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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Two United States warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the American navy said, the first such transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island. In a statement, the US Navy said the transit “demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.” Tensions in the Taiwan Strait soared to their highest level in years this month after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited […]
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 […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — China on Wednesday slammed Washington as “a destroyer of peace” in the Taiwan Strait, following the latest in a series of passages by US warships through the waterway. Beijing views Taiwan as part of its territory to be re-taken one day — and the narrow body of water that separates the island and mainland China is a flashpoint between the two sides. In contrast to Beijing’s position, the United States […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Two US Navy ships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the third such operation this year and one that is sure to anger China. Lieutenant Rachel McMarr, a spokeswoman for the US Pacific Fleet, said the destroyer USS Stockdale and oiler USNS Pecos sailed through the strait in a “routine” transit. “The ships’ transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” McMarr […]
CHINA (Reuters) — The chairperson of the Taiwan-based Kuomintang (KMT) party Hung Hsiu-chu on Sunday called people on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to pursue peace and closer relations when addressing the 9th Straits Forum held in Xiamen, east China’s Fujian Province. “Although the relationship between the two sides now seems gloomy, as long as we kindle the light of peace in our heart and move ahead resolutely and unswervingly, one light will kindle […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — China’s only aircraft carrier has entered the Taiwan Strait in a highly symbolic show of strength, but Taiwan insisted Wednesday there was no need for panic even as tensions boil over the island’s diplomatic status. Beijing has upped its military drills near the island in recent weeks after being incensed by a congratulatory phone call from Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen to US president-elect Donald Trump, and by a subsequent transit stop […]
