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Taiwan's deal to receive 5 mln Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines foiled by
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 18 (ANI): Taiwan was close to receiving 5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine late last year but the deal was called off due to interferences from outside sources, said Chen Shih-Chung, Taiwan Health Minister.
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Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested again: Report
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 17 (ANI): Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying has been arrested again in connection with the case related to 12 Hong Kongers who tried to flee to Taiwan, South China Morning Post reported citing local newspaper he owns.
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Australian Open: Naomi Osaka crushes Hsieh, sails into semi-finals
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], February 16 (ANI): Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka advanced to the semi-finals of the ongoing Australian Open after overpowering Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh on Tuesday.
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Buddhist monks offer prayers in Bihar temple for an end to COVID pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], February 14 (ANI): Buddhist monks offered prayers and lit lamps at Mahabodhi Mahavihara Temple in Gaya district of Bihar on Saturday for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic and peace of departed souls.
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US should help Taiwan defend itself from Chinese aggression, says New York
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 13 (ANI): Scholars from a US think tank has suggested that President Joe Biden's administration should make clear that Washington will not try to change Taiwan's status and work with its allies to defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression.
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China forces countries in Indian Ocean region to 'trade debt with sovereig
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 12 (ANI): China has created financial dependence amongst several South Asian and Southeast Asian countries and has pushed its agenda of establishing commercial bases in the Indian Ocean region to the extent of trading debt with sovereignty, said Taiwan Times weekend
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Chinese face-swapping app poses 'grave security threat': Taiwan's official
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 11 (ANI): A Taiwanese official has cautioned people of Taiwan against using a Chinese face-swapping app, saying that the applications could use the data for financial fraud or create personal files for Chinese law enforcement.
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Hong Kong internet radio host booked under draconian security law over 'se
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 10 (ANI): Hong Kong internet radio host, who was arrested for being part of a fundraising campaign that paid for young pro-democracy protesters to study in Taiwan, for "seditious intent" under the draconian National Security Law, has been denied bail.
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China's power to inflict damage to Czech for supporting Taiwan, Tibet 'gre
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], February 10 (ANI): Prague mayor Zdenek Hrib said that he believed that China's power to inflict economic damage on the Czech Republic for his expressions of solidarity towards Taiwan and Tibet is 'greatly overestimated'.
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Taiwan should join global semiconductor alliance against China: Expert
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 8 (ANI): Taiwan should join the global semiconductor supply chain alliance against China in order to protect its technological advantage and national security, opined Wang Che-jen, an assistant research fellow at the government-funded Institute for National Defense
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Hong Kong internet radio host arrested over 'seditious intent' under Natio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 7 (ANI): Hong Kong internet radio host, who had been part of a fundraising campaign that paid for young protesters to study in Taiwan, was arrested on Sunday for "seditious intent" under the draconian National Security Law.
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Chinese reconnaissance plane enters Taiwan's air defence zone as tensions
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 7 (ANI): A Chinese Y-8 reconnaissance plane entered the southern-western section of Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Saturday, said Taiwanese Defence Ministry.
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