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WESTERN PACIFIC: Taiwanese officials believe China is practicing for a possible maritime blockade using overlapping military, paramilitary and civilian assets By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard / Reuters, TAIPEI China is combining militia vessels with coast guard ships to expand “battlefield preparation” around Taiwan and into the western Pacific, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said,…
The Trump administration is proposing to extend its suspension of port fees targeting China-linked vessels for another two months, pushing their potential return into January 2027 as Washington and Beijing continue negotiations over China’s dominance of global shipbuilding. The proposal, outlined in a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication October 26, would extend the existing…
BEIJING, Oct 21 (Reuters) – China’s government said on Wednesday that its coast guard was “safeguarding order” around a tiny and strategically located Taiwan-controlled atoll at the top end of the South China Sea where Taipei fears Beijing is trying to enforce jurisdiction. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, said last…
An earthquake ofmagnitude 7 struck China’s southwestern region of Tibet at around 10:33 p.m. (1433 GMT) on Thursday, killing 16 people and injuring 32 others, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing Nagqu City’s emergency management bureau. As of 2:25 a.m. on Friday, 11 of the injured were in serious condition while 21 sustained minor injuries,…
More than a dozen people were killed and hundreds of homes destroyed when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit China’s Tibet region on Thursday evening local time, according to local officials. The United States Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 10:33 p.m. local time, with its epicenter 119 miles east-northeast of Nagqu, in a sparsely…
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The Thai government will seek a clarification from the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok over its recent travel advisory warning Chinese nationals about safety in Thailand, Tourism and Sports Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul said on Tuesday. “We will make a formal inquiry to the Chinese Embassy to understand the details of its concerns. The travel advisory will…
By Chen Yu-fu and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer Twenty-eight Taiwanese entertainers publicly identified the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as their “motherland” around China’s National Day this year, including actors Wu Kang-ren (吳慷仁), Peter Ho (何潤東) and Nicky Wu (吳奇隆), the Economic Democracy Union said yesterday. Reposting messages from Chinese state…
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