Tag: Taiwan
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No ‘external force’ can change our future, Taiwan president says on frontline islands
KINMEN, Taiwan — Taiwan cherishes its freedom and democracy and no “external force” can change its future, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said Friday, visiting sensitive frontline islands next to China for the 75th anniversary of a key victory over communist forces. Taiwan has controlled Kinmen, and the Matsu islands to the north, since the defeated…
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Taiwan says live fire China drills may be part of a ‘deterrence’
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s defense ministry said Tuesday that live-fire Chinese drills in a province facing the island are routine annual exercises but also possibly part of China’s “deterrence effect” in the waters of the Taiwan Strait. China’s Maritime Safety Administration, in a notice late Monday, said an area around Niushan island in Fujian province would be closed…
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Taiwan says Chinese military sent a record 153 planes toward island during war games
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s defense ministry on Tuesday detailed the surge in Chinese warplane activity around the island during war games the previous day, saying it had detected a record 153 Chinese military aircraft. China held a single day of what it called “Joint Sword-2024B” drills on Monday as a warning against “separatist acts,” following…
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China holds military drills around Taiwan to warn against independence
HONG KONG — China conducted large-scale military drills around Taiwan on Monday in what it said was a warning to “independence forces” on the Beijing-claimed island. The exercises had been expected after Beijing criticized a speech last week by Taiwan President Lai Ching-te. In the speech marking Taiwan’s National Day, Lai said China had no…
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Taiwan says four Foxconn staff detained in China under ‘strange’ circumstances
TAIPEI — Four employees of Taiwan‘s Foxconn, the world’s largest iPhone assembler, have been detained in China under “quite strange” circumstances, Taiwan’s government said. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, in a statement to Reuters on Thursday, said the four employees had been detained in China’s Zhengzhou, home to a major Foxconn plant assembling Apple’s iPhones, on…
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China cannot represent Taiwan and should work with Taipei on global challenges, Lai says
TAIPEI — China has no right to represent Taiwan, but the island is willing to work with Beijing to combat global challenges such as climate change, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday, striking both a firm and a conciliatory tone. Lai, who took office in May after being elected in January, is detested by…
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2 dead as weakened and ‘weird’ Typhoon Krathon slams into Taiwan
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — A weakened and “weird” Typhoon Krathon slammed into southwestern Taiwan on Thursday, hitting the island with a storm that has killed two people so far and forced it to shut down for a second day with hundreds of flights grounded and financial markets closed. Krathon made landfall as a much weaker category…
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Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Krathon brings torrential rain
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — Taiwan shut down on Wednesday, grounding hundreds of flights and closing schools, offices and financial markets ahead of the arrival of a weakening Typhoon Krathon, with one person reported dead and torrential rain lashing the island’s south. Officials in the key port city of Kaohsiung, set to be in the eye of…