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Nearly two dozen Chinese jets detected around Taiwan after US conducts exe
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"18 PLA aircraft and 4 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today. R.O.C. Armed Forces have monitored the situation and tasked CAP aircraft, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond to these activities," Taiwan's Defense Ministry tweeted.
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How to contain the Chinese threat in Indo-Pacific?
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A united front involving India, Japan and the United States is in the right position to limit such aspirations that seem to be built upon hegemonic characteristics.
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France, Australia pledge to deepen ties with Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The 46-point joint statement released on Monday highlighted Taiwan and the situation in the Taiwan Strait.
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Odds of US military's conflict 'very high' with China: Top Republican
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While giving the interview to Fox News Sunday, the new chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the US House of Representatives Michael McCaul said, "We have to be prepared for this and it could happen I think as long as Biden is in office projecting weakness as he did with Afghanistan t
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China "no longer comfortable" with status quo on Taiwan, says US State Sec
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to Blinken, the status quo has been "vital" to the US because it maintains peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
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31 Chinese military aircraft, four naval ships detected around Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Taiwanese Ministry of National Defence said that 12 of the detected aircraft had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's southwest air defence identification zone (ADIZ).
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US, Japan to strengthen alliance against China
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid China's growing quest to take control over the Indo-Pacific, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday met US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House and agreed to strengthen the alliance between the two countries as the two sides discussed the security strategy, Japan's NHK Worl
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US, Japan reiterate importance of maintaining peace across Taiwan Strait
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
After a bilateral meeting here, both Biden and Kishida directed their teams to strengthen cooperation on developing and effectively using Japan's counterstrike. "The leaders also instructed their ministers to reinforce cooperation on the development and effective employment of Japan's counte
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China's military stages large-scale military drills aimed at Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
China conducted its first significant military drills around the island this year on Sunday, sending 28 aircraft across the Taiwan Strait's middle line, CNN reported citing the Defence Ministry of Taiwan.
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Taiwan slams China's large-scale military exercises
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a separate statement on its website, Taiwan said China's provocative actions based have seriously damaged the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait, a 180-kilometer-wide strait separating the island Taiwan and continental Asia.
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Geostrategic importance of Philippines amid increasing US-China tensions
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Philippines has a vital trade relationship with Beijing, but Washington sees it as a staging ground for potential Taiwan hostilities.
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Philippines President should have discussed rampant smuggling from China d
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The issue of rampant smuggling from China should have been included in Philippines President Bongbong Marcos' three-day visit to Beijing, according to Singapore based The Straits Times Newspaper.
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