TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s prime minister on Friday condemned China’s firing of ballistic missiles during military drills around Taiwan, calling them a “serious problem that impacts our national security and the safety of our citizens”. Five Chinese missiles appear to have fallen in the country’s exclusive economic zone, Tokyo has said, with four of those believed to have flown over Taiwan’s main island. “China’s actions this time around have a serious impact on the […]
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China’s Taiwan war games threaten more global supply chain disruption
Beijing, China | AFP by Poornima WEERASEKARA Chinese military exercises around Taiwan are set to disrupt one of the world’s busiest shipping zones, analysts told AFP, highlighting the island’s critical position in already stretched global supply chains. The drills — China’s largest-ever around Taiwan — are a major show of strength after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi infuriated Beijing by visiting the island. The manoeuvres kicked off Thursday and will take place along some of […]
China fires missiles around Taiwan in major military drills
Pingtan, China | AFP by Sebastien Ricci, with Beiyi Seow in Beijing and Amber Wang in Taipei China fired ballistic missiles and deployed fighter jets and warships on Thursday as it held its largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan, a show of force sparked by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island. Pelosi was the highest-profile US official to visit Taiwan in years, defying a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views the […]
Radio warnings signal Taiwan angst over China blockade drills
Keelung, Taiwan | AFP by Sean Chang and Amber Wang In Taiwan’s Keelung port dispatchers spent much of Thursday broadcasting warnings to fishing boats heading north, reminding them that China’s military was conducting live-fire drills nearby. “This is the Keelung radio station,” the radio system crackled. “China’s People’s Liberation Army will conduct military exercises from August 4th at noon…” The warnings, at the top of every hour, were a stark reminder that Taiwan’s 23 […]
Chinese missiles believed to have landed in Japan’s EEZ: defence minister
Tokyo, Japan | AFP Ballistic missiles fired by China are believed to have landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone for the first time, Tokyo’s defence minister said Thursday. “Five of the nine ballistic missiles launched by China are believed to have landed within Japan’s EEZ,” Nobuo Kishi told reporters, as China holds massive military drills in the waters around Taiwan. Japan had “lodged a protest with China through diplomatic channels”, Kishi said, calling the […]
PHL declares adherence to one-China policy, urges restraint amid rising tensions in Taiwan
ASEAN also declares support for one-China policy, urges “maximum restraint” for all parties (Eagle News) – The Philippines declared its continued adherence to the One-China Policy as it expressed concern about the rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait due to the recent visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan. “The Philippines is concerned with the rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait, just north of the Philippines,” the DFA said in a statement […]
ASEAN ministers warn Taiwan tensions could spark ‘open conflicts’
by Lisa Martin and Rose Troup Buchanan Agence France Presse PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers urged restraint Thursday as China launched massive military drills off Taiwan, warning the situation risked spiralling into “open conflicts”. A furious Beijing kicked off its biggest-ever exercises around Taiwan in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit this week to the self-ruled island. Ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in […]
Taiwan govt websites attacked during Pelosi visit
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Major Taiwanese government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks believed to be linked to China and Russia during US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, Taipei said Thursday. The websites of the presidential office, foreign ministry and the main government English portal came under attack Tuesday night when Pelosi arrived for a landmark visit that enraged Beijing. China, which claims self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of […]
China begins major Taiwan military drills after Pelosi visit
by Sebastien Ricci, with Beiyi Seow in Beijing and Amber Wang in Taipei Agence France Presse PINGTAN, China (AFP) — China’s largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan kicked off Thursday, in a show of force straddling vital international shipping lanes after a visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a trip that defied a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views the self-ruled island as its […]
A stone’s throw from Taiwan, beachgoers aren’t worried about war
by Sebastien RICCI Agence France-Presse XIAMEN, China (AFP) — On a beach in the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen, just a few kilometers from an island controlled by the Taiwanese authorities, life is carefree despite some of the worst cross-strait tensions in decades. Ignoring stark warnings from Beijing, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived late Tuesday in Taiwan — the highest-ranking elected US official to visit the island in 25 years — sparking a diplomatic […]
China to stage major drills around Taiwan after Pelosi visit
by Beiyi Seow with Amber Wang in Taipei Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — China is due on Thursday to kick off its largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan, in a show of force straddling vital international shipping lanes following a visit to the self-ruled island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a less than 24-hour visit that defied a series of increasingly stark threats from Beijing, which views the island […]
Three killed, six wounded in China kindergarten stabbing: police
Beijing, China | AFP Three people were killed and six others wounded in a knife attack Wednesday at a kindergarten in southeast China’s Jiangxi province. A “gangster wearing a cap and mask” stormed the private kindergarten in Anfu county at about 10:00 am local time (0200 GMT), police said in a statement published on China’s Twitter-like Weibo. The 48-year-old suspect is still at large, they added. “Public security organs are making every effort to hunt […]
