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Tensions escalate as Chinese aircraft, vessels intrude near Taiwan's terri
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The intrusion of PLA assets into Taiwan's airspace underscores the heightened tensions in the region, as Taiwan continues to grapple with increasing military activities from mainland China.
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Taiwan tracks 22 Chinese military aircraft, amid mounting tensions
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Taiwan detected 22 Chinese military aircraft around the nation from 0930hr on Saturday, the Ministry of National Defence said.
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China appoints new defence minister, but opacity reigns
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Even as Chairman Xi Jinping promised that Taiwan would be "reunified" with the mainland, China's newly appointed defence minister was making himself comfortable in the office of his predecessor, who disappeared after being ensnared in a scandal.
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Beijing will reunify Taiwan with mainland China: Xi warns Biden
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned his US counterpart Joe Biden that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with mainland China but that the timing has not yet been decided, NBC News reported.
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Chinese President redoubles effort to force Taiwan's absorption into mainl
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Chinese President Xi Jinping has redoubled efforts to build pressure to force Taiwan's absorption into mainland China. The country is sending warships and warplanes ever closer to Taiwan, even into and through its airspace, according to CNN.
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Retailers Association of India partners with NRF's Retail's Big Show Asia
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Singapore, September 5: NRF 2024: Retail's Big Show Asia Pacific, the highly anticipated trade exhibition jointly organized by the National Retail Federation and Comexposium, is expanding its retail footprint with support from organizations across Asia Pacific. First announced at NRF 2023: R
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Americans should reconsider travel to China amid risk of wrongful detentio
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Although the previous advisory also listed mainland China as a "Level 3: Reconsider Travel" destination, it was due to the risk of "arbitrary enforcement of local laws".
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Taiwan signs 420 mn deal with US to maintain fighter aircraft
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Taiwan has relied on the US for air defence capability to secure its airspace and prepare for a possible Chinese invasion. China has been ramping up military pressure in recent years to try to force the island to accept integration with mainland China.
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Japan to soon scrap negative Covid test requirement for visitors from Chin
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
According to the relaxed restrictions, which may go into effect in early April, as long as they have received at least three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, passengers from mainland China will no longer be required to produce documentation of a negative coronavirus test done 72 hours or less be
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Jack Ma's homecoming all part of China's plan: Report
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Alibaba's landmark restructuring has sent its shares soaring in New York and Hong Kong, as investors bet on the return of regulatory support for China's tech industry and private businesses after more than two years of a brutal crackdown, CNN reported. The news of the restructuring came shor
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Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma returns to mainland China after a year
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Some in the business world saw the tech titan's prolonged absence as proof that the tech industry in China was still plagued by uncertainty.
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Asia to drive global growth in 2023: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Asia's large emerging market economies will drive global growth in 2023, led largely by a gradual economic rebound in mainland China due to the easing of Covid-19 restrictions.
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