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China Practices Blockades on Last Scheduled Day of Taiwan Drills

China's military carried out aerial and naval blockade drills around Taiwan on Monday, its last scheduled day of exercises, with a Chinese aircraft carrier joining in combat patrols as Taipei reported another surge of warplanes near the island. China announced the three days of drills on Saturday, after Taiwan's President…

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China hands lengthy jail terms to two lawyers in rights crackdown

A Chinese court sentenced two prominent human rights lawyers on Monday to jail terms of more than a decade each, a relative and rights groups told Reuters, the latest move in a years-long crackdown on civil society by President Xi Jinping.

Reuters

Malaysia-China industrial park continues to boost east coast development, says Malaysian official

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park (MCKIP) has remained a key economic driver along Malaysia's east coast a decade after its launch, boosting industrial output and job creation, said an official overseeing the region's development.

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China ends military drills after simulating strikes on Taiwan

Ship-launched fighter jets have previously never been seen in island’s air defence zone

The Guardian - UK

Japan urges peace in Taiwan Strait as Beijing simulates attack

Japan stressed on Monday the importance of peace in the Taiwan Strait during a meeting of senior Japanese and Chinese officials after Beijing held three days of war games around the island.

Reuters

As India’s population soars above all, fewer women have jobs

India will soon eclipse China to become the world's most populous country, and its economy is among the fastest-growing

The Independent UK

China warns against Taiwan independence as it ends military drill

Peace in the Taiwan Strait and independence for the self-governed island are ‘mutually exclusive’, China warns.

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China ends Taiwan drills after practising blockades, precision strikes

China ended three days of military drills around Taiwan on Monday saying they had tested integrated military capabilities under actual combat conditions, having practised precision strikes and blockading the island that Beijing views as its own.

Reuters

China’s military displays more force towards Taiwan

Taiwan's defence ministry says China's military has sent several dozen warplanes and 11 warships toward the island in a display of force.

The New Daily

China military displays force toward Taiwan after Tsai trip

Taiwan's defense ministry says China’s military sent several dozen warplanes and 11 warships toward the island in a display of force following its president's trip to the U.S. The Chinese military earlier had announced “combat readiness patrols” as a warning to Taiwan

The Independent UK

OECD predicts SE Asian growth to decline

Economic growth in Southeast Asia is forecast to drop from 5.6% in 2022 to 4.6% this year, pressured by weaker demand as the global economy slows, says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Bangkok Post

China holds a second day of military exercises around Taiwan

China held a second day of military drills around Taiwan, with multiple exercises involving aircraft and ships, after the island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, returned from a visit to the United States.

Tribune News Service

Macron says EU must follow its own course, avoid getting caught up in Taiwan issue

French President Emmanuel Macron says that Europe should have its own strategic autonomy and "avoid the trap to be caught in the crises which are not ours," referring to Taiwan, which is at the core of the current China-US crisis. Currently China is holding massive war games in the vicinity…

Radio France Internationale

Macron says Europe should not follow U.S. or Chinese policy over Taiwan

French President Emmanuel Macron said in comments published on Sunday that Europe had no interest in an acceleration of the crisis over Taiwan and should pursue a strategy independent of both Washington and Beijing.

Reuters

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Tensions between China and Taiwan spill over as ships confront each other

Tensions between China and Taiwan seem to have reached boiling point, with China simulating precision attacks on key targets in Taiwan, as well as in surrounding waters

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China simulates ‘strikes on targets in Taiwan’ as drills continue

Taiwan’s defence ministry says it spotted 70 Chinese aircraft and 11 warships on second day of drills around the island.

Dynamite News

"Will fight to defend, protect home together": Taiwan Defence Ministry

Taiwan will fight to defend and protect the home together, the country's National Defence Ministry said as it detected multiple China aircraft encircling the island country. Read further on Dynamite News:

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China Simulates Striking Taiwan on Second Day of Drills

China's military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island on Sunday, with the island's defense ministry reporting multiple air force sorties and that it was monitoring China's missile forces. China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, began three days of…

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Chinese fishing crews navigate troubled waters as tensions with Taiwan flare

As China sends warships and fighter jets to the Taiwan Strait after a U.S. visit by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, deemed a separatist by Beijing, fishing crews plying the narrow waterway say they fret more about their livelihood than politics.

Bangkok Post

Uighurs' plight a lesson for govt

The case of 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church who were arrested for overstaying visas in Pattaya last week brings back memories of the notorious repatriation of another group of Uighur refugees back to China in 2014.

The Independent UK

Taiwan threat from China serious, House GOP chairman says

The chairman of the House Select Committee on China says the U.S. must take seriously the threat Beijing poses to Taiwan

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Lost helicopter in Nansei island chain rattles govt, SDF officials

Amid efforts to drastically boost defense capabilities in the Nansei island chain, the disappearance Thursday of a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter has rattled officials of the Defense Ministry and the Self-Defense Forces.

Tribune News Service

China stages drills around Taiwan after Tsai’s US visit

China announced it will conduct military drills “around” Taiwan for three days from Saturday, after the island’s President Tsai Ing-wen returned from visits to the United States.

Daily Mirror

China sends warships and dozens of fighter jets toward Taiwan in 'serious warning'

Eight Chinese warships and 71 planes, including Shenyang J-16 jet fighters, flew across the middle line of the strait that separates Taiwan from the mainland

Evening Standard

Chinese fighter jets and ships cross Taiwan Strait to conduct military drills

The Chinese military began rehearsing the encirclement of Taiwan as part of the army’s military drills this week.

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