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"No room for compromise over sovereignty": Taiwanese President in National
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], October 10 (ANI): Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday stated that there is "no room for compromise" over the sovereignty of the island nation and warned China that resorting to war must not be the option for cross-strait relations.
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Chinese envoy to US thanks Musk for Taiwan 'peace proposal'
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): Chinese ambassador to US Qin Gang on Sunday thanked Tesla CEO Elon Musk for his call for peace across the Taiwan Strait which has witnessed heightened tensions in the recent past.
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Elon Musk slammed for suggesting Taiwan be made special administrative zon
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], October 9 (ANI): A suggestion by Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk that Taiwan could be made a special administrative zone of China has provoked a backlash both from China and the self-governing island.
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US can upset Chinese blockade strategy of Taiwan: Navy commander
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of the US Pacific Fleet said that the US could upset Chinese designs of blockading Taiwan.
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Technological battles heat up between US and China over semiconductor chip
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): Amid heightened cross-strait tensions between China and Taiwan, there is a shortage of semiconductor chips across the world, fuelling a technological cold war between the US and China.
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Australia, Japan and US raises alarm over China's "bullying" in Taiwan Str
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Honolulu [US], October 2 (ANI): Australia, Japan and US raised alarm over China's "bullying" in Taiwan Strait post US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-governing island in August this year.
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New risk emerges for Taiwan's military, Chinese civilian trolls with drone
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], September 18 (ANI): A new threat has emerged for Taiwan's military which faces Chinese civilian trolling through drones. They are flying drones over a military site on a nearby Taiwan-controlled island, Kinmen.
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What might the PLA be learning from Russian errors in Ukraine?
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 13 (ANI): Many were shocked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, but not so by government and military officials in China and the US. Indeed, more than six months on from President Vladimir Putin's greatest - and riskiest - gambit, China's military ha
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Why does China react to US war consignment to Taiwan?
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 8 (ANI): After the United States announced USD 1.1 billion worth of military equipment to Taiwan, China came out with a vociferous response.
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China using Pelosi as pretext to encircle Taiwan, test its navy's capabili
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 6 (ANI): China's Navy is using US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the pretext to literally encircle Taiwan and test the navy's capability to lay a naval blockade of the island.
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Chinese lending in Africa laced with ambitions to secure UNGA votes amid T
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 4 (ANI): China's "debt diplomacy" in Africa is a deliberately created situation so that Beijing can force these poor states to vote with it in the UN General Assembly, support its positions on Taiwan or acquire valuable real estate in Africa that can be converted i
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Taiwan president pledges to engage with world despite Beijing's threats
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 4 (ANI): Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday pledged Taiwan's resolve to engage with the world to counter "a resurgence of authoritarianism," despite Beijing's threats, Focus Taiwan reported.
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