Former US Defence official Elbridge Colby stressed that an attack by China against Taiwan could happen with little warning as China has given up on "peaceful unification", reported Taiwan News.
Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has advised Taiwanese nationals travelling to China to be careful after a citizen travelling with a tour group was briefly detained in China earlier this week.
Of the 13 People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, six were detected in the southwest and eastern sectors of Taiwan's Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), according to Taiwan's MND.
The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal has thanked the Chinese Foreign Ministry for congratulating Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi on his win in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. Jaiswal noted that India will continue to pursue normalisation of ties
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed their consensus on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor's (CPEC) high-quality development and the timely completion of major ongoing projects in a meeting, reported Dawn.
Arkin, in her statement, explained how China has been exploiting the Uyghur community of East Turkistan in mining and other operations to retrieve the minerals that remain mandatory for the production of greener alternatives of electricity generation and mobility.
International gold prices dipped over 2 per cent on Friday, with analysts largely attributing the decline to stronger-than-expected job gains in the US and weak buying from key buyer, China.
In a sharp response to China protesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reply to Taiwan President Lai Ching Te's congratulatory message, Taipei on Friday made clear that Beijing's actions are "utterly unjustified."
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence has detected six Chinese military aircraft, six naval vessels, and four Coast Guard ships around the nation between 6 a.m. on Thursday (June 6) and 6 a.m. on Friday (June 7), according to Taiwan News.
According to the World Gold Council's latest commentary, the month saw a resurgence in inflows, primarily driven by strong demand in Europe and Asia, despite minor outflows in North America and other regions.
The US and some of its intelligence allies on Wednesday released a report stating that China has been actively recruiting fighter pilots to strengthen its air defence abilities and add more intricate tactics to counter the West, Voice of America (VOA) reported.