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China intensifies military build-up against Taiwan: reports Taipei (AFP) Sept 1, 2010 
China is ramping-up its military presence facing Taiwan despite the easing of hostilities across the Strait, a defence ministry report cited by local media warned Wednesday.
"Although the cross-Strait ties have improved significantly in recent years, the Chinese communists' military have not slowed at all their pace of build-up aimed at Taiwan," the United Daily News said, citing the ministr ... read moreUS concerned about Taiwan ex-generals' China visits: report 
Taipei (AFP) Aug 30, 2010Closer contacts between retired Taiwanese generals and the Chinese authorities have sparked concerns in Washington, the island's major arms supplier, media and an official said Monday. The former generals started visiting China years ago, but with Taiwan's mainland ties improving rapidly since 2008, the trips have become so frequent that they have drawn US attention, the Taipei-based China T ... more
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China military gaining on Taiwan, aiming beyond: US
Washington (AFP) Aug 16, 2010China is extending its military advantage over Taiwan and increasingly looking beyond, building up a force with power to strike in Asia up to the US territory of Guam, the Pentagon said Monday. In an annual report to Congress, the US Defense Department said China was ramping up investment in an array of areas including nuclear weapons, long-range missiles, aircraft carriers and cyber warfare ... more Taiwan war game has China victorious in three days: report
Taipei (AFP) Aug 4, 2010A computerised scenario carried out by Taiwan's military showed that in a war with China the island's capital Taipei would be in enemy hands in just three days, a report said Wednesday. Last month's simulation, attended by President Ma Ying-jeou, came amid warnings that China could increase its missiles aimed at Taiwan by several hundred to more than 1,900 this year, despite warming ties. ... more China, Taiwan military trust 'long way off': state media
Beijing (AFP) Aug 2, 2010China and Taiwan have a "long way to go" to build up military trust, state media said Monday, after Beijing reportedly offered to consider removing its missiles pointed at the self-ruled island. Defence ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said Friday that Beijing would agree to talks with Taiwan on military security "at a proper time" with an eye on trust-building, according to an official pres ... more Taiwan parliament warns over China trade pact 
Taipei (AFP) July 28, 2010China may use a trade pact with Taiwan to push for its political goal of reunification, the island's parliament warned in a report on Wednesday. The Beijing-friendly administration of President Ma Ying-jeou last month signed the historic Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), the most sweeping accord yet signed between the two former bitter rivals. Taiwan's parliament, dominate ... more |
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Taiwan's leader calls for closer ties with China
Taipei (AFP) July 11, 2010 Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou Sunday sent a message to China's President Hu Jintao, calling for closer ties following the historic trade pact signed by the two sides last month. The appeal, condensed into 16 Chinese characters, will be given to Hu this week by Wu Poh-hsiung, honorary chairman of Taiwan's Kuomintang party, when he meets the mainland's leader in Beijing. "There is a lot ... more US rules out Taiwan free trade deal
Washington (AFP) July 7, 2010The United States has ruled out a free trade agreement with Taiwan amid a dispute over beef imports, days after the island signed a sweeping accord with longtime adversary China. Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has tried to sell the landmark accord with China to voters in part by arguing that the island will now be able to pursue free trade agreements with more countries, as Beijing would no ... more Taiwan to lift ban on individual Chinese tourists 
Taipei (AFP) July 7, 2010Taiwan is likely to lift a ban on visits by individual Chinese tourists, Premier Wu Den-yih said Wednesday in yet another sign of Taipei's fast-warming ties with Beijing. So far Chinese have only been allowed to travel to the island in groups as Taiwan's authorities are concerned they might otherwise over-stay their visas and work illegally. "Individual Chinese tourists may be allowed to ... more Most Taiwanese positive about China trade pact: government
Taipei (AFP) July 6, 2010A majority of Taiwanese people think a recently signed trade pact with China will help bolster the island's economy without hurting its political status, the government said Tuesday, citing a survey. A total of 59.2 percent of 1,114 people surveyed from Friday to Sunday said they believed the trade pact inked last week will benefit Taiwan's economy, said the Mainland Affairs Council, the top ... more |
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