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'No use worrying': Taiwanese tourists carry on despite China threat
Aug 16, 2022 (AFP)
The Taiwanese islets, just two miles from China's coast, have become a popular tourist destination, and Beijing's massive military drills this month failed to d...
China conducts fresh drills around Taiwan as US lawmakers visit
Aug 15, 2022 (AFP)
The unannounced two-day trip came after Beijing sent warships, missiles and jets into the waters and skies around Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy that China's le...
China's Taiwan drills accompanied by wave of misinformation
Aug 15, 2022 (AFP)
China raged against a visit to Taipei by United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sending warships, missiles and jets into the waters and skies around its self...
US to boost Taiwan trade, conduct air, sea transits
Aug 13, 2022 (AFP)
A new trade plan will be unveiled within days, while US forces will transit the Taiwan Strait in the next few weeks, said Kurt Campbell, White House coordinator...
Taiwan's frontline islanders unfazed by beat of China war drum
Aug 13, 2022 (AFP)
Several miles from Yang's home on the tiny Kinmen Islands is the Chinese mainland, where he can see for himself the military might that threatens his homeland. ...
Taiwan holds military drill after China repeats threats
Aug 11, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing has raged at a trip to Taiwan last week by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- the highest-ranking elected American official to visit in decades -- staging...
China warns it will not tolerate Taiwan 'separatists'
Aug 10, 2022 (AFP)
The warning from Beijing, which considers Taiwan its territory, came after days of unprecedented Chinese military drills around the island sparked by US House S...
Taiwan accuses China of preparing invasion, holds defence drill
Aug 09, 2022 (AFP)
China launched its largest-ever air and sea exercises around Taiwan last week in a furious response to a tour by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the highest-rank...
China holds fresh military drills around Taiwan
Aug 08, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing has raged at the trip by Pelosi -- the highest-ranking elected US official to visit Taiwan in decades -- ripping up a series of talks and cooperation ag...
As Beijing rages over Taiwan, mood on China's streets muted
Aug 08, 2022 (AFP)
Enraged by Pelosi's trip, Beijing last week launched some of its largest-ever military drills encircling the island while suspending cooperation with the United...
Taiwan crisis: what we've learned so far
Aug 07, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing has also imposed economic sanctions and increased efforts to isolate Taiwan on the international stage, in a move that experts say will permanently alte...
China drills reveal plans for Taiwan blockade: experts
Aug 06, 2022 (AFP)
The visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- second in line to the presidency -- sparked outrage from Beijing, which launched vast military manoeuvre...
Pelosi says US will 'not allow' China to isolate Taiwan; As Taipei issues blockade warnings
Aug 05, 2022 (AFP)
China, which views Taiwan as part of its territory, launched its largest-ever military exercises around the island after Pelosi defied stern threats to become t...
Taiwan condemns 'evil neighbour' China over war drills
Aug 05, 2022 (AFP)
During Thursday's military exercises, which continued Friday, China fired ballistic missiles and deployed both fighter jets and warships around Taiwan. The Peop...
Taiwan and China: What are the median line and ADIZ?
Aug 05, 2022 (AFP)
It has also resurrected a host of often confusing geographic terms. AFP breaks down the two most common -- the ADIZ and the median line. - ADIZ - Many nations h...
Chinese fighter jets and warships crossed median line, says Taiwan
Aug 05, 2022 (AFP)
"As of 11am, multiple batches of Chinese warplanes and warships conducted exercises around the Taiwan Strait and crossed the median line of the strait," the def...
China fires multiple ballistic missiless during major wargames against Taiwan
Aug 04, 2022 (AFP)
"The Ministry of National Defence stated that the Chinese Communist Party fired multiple Dongfeng series ballistic missiles into the surrounding waters of north...
A stone's throw from Taiwan, beachgoers aren't worried about war
Aug 04, 2022 (AFP)
Ignoring stark warnings from Beijing, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived late Tuesday in Taiwan -- the highest-ranking elected US official to visit the islan...
22 Chinese jets crossed Taiwan Strait 'median line': Taipei
Aug 04, 2022 (AFP)
The Ministry of National Defense said "air defense missile systems" were deployed to track the jets and radio warnings were broadcast, according to an update on...
China fires missiles around Taiwan, sparking US condemnation
Aug 04, 2022 (AFP)
The US House speaker was the highest-profile US official to visit Taiwan in years, defying a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views the self-ruled is...
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