This development comes in the wake of the recent decision to reinstate Taiwan's compulsory military service to a full year, as opposed to the four-month period implemented in 2013.
China's claim that the waters between Taiwan's Kinmen archipelago and China's Xiamen are not a restricted area is an example of Beijing employing "grey zone" tactics to ratchet up pressure against Taipei, Focus Taiwan reported, citing experts on Sunday.
Taiwan rejected Beijing's criticism of the Taiwanese Coast Guard's handling of a case near Kinmen that left two Chinese fishermen dead and said that Taipei will continue to "enforce the law in waters it controls," Taiwan News reported.
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRS) released a report, followed by an organisation based in the North Indian hill town of Dharamshala, revealing Chinese authorities' surveillance of exile Tibetans to collect personal information.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi engaged in a brief conversation on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
Labour protests more than tripled in the fourth quarter of 2023 in comparison to the same period in 2022, according to New York-based international rights group Freedom House's China Dissent Monitor.
Amidst the ongoing agitation by farmers demanding legal recognition of Minimum Support Price and implementation of the Swaminathan Committee report including on pricing mechanism, prominent agricultural economist Dr Sardara Singh Johl has said that giving MSP on all crops "is not practical"
In a further boost to bilateral ties between India and Taiwan, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two countries Friday to enable Indian migrant workers to find jobs there.
Taiwan has detected seven Chinese military aircraft, five naval ships, and one balloon around the country in the last 24 hours till 6 am on Saturday, according to Taiwan News.
Prominent United States (US) Congresswoman and the representative of the 40th district of California Young Kim, announced the undisputed passing of the Uyghur Policy Act 2023 by the US House of Representatives.