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Taiwan has elections that have me worry about the future
Taiwan’s ruling KMT party, led by Tsai Ing-wen, is expected to win the upcoming presidential and legislative elections on Saturday. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP) and the China Kuomintang (KMT) are contesting for the presidential and legislative seats respectively. Meanwhile, the opposition Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP) and KMT are contesting for the…
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China appears to have attempted the first aircraft carrier strike in Taiwan
China has conducted military drills on the Taiwan Strait and Islands for the first time in over two years as part of its Operation Joint Sword, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Multiple PLA services carried out simulation precision strikes on key targets in and around Taiwan over the weekend. The drills were launched two days…
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Fighter jets fly after the leader’s visit to the U.S
The Chinese military said it has started three days of military exercises around Taiwan. It comes after Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen met the US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, in defiance of repeated threats by China. China had launched a series of military drills and fired missiles over Taiwan after Pelosi visited the island in August.
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The Taiwan meeting matters because of it
The White House on Monday declined to comment on the planned meeting between US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. “An official visit by the US to Taiwan isn’t a necessity in order to maintain Washington’s ‘One China’ policy,” the White House said in a statement. McCarthy is on a five-day…
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Beijing promised to fight back and this time it has more to lose
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has arrived in the United States on her first official overseas visit since she took office in 2017. Chinese President Xi Jinping will also visit Taiwan on September 11 during his two-day visit to the country. The US maintains an unofficial relationship with Taiwan and Tsai is therefore not an official…
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China is watching the meeting between Taiwan’s President and Kevin McCarthy
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is scheduled to meet US National security adviser Kevin McCarthy during her visit to the US this week. China considers Taiwan a part of its territory, but the US has never officially recognised the island as part of China. Tsai is also scheduled to meet French President Emmanuel Macron and European…
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President Tsai Ing-wen leaves for New York to start her Central American tour
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen departed for the US on Wednesday for a 10-day trip, which includes stops in New York City and Los Angeles on either side of her visits to Guatemala and Belize. The US said it believes China will use Tsai’s transit as an excuse to carry out “aggressive or coercive activities” aimed…
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Taiwan faces pressure from China and increases its military service.
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said the island nation will extend the period of military service for all eligible men from four months to a year because of threats from China. “I think Taiwan is a democracy that does not want a war,” she added. Taiwan, a self-governing democracy with over 24 million people, shortened its…