Taiwan
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For decades, US presidents have had to grapple with a hugely sensitive tightrope known as the “One China” policy. Meziesblog explains what it consists in. What is the ‘One China’ policy? It is the diplomatic acknowledgement of China’s position that there is only one Chinese government. Under the policy, the US recognises and has formal…
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Taiwan-based Malaysian singer Eison Cai died after falling from a building in New Taipei City on Wednesday (Aug 17). He was 40. According to Taiwan’s Central News Agency, which quoted the Luzhou Precinct of the New Taipei City Police Department, he fell from the Luzhou MRT station building at about 10am. Police said he died…
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China is resolutely opposed to trade talks between the U.S. and the Taiwan region under a so-called “U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade,” the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday. The one-China principle is the prerequisite for China’s Taiwan region to take part in overseas economic cooperation, the ministry’s spokesperson Shu Jueting told a press briefing.…
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The United States denounced China’s missile launches in Japan’s exclusive economic zone that were carried out as part of military exercises in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said on Thursday. On August 4, China launched multiple ballistic missiles into waters to the northeast…
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A senior Chinese diplomat has warned that Beijing will “re-educate” the people of Taiwan after it has “reunited” the island with the mainland. Lu Shaye, China’s ambassador to France, made the threat came after Nancy Pelosi, the US House of Representatives Speaker, arrived in Taipei for a controversial visit. Shortly after she left, Beijing launched four days of…
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that if China ‘misbehaves’ with India further, the government has the option to play the ‘Taiwan card’ and upgrade India’s level of contact with the island that China claims as its own. Tharoor’s reaction came as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi concluded her visit to Taiwan amid strong reactions from…
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The Chinese government has condemned the trip of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in strong terms. A statement on Tuesday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs described Taiwan as “China’s region”. The government stressed that Pelosi’s trip was in disregard of China’s strong opposition and serious representations. China called it a…
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Will Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan ignite war with China? After much speculation and threats from China, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, landed in Taiwan last night. She was received by Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu at Taipei’s Songshan Airport. According to Flight Radar 24, 2.92 million users followed SPAR19 from…
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Whether the US House Speaker goes to Taiwan or not, Washington owes the world answers on its China policy Reports have surfaced this week that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit southeast China’s Taiwan region in August. If this happens, it will be the highest level of contact between US officials and separatist forces in Taiwan,…
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Taiwan authorities raided ten Chinese semiconductor companies for illegal poaching of chip engineers and other tech talents as the chip war between Taipei and Beijing worsened. The raids were conducted in Taiwan’s capital Taipei and semiconductor hub, Hsinchu. This is the second time in three months that such raids have been conducted by Taiwan authorities.…
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Americans want to use what they have learned from arming Ukraine to help Taiwan prepare for a potential Chinese attack, the NYT says The US is seeking to reshape Taiwan’s defense systems in light of the experience gained from sending military aid to Ukraine, which is currently locked in a conflict with Russia, the New…
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The man charged in a California church shooting, allegedly motivated by his political hatred for Taiwan, had mailed several documents to a Chinese-language newspaper before the incident, the newspaper reported. On Wednesday, World Journal, the largest Chinese-language newspaper in the United States, reported that before Sunday’s shooting, David Chou, 68, mailed seven photocopied volumes of…
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China’s Foreign Ministry rebuked the U.S. for changing the wording about Taiwan on the State Department website, stressing “political manipulation” will not succeed in changing the status quo of the island. The section on relations with Taiwan on the State Department website has removed wording on not supporting Taiwan independence and on acknowledging Beijing’s position…
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Washington is expected to provide Taiwan with training and equipment to support its Patriot air defense systems. The US State Department has greenlit a potential deal that would see the US providing Taiwan with equipment and relevant training to support its Patriot air defense systems, the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency told the media on…
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The Chinese military spokesman has said that the U.S. destroyer Ralph Johnson’s traveling through the Taiwan Strait on 17th March was “provocative” and sent the wrong signals to pro-Taiwan independence forces. In a statement, the military spokesperson said such the sailing was “very dangerous,” adding that the Chinese were monitoring the Ralph Johnson’s passage. China…
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