Taiwan urged China on Tuesday to stop “military harassment” that threatens to harm regional security, as it said 24 Chinese warplanes were found near the island. Since President Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016, China has increased military and political pressure on self-ruled Taiwan as it rejects Beijing’s position that the island is part […]
low-key practice China’s Saturday exercise was low-key compared to two rounds of war games around Taiwan last August and again in April this year. China and the United States are now seeking to reconnect, especially as Chinese and American leaders are expected to meet at a regional summit in San Francisco later in the year. […]
By noon, Taiwan’s military said it had detected 42 Chinese warplanes infiltrating around the island’s air defense zone, while eight Chinese ships were also participating in the exercise. Taiwan’s foreign ministry also condemned China’s military drills on Saturday, saying Beijing has “used various scare speeches and fake news” to openly interfere and interfere with the […]
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has promised to one day take it by force if necessary. It launched the major military exercise after then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last year and later when President Tsai Ing-wen met top US lawmakers while passing through the United States. Washington had called for […]
Lai has been far more outspoken about independence than Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, to whom Beijing is already hostile because it refuses to accept her idea of Taiwan as part of China. The Harvard-educated doctor-turned-politician has previously described himself as a “pragmatic Taiwan independence activist”, and this week spoke to a local television channel to […]
Faisal Samad and Abdullah Hill Rakib, directors of BGMEA, and Justin Huang, president of Taiwan Textile Federation, were present at the MoU signing ceremony held on May 4 in Taipei, Taiwan. As per the understanding, Taiwanese companies will also work under this umbrella to share their expertise and know-how to Bangladeshi companies. It will also […]
Earlier in April, China conducted large-scale air and sea drills in the vicinity of Taiwan in retaliation for Tsai’s meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on April 5 in California. China said the exercise, simulating the encirclement of Taiwan, was intended as a “serious warning” to pro-independence politicians and their foreign supporters on the […]
“Our record in abiding by the objectives and principles of the UN Charter, international law and basic norms of international relations is one of the best,” he said. He also reiterated Beijing’s position itself as a mediator in the Ukraine war, pointing to China’s role in helping to broker a recent reconciliation between Saudi Arabia […]
‘Pack a Kit’ Kuma recently introduced classes for some women, saying more women are signing up than men who are already bound to serve in military training or be called up in the event of a Chinese attack. Housewife Lai, who declined to give her last name, left her two children with her husband to […]
China has said it is incorrect to call it a no-fly zone, although Taiwan has issued a notice to airmen, or NOTAM, that uses the words “airspace blocked due to airspace flight activity”. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said some debris from the rocket launch had fallen into a “warning area” off the island’s northern coast, but […]
China’s foreign ministry said that McCaul, a Republican, often interfered in China’s internal affairs with his words and actions and harmed China’s interests. She recently led a delegation to Taiwan “seriously harming China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and sending a seriously wrong signal to Taiwan independence separatist forces”, it added. The ministry said that in […]
According to a map provided by the ministry, 14 of those planes had crossed the center line of the Taiwan Strait; The line generally serves as an informal barrier between the two sides. China says it does not recognize the existence of the line. Tsai, who returned to Taiwan a day before the start of […]
