Taiwan

China will “fight to the very end” to stop Taiwanese independence, the country’s defense minister vowed Sunday, stoking already soaring tensions with the United States over the island. The superpowers are locked in a growing war of words…
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The Chinese military said on Wednesday it had conducted a combat "readiness patrol" in the seas and airspace around Taiwan in recent days, saying it was a necessary action to respond to "collusion" between Washington and Taipei. China,…
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Day after an audio clip of top Chinese military officials were purportedly heard discussing the Taiwan invasion, US President Joe Biden has warned Beijing against what he calls 'flirting with danger'. Biden, who is currently in Tokyo…
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Warning China of "flirting with danger", US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday his country would defend Taiwan militarily if Beijing invaded the self-ruled island. "That's the commitment we made," he said when asked if the US would…
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China’s military threats against Taiwan will only increase support for the island from the United States and other democracies, the foreign ministry said after China conducted drills nearby as US lawmakers visited Taipei. Beijing blamed…
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Lin Jih-shou was brewing tea last month in his popular breakfast joint when he heard the buzz of a plane – a rare sound on the remote Taiwanese-held island of Dongyin near China’s coast, which does not have an airport. Lin, 64, rushed…
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A magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck off the coast of Taiwan early Wednesday rattled buildings and roused people from their sleep, leaving one injured and causing a half-constructed bridge in the island's east to collapse. Taiwan is…
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A US warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Saturday as part of what the American military calls “routine” transit through international waters, a move criticised by the Chinese state media as “sending the wrong signal” amid…
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China on Monday sanctioned US defence giants Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies over the sale of arms to the self-ruled democracy, Taiwan, saying the arms deal undermined the country’s security interests and bilateral ties. The…
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China sent 39 warplanes – mostly fighter jets – into Taiwan's air defence zone on Sunday, the island's government said, in the largest daily incursion since October. Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which sees…
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