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China-Taiwan tension is major concern for the Philippines
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The escalating tension between China and Taiwan has become a “major concern” for the Philippine government.
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“Taiwan situation tilting toward emergency...time for like-minded nations
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Former Japan Prime Minister Tara Aso, said that the Taiwan Strait is “gradually tilting towards a time of emergency” and now is the time for the “like-minded nations” to be prepared to put into action a strong deterrent, The Japan Times reported.
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Biden announces military aid package of USD 345 million for Taiwan
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Using an authority from the US Congress that draws weapons directly from American stockpiles, President Joe Biden has announced USD 345 million in military support for Taiwan, The Hill reported.
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US will continue to support allies as they resist China's 'bullying' behav
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said that Washington stands with the nations resisting China's "bullying behaviour," as he began bilateral talks in Australia to oppose Beijing's sweeping claims in the Asia-Pacific.
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Taiwan tracks Chinese military aircraft, naval ships
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Taiwan on Monday tracked 11 Chinese military aircraft and six naval vessels around the country, Taiwan News reported citing the Ministry of National Defense (MND).
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China's military seeks to break its West Pacific noose
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
China has already gained de facto control over huge swathes of the South China Sea, it daily sends aircraft and warships close to Taiwan, and it contests passages of foreign warships through the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. Yet the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is still dissatisfied,
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China's plans for spy station in Cuba may go beyond intelligence gathering
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
As top US lawmakers remain persistent in urging Joe Biden's administration to brief Congress on the surveillance station China is supposedly building in Cuba, some American analysts say that Beijing's plan goes far beyond just intelligence gathering, Voice of America (VOA) reported.
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China's economic slowdown could increase prospect of military crisis in Ta
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
China's economic slowdown could increase the prospect of a military crisis in the Taiwan Strait as Chinese President Xi Jinping may further embrace nationalism in his unprecedented third term, a prominent US think tank has warned, Nikkei Asia reported.
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"Conflict in Taiwan Strait would be devastating," warns US Defence Secy Ll
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Speaking at the Shangri-La Security Summit in Singapore, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin warned that the conflict in Taiwan Strait would be a devastating one, criticising China for its actions in the region.
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Taiwan tracks Chinese military aircraft, naval ships around the nation
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) said that out of the eight People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, four crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the northeast sector of the country's air defence identification zone (ADIZ).
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Chinese People's Liberation Army adopts strategy to conduct preparedness p
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
China last month launched a three-day drill following Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the US, National Defense University researcher Ma Chen-kun wrote in an article published in the Mainland Affairs Council's (MAC) latest bri
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China tightens the noose around Taiwan
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Salami slicing and grey-zone tactics are China's regular modus operandi, but its actions are becoming ever more robust and blatant as China narrows Taiwan's room for manoeuvre and psychologically bludgeons it.
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