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US Navy destroyer yet again transits Taiwan strait, China protests
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 19 (ANI): Amid China's growing military presence in the South China Sea and neighbouring waters, a US Navy destroyer transited the Taiwan Strait to demonstrate America's commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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Hong Kong's office in Taiwan to be closed from today amid strained ties
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Hong Kong, May 18 (ANI): Amid worsening cross-strait relations, Hong Kong's office in Taiwan is being officially closed from Tuesday.
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One dead, three missing after Chinese sand dredger capsizes in Taiwan Stra
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Taipei [Taiwan], May 16 (ANI): One person died while three went missing after a Chinese sand dredger capsized around 60 nautical miles southwest of Qimei Island in Taiwan on Saturday.
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Chinese war plane enters Taiwan air defence zone amid heightened tensions
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Taipei [Taiwan], May 12 (ANI): In yet another incursion amid heightened tensions in Taiwan Strait, a Chinese military plane entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday.
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China deliberately creating tensions in Taiwan Strait, says Taiwanese coun
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Taipei [Taiwan], May 10 (ANI): Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Sunday accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of deliberately creating tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
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G7 warns China not to 'escalate' tension with Taiwan
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London [UK], May 6 (ANI): The Group of Seven (G7) nations have called for a greater engagement with Taiwan and warned China not to escalate cross-strait tensions following a spike in military manoeuvres around the self-ruled island.
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Taipei to dispatch military aircrafts, ships to counter Chinese activities
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Taipei [Taiwan], May 4 (ANI): As China escalates its gray zone tactics against Taiwan, Taipei has announced that it will dispatch military aircraft and ships to counter Chinese military activities near its borders.
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Erdogan's 'crazy' canal project may turn into Turkey's White Elephant
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Nicosia [Cyprus], 4 May (ANI): Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after trying to change the country's history through his involvement in numerous conflicts in the Middle East and Nagorno Karabakh, appears to be determined to change the geography also by trying to create a second Bospo
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Chinese man crosses Taiwan Strait in search of 'freedom, democracy'
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Taipei [Taiwan], May 3 (ANI): A Chinese man crossed the highly militarised Taiwan Strait in a small rubber dinghy in search of 'freedom and democracy', said the Taiwanese police.
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Expansion of Chinese authoritarianism poses threat to global democracy, sa
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Taipei [Taiwan], May 2 (ANI): As China continues to assert itself more in the Taiwan strait, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has said that the expansion of Chinese authoritarianism poses a threat to global democracy.
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China says military activities in Taiwan Strait are targeted at 'separatis
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Beijing [China], April 30 (ANI): China said its military activities in the Taiwan Strait were targeted at "separatists" in Taiwan and "external forces".
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74 pc in Japan support engagement in Taiwan Strait: Poll
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Tokyo [Japan], April 26 (ANI): A significant number of the Japanese public has backed Yoshihide Suga's government policy to pursue peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, a poll has said amid growing distance with next-door neighbour China.
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