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China's Su-35 fighters head for Taiwan Strait as Pelosi's plane nears Taip
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], August 2 (ANI): China's Su-35 fighter jets are heading towards the Taiwan Strait, a media report said on Tuesday amid US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's imminent visit to Taipei.
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Taiwan's chipmaking giant TSMC warns of serious consequences if China inva
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], August 1 (ANI): At a time of heightened cross-strait tensions, Taiwan's chipmaking giant TSMC warned of serious consequences if China invades Taipei.
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China announces live-fire naval exercises ahead of Pelosi's possible Taiwa
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 31 (ANI): Amid high tensions over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's potential visit to Taiwan, the Chinese military announced holding live-fire naval exercises in the Taiwan Strait, media reports said.
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Hashtag 'Taiwan is China's Taiwan' trends on Chinese social media after Bi
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 29 (ANI): After China's President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart, Joe Biden, not to 'play with fire' over Taiwan during a video call, the hashtag "#Taiwan is China's Taiwan" is trending on Weibo with 450 million views, local media reported.
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Biden, Xi agree for 'face to face' meet amid tensions over Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 29 (ANI): US President Joe Biden agreed to meet 'face to face' with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in near future, as decided during the fifth phone call between the two leaders on Thursday, a senior White House administration official said.
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Those who play with fire will perish by it: Xi warns Biden over Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US]/Beijing [China], July 29 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart, Joe Biden, not to 'play with fire' over Taiwan and asked the US to abide by the One China principle, during a video call between both leaders on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka ex-president Rajapaksa extends stay in Singapore
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Singapore, July 27 (ANI): Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has extended his stay in Singapore for another 14 days, the Straits Times reported on Wednesday.
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"Most egregious provocation": China warns against Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan vi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): China has strongly opposed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's upcoming visit to Taiwan next month amid concerns over cross-strait ties following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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TN: Rameswaram fishermen rescue 2 Sri Lankan fishermen
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 17 (ANI): Fishermen from Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram have rescued 2 Sri Lankan fishermen who were fighting for their lives after their boat overturned in the Bagh Strait sea while one other Sri Lankan fisherman was reported dead.
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Turkish Lira slumps, inflation at 70 pc: Erdogan's govt in dire straits
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], July 13 (ANI): The latest lira slump, combined with soaring global energy and food prices, inflation now at 70 per cent and rising has placed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in dire straits.
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Wang Yi warns of 'ferocious storms' if one-China policy is abandoned by US
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], July 12 (ANI): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said the one-China principle is what underpins stability across the Taiwan Strait and warned of "ferocious storms" across the region if the principle is "arbitrarily challenged or even sabotaged."
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China's military flights off Taiwan coast intended to send message to US:
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 30 (ANI): Analysts think that China sends an increasing number of warplanes into Taiwan's air defence zone to send a message to the US rather than threaten the island itself as the US is in favour of a democratic, independent Taiwan.
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