Taiwan

China has blocked the shipments of more than 100 Taiwanese food exporters to the country. With the export ban, Beijing wants to put economic pressure on Taiwan in the run-up to the expected visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.…
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China has again warned the United States of the consequences if US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan. Beijing would see that as a "blatant interference" in domestic affairs, a foreign ministry spokesman told the Chinese press on…
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US President Joe Biden says the United States is willing to use force to defend Taiwan against China. He calls that a promise that the country has imposed on itself. Biden's spokesman toned down his words shortly after the…
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China says it will conduct military exercises near Taiwan on Friday. According to the Chinese, they are in response to the "wrong signal" the US has sent about Taiwan, which China considers a renegade province. The US has been…
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The Pentagon said that the United States had approved a deal with Taiwan to sell equipment and services to improve its missile defence system. The arms deal is said to be worth about $100 million. China calls it a severe undermining of…
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping promised on Saturday that there would be a peaceful reunification between China and Taiwan. However, tensions between the two countries have risen sharply recently, including due to Chinese military aircraft…
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Military tensions between Taiwan and China are the worst in at least 40 years, Taiwanese defence minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said. He made his statement after about 150 Chinese warplanes were sighted in Taiwan's air defence zone in a short…
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Taiwan's security is critical to the global computer chip supply chain. That is what the Taiwanese Minister of Economic Affairs said. Taiwan is a significant producer of chips, but China sees the island off the Chinese coast as a renegade…
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