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Taipei deploys ships, jets after passage of Chinese aircraft carrier throu
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], December 21 (ANI): Amid strained ties with China, Taiwan has put on alert and deployed its ships and jets over the passage of Chinese aircraft carrier the Shandong, which was accompanied by four warships, through the Taiwan Strait.
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US warship sails through Taiwan Strait
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [USA], December 20 (ANI): The USS Mustin, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer on Saturday sailed through the Taiwan Strait to thwart Chinese expansionist designs in the region.
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Leading pro-China cable TV station in Taiwan is taken off air
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], December 12 (ANI): The Taiwan government has taken a pro-China cable news TV station off the air as the country's media regulator found that it failed to provide accurate information, The Straits Times reported.
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Singapore becomes first country to approve sales of Lab-grown meat
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Singapore, December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Singapore has become the first country to green-light sales of cultured chicken after the national food agency determined on Wednesday that it is safe for consumption, The Straits Times reported.
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Singapore government allows flexible work hours for employees working from
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Singapore, October 9 (ANI): Singapore government has allowed flexible hours for people who need to be in the office should be considered as public transport passenger volume climbs with the easing of restrictions at workplaces, The Straits Times reported.
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Taiwan President visits military base amid show of force by China
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], September 23 (ANI): Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday visited a military base on one of its outlying islands, Penghu, after a recent show of strength by Beijing, in which, scores of Chinese jets had crossed the midline of Taiwan strait.
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19 Chinese jets cross midline of Taiwan Strait despite earlier warning
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], September 19 (ANI): For the second consecutive day, Taiwan's air force scrambled jets after as many as 19 Chinese aircraft crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait.
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18 Chinese jets cross midline of Taiwan strait
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], September 18 (ANI): In a belligerent show of force by Beijing, as many as 18 Chinese jets crossed the midline of Taiwan strait amid increasing interaction between US and Taiwan officials.
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Don't cross the line: Taiwan's stern message to China
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], September 10 (ANI): Taiwan on Thursday warned China not to "cross the line" saying that it wants peace but will defend its people.
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Thailand: Once China's friend now stalls defence deal, cancels massive inf
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], September 8 (ANI): Thailand, which once was the strongest ally of China in the South China Sea region, had decided to not only postpone the procurement of two submarines from China but has also put on hold the Chinese proposal for building a canal in the Bay of Bengal and
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China's 'Malacca dilemma' remains
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], September 4 (ANI): Amid the border standoff between India and China, the latter has suffered a severe blow from Thailand, which said it will scrap the Kra Canal project that Beijing wanted to build to shorten its access to the Indian Ocean, according to a media report.
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Pompeo slams Beijing for bullying neighbours, hopes for peaceful resolutio
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], September 2 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday slammed the Chinese Communist Party, saying it is engaged in a clear and intensifying pattern of bullying its neighbours from the Taiwan Strait to the Himalayas and beyond and hoped for a peaceful resolu
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