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Xi Jinping says no one can stop China’s reunification with Taiwan as they are one family

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1 month ago

Taiwan's military on high alert as Chinese warships sail near island

ABC

Taiwan's military has raised its alert level after detecting Chinese warships near the island as it prepares for likely drills by Beijing in response to President Lai Ching-te's US visits. The ministry said its forces had "identified PLA Eastern, Northern, and Southern Theater Command naval formations, along with Coast Guard vessels, entering areas around the Taiwan Strait and the Western …

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1 month ago

Taiwan’s president urges China to ‘open its arms’ amid rising tensions

The Independent

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1 month, 1 week ago

China denounces Taiwan president’s Pacific tour as he stops off in Hawaii and Guam

ABC

On Saturday, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te landed in Hawaii, bowed his head, and was garlanded with flowers. The trip has already drawn angry denunciations from China, which objects furiously to Taiwanese leaders putting their feet on US soil, and which has been working assiduously to strip Taiwan of its remaining diplomatic "allies". As Pacific leaders talk of an "Ocean of …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Taiwanese president heads to Hawaii on first overseas trip despite Chinese outcry

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Defiant Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion at high-profile Hong Kong national security trial

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

100 politicians around world demand release of jailed pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Keir Starmer risks an early rift with Donald Trump after PM calls for 'respectful' UK-China relations as he becomes first PM to meet Xi Jinping since 2018 at G20 summit

Daily Mail

China’s communist president yesterday praised Labour’s plans for the economy as Sir Keir Starmer pushed for a new ‘respectful’ relationship with Beijing. His intervention came as Sir Keir brushed aside complaints he is ‘kowtowing’ to the communist superpower by becoming the first British PM to meet President Xi in more than six years. Sir Keir Starmer pushed for a new …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

China encircles Taiwan in latest round of war games

The Independent

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

China launches war games around Taiwan, drawing sharp criticism from Taipei

ABC

China's military has commenced a new round of war games near Taiwan, aimed at signalling a stern warning to the island's pro-independence movements. Taiwan's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday it had detected a record number of 153 Chinese military aircraft participating in China's war games around the island. Taiwan's security chief said China's military drills around the island were "inconsistent …

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3 months ago

Taiwan’s president vows to resist ‘annexation’ by China in national day speech

The Independent

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3 months ago

Taiwan president says ‘impossible’ for mainland China to be the motherland

The Independent

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

British judge condemned for keeping Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong jail quits media freedom panel

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Jimmy Lai: Shame of UK judge keeping Hong Kong free speech hero in jail

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence in Hong Kong is an insult to justice – and deeply hypocritical

The Independent

One of the oddities of the Hong Kong legal system is that it still, a quarter century after the end of the colonial era, has British judges sitting on its Court of Final Appeal. Mr Lai, who is 76 and a British citizen, may wonder what “support” Lord Neuberger supplied during the proceedings – and whether the judge’s presence served …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai to testify in own drawn-out trial as judge refuses to dismiss case

The Independent

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6 months, 1 week ago

Jimmy Lai’s son urges foreign judges to quit Hong Kong

The Independent

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Taiwan president says island 'will not bow' to China's pressure

The Hindu

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Wednesday that China was attempting to force the self-ruled island into submission but that it would not bow to pressure. In recent years, Beijing has upped military and political pressure on the Taipei government, with the latest show of force coming three days after Mr. Lai's inauguration, when China conducted war games around the island. …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Why have Taiwan's politicians been brawling in parliament?

ABC

Taiwan's parliament has been thrown into chaos in recent weeks, with controversial new parliamentary reforms leading to huge protests and brawling on the floor of the chamber. "I feel like I am in China's National People's Congress," said DPP MP Ker Chien-ming. It has accused the DPP of trying to "paint them red" — the colour of China's Communist Party …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Taiwan passes law favouring China and limiting new president’s powers

The Independent

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lai Ching-te aims to strengthen Taiwan but maintain the status quo

Hindustan Times

THOUSANDS GATHERED in front of Taipei’s presidential office on May 20th to celebrate the inauguration of William Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s fifth democratically elected president. Indeed, Mr Lai promised during his campaign to follow his predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen, in trying to make the country “the world’s Taiwan, rather than China’s Taiwan”. Mr Lai also called for Taiwan’s people to have “no …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

With two days of military drills, Beijing makes clear its feelings about Taiwan's new president

ABC

Days after Taiwan President Lai Ching-te and Vice-President Hsiao Bi-khim were sworn in, Beijing has made its feelings about the pair widely known. Then a day later, the People's Liberation Army launched two days of military drills in the air and sea around Taiwan, as well as some outlying islands, which are close to the Chinese coast. "So long as …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Furious China launches 'punishment' drills around Taiwan denouncing new president

ABC

In short: China has launched drills in the Taiwan Strait in response to what it said were "separatist acts". A research fellow at Taiwan's top military think tank said this was China's way of showing its ability to control the seas and prevent the involvement of foreign forces A furious China has launched "punishment" drills around Taiwan in what it …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Protests erupt over opposition bill to rein executive as new Taiwan president starts work

The Independent

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Xi Jinping says no one can stop China’s reunification with Taiwan as they are one family

Taiwan's military on high alert as Chinese warships sail near island

Taiwan’s president urges China to ‘open its arms’ amid rising tensions

China denounces Taiwan president’s Pacific tour as he stops off in Hawaii and Guam

Taiwanese president heads to Hawaii on first overseas trip despite Chinese outcry

Defiant Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion at high-profile Hong Kong national security trial

100 politicians around world demand release of jailed pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai

Keir Starmer risks an early rift with Donald Trump after PM calls for 'respectful' UK-China relations as he becomes first PM to meet Xi Jinping since 2018 at G20 summit

China encircles Taiwan in latest round of war games

China launches war games around Taiwan, drawing sharp criticism from Taipei

Taiwan’s president vows to resist ‘annexation’ by China in national day speech

Taiwan president says ‘impossible’ for mainland China to be the motherland

British judge condemned for keeping Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong jail quits media freedom panel

Jimmy Lai: Shame of UK judge keeping Hong Kong free speech hero in jail

Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence in Hong Kong is an insult to justice – and deeply hypocritical

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai to testify in own drawn-out trial as judge refuses to dismiss case

Jimmy Lai’s son urges foreign judges to quit Hong Kong

Taiwan president says island 'will not bow' to China's pressure

Why have Taiwan's politicians been brawling in parliament?

Taiwan passes law favouring China and limiting new president’s powers

Lai Ching-te aims to strengthen Taiwan but maintain the status quo

With two days of military drills, Beijing makes clear its feelings about Taiwan's new president

Furious China launches 'punishment' drills around Taiwan denouncing new president

Protests erupt over opposition bill to rein executive as new Taiwan president starts work