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Taiwan warned against ‘wishful thinking’ that US will help if China attacks
Su Chi, former head of the island’s National Security Council, says government should not delude itself over America’s ability or willingness to stop a PLA invasion.
Bolton book reveals ‘Xi’s personal appeals to Trump’ on Huawei, ZTE
Former national security adviser says Chinese president suggested that he would ‘owe Trump a favour’ if sanctions on companies were eased.
South China Sea: US ‘heads out again on search for PLA submarines’
Taiwanese security source says American forces may have been responding to intelligence about the PLA Navy.
China’s Military Provokes Its Neighbors, but the Message Is for the United States (Published 2020)
From the Himalayas to the South China Sea, China is pressing its territorial claims aggressively, raising the possibility of additional deadly clashes.
Hong Kong protesters flee to Taiwan to continue China resistance
Activists estimate at least 200 protesters are in Taiwan, where authorities have discreetly allowed them to stay by extending tourist visas
China names undersea features amid rising territorial tension with Japan
China’s Ministry of Natural Resources announced new names for 50 underwater features in contested archipelago.
Risk of military conflict between US and China higher than ever, experts say
Tensions rose after near-collision between American and Chinese destroyers, president of National Institute for South China Sea Studies says.
Taiwan raps China for military activity, says it should fight virus instead
China should focus on fighting the resurgent coronavirus in Beijing rather than "disturbing" Taiwan with military drills near the Chinese-claimed island, Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang told reporters on Tuesday.
Kiribati's pro-China leader wins re-election in blow to Taiwan
The leader of small but strategically located Kiribati has won a closely watched presidential run-off after campaigning on a pro-China platform, in a set back to Taiwan's hopes to re-establish ties with a country that ditched it for Beijing last year.
Japan city renames disputed isles area, China warns of reprisal
The Ishigaki city assembly changed the name of the area from ‘Tonoshiro’ to ‘Tonoshiro Senkaku’ – inserting the Japanese name for the disputed islands, which are known as Diaoyu in China.
China warns of reprisal as Japanese city changes disputed area name
China said on Monday it reserves the right to respond to a Japanese city's decision to rename the administrative area that includes remote islands claimed by both China and Japan and have long been a source of friction between the neighbours.
Why this Japan-China island dispute could be Asia's next military flashpoint | CNN
While China is engaged in a tense border standoff with India high in the Himalayas, a small group of islands thousands of miles away could be another military tinderbox waiting to explode.
Harboring Hong Kong 'rioters' will harm Taiwan, China says
Offering protection to "rioters" from Hong Kong will only harm Taiwan's people and is an interference in the Chinese-ruled city's affairs, China's government said, denouncing plans by Taiwan to help Hong Kongers who decide to flee to the island.
Chinese air force approaches Taiwan for fourth time this week, Taiwan's military says
China's air force approached Taiwan on Friday for the fourth time in four days, Taiwan's military said, as China steps up manoeuvres near the island that Beijing claims as its own territory.
Kiribati in tug of war between China and Taiwan before presidential run-off
President Taneti Maamau is pro-Beijing but his challenger, Banuera Berina, broke with the government last year after it abandoned Taiwan as an ally.
Taiwan announces humanitarian aid plan for people fleeing Hong Kong
Government-funded agency will work with human rights and civil groups to help ‘asylum seekers’ with residency, settlement, employment and protection issues, official says.
Taiwan warns off intruding Chinese aircraft for fourth time in nine days
Taiwan jets on Wednesday again had to warn off Chinese air force aircraft that approached the island, Taiwan's military said, the fourth such encounter in nine days as China steps up its activity near the Chinese-claimed island.
U.S. and China both topple in rankings of the best places to work and do business
As the world's two largest economies lose ground, smaller nations shift up in the Institute for Management Development's new World Competitiveness Ranking.
Taiwan jets 'drive away' intruding Chinese fighter plane, third intrusion in days
Taiwan air force jets "drove away" a Chinese fighter plane that briefly entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Tuesday, the defence ministry said, reporting the third intrusion in a week.
Engineers Found Guilty of Stealing Micron Secrets for China
A Taiwanese court ruled Friday that current and former engineers from United Microelectronics Corp. stole trade secrets from U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. and shared them with a government-backed mainland Chinese company, closing one chapter of a global dispute that’s stoked U.S.-Chinese tensions.
