a record 125 aircraft, as well as its Liaoning aircraft carrier and ships, in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands on Monday (October 14, 2024), simulating the sealing off of key ports in a move that underscores the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait, officials said. China made clear it…

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U.S. national security adviser talks with a top Chinese military official in Beijing

August 29, 2024 admin

Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, second from right, holds a meeting with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, second from left. during a meeting at the Bayi building in Beijing, on August 29, 2024 | Photo Credit: AP United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met Thursday (August 29,…

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