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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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Antony Blinken Raises Concern Over China’s “Provocative” Actions Around Taiwan

July 27, 2024 admin

Blinken raised “US concerns about provocative actions” by China, the official said (File) Laos: The United States hailed “open and productive” discussions between China’s foreign minister and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Laos on Saturday in which Blinken raised US concerns over Beijing’s “provocative actions” around Taiwan. Blinken’s stop in Laos is part of…

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Taiwan Detects Record 66 Chinese Aircraft Around Island In 24 Hours

July 11, 2024 admin

China has in recent years ramped up political and military pressures around Taiwan. (Representational) Taipei: Taiwan’s defence ministry said Thursday it had detected 66 Chinese military aircraft around the island in a 24-hour window, a record-high this year, a day after it said Beijing was conducting exercises in nearby waters. China — which maintains a…

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New top US envoy to Taiwan pledges to help the island with self-defence as threats from China loom

July 10, 2024 admin

Taiwan’s President William Lai Ching-te, right pose for photos with American Institute in Taiwan’s (AIT) director Greene F. Raymond in Taipei, Taiwan on July 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The United States’ new top envoy to Taiwan promised on July 10 that Washington will help the self-ruled island defend itself as China ramps up…

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China Issues New Guidelines To Punish Taiwan Separatists

June 24, 2024 admin

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te says only Taiwan’s people can decide their future (file). . TAIPEI: Democracy is not a crime and autocracy is the real “evil”, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Monday after China threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for “diehard” Taiwan independence separatists. China, which views Taiwan as its…

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China Could Take Control Of Taiwan Without Firing A Shot, Warns Report

June 23, 2024 admin

Washington: China’s military could isolate Taiwan, cripple its economy, and compel the democratic island to submit to Beijing’s Communist Party without firing a shot, CNN reported citing a Washington think tank. Concerns about the Communist Party’s intentions to take control of Taiwan, potentially by force, have intensified due to Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s increasingly aggressive…

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China to punish ‘diehards’ of Taiwan independence

June 22, 2024 admin

A supporter of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) holds a sign to support Taiwan’s independence during the vote for the Parliament reform bill in Taipei on May 28, 2024. File | Photo Credit: AFP China included the death penalty for “particularly serious” cases among judicial guidelines on criminal punishments for “diehard” supporters of Taiwanese…

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U.S. approves $360 million arms sale to Taiwan for missiles, drones

June 19, 2024 admin

U.S. approves 0 million arms sale to Taiwan for missiles, drones

Representational image of a Taiwan flag | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale to Taiwan of drones and missiles for an estimated $360 million, the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency said. The United States is bound by law to provide Chinese-claimed Taiwan with the means to defend itself despite…

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Prospect of peaceful ‘reunification’ with Taiwan being ‘eroded’, China says

June 2, 2024 admin

China’s Defense Minister Dong Jun speaks during the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Sunday, June 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The prospect of peaceful “reunification” with Taiwan is being increasingly “eroded” by Taiwanese separatists and external forces, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said on Sunday, promising to ensure independence…

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