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Pelosi has landed in Taiwan. Here's why that's a big deal

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is making an unannounced, but widely anticipated, stop in Taiwan. The move is expected to increase already heightened tensions between the U.S. and China.

WEKU

America’s allies are watching the Jan. 6 hearings. They are worried about US democracy

WASHINGTON — Three European diplomats opened the door to the ambassador’s residence and offered up a Cognac and a request for anonymity.

Los Angeles Times

Feds target US companies caught in lucrative shark fin trade

Every year, the fins of as many as 73 million sharks are sliced from the backs of the majestic sea predators, their bleeding bodies sometimes dumped back into the ocean where they are left to suffocate or die of blood loss

The Independent UK

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Chinese tanks seen rolling on packed beaches with war fears over Taiwan boiling over

As tensions rise between the US and China over Taiwan, Chinese tanks have been seen rolling through a beach on Fujian in front of baffled holidaymakers in the region

Daily Mirror

China says U.S. politicians who 'play with fire' on Taiwan will pay

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday that those U.S. politicians who "play with fire" on the Taiwan issue will "come to no good end", according to a ministry statement.

Reuters

Chinese police officers could be embedded in Solomon Islands’ force

New security pact will pave way for China to deploy navy at Australia’s doorstep

The Independent UK

Pelosi's expected Taiwan visit has echoes of 1996 crisis

But China's military is far stronger than it was 26 years ago.

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Commentary: How building bonds with our neighbors can help sustain our democracy

At the end of February 2020, I was scheduled to fly from my home in Brooklyn to play three concerts in the Pacific Northwest. I was glued to news reports of a new type of virus rapidly spreading in Seattle. I read about the outbreak in an assisted living home…

Tribune News Service

US Navy deploys warships east of Taiwan ahead of Pelosi ‘trip’

Military activity has increased near Taiwan as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared ready to make controversial visit.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka says Chinese military survey ship will port only to refuel

A Chinese military survey ship will visit a strategic port in crisis-hit Sri Lanka later this month only to refuel, a cabinet spokesman said on Tuesday, after neighbouring India raised concerns over the vessel's journey to the Indian Ocean island.

Reuters

US will 'pay the price' if Pelosi visits Taiwan, warns China

Beijing views Pelosi's visit as a provocation and has issued increasingly severe warnings that have not ruled out a military response. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Taiwan tensions eclipse China's economic slump

President Xi has de-emphasized the economy — and is focusing on building China's global status as a "great power."

Axios

New Zealand fully opens up to travel in 'enormous moment' after pandemic closure

The travel update means cruise ships and students from China and India can enter New Zealand.

Daily Record

Taiwan's presidential office website hit by cyber attack as US and China tensions rise

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to arrive in Taipei later today as Beijing warned Washington of lethal repercussions should it interfere in its territorial claims to the self-ruled island

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The Independent UK

Tensions rise across Asia as Pelosi poised for Taiwan visit and Russia calls trip a ‘provocation’

Reports say Ms Pelosi will visit Taiwan on Tuesday night

Al Jazeera

Russia accuses US of ‘destabilisation’ over Pelosi Taiwan trip

The likely imminent visit by the US House speaker to the self-ruled island claimed by China has drawn Beijing’s ire.

Daily Mirror

Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit sparks war fears between US and China - conflict explained

Disagreements between the US and China over the future of Taiwan is nothing new. It believes the island is part of 'One China' and has said it is willing to use military force to get it back

Reuters

Russia backs China over 'provocative' Pelosi visit to Taiwan

Russia backed China on Tuesday over an expected visit to Taiwan by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, warning Washington that such a provocative trip would put the United States on a collision course with Beijing.

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China bans 35 Taiwanese food exporters in warning ahead of Pelosi visit

China has suspended imports from 35 Taiwanese exporters of biscuits and pastries since Monday, in a warning salvo to the self-governed island ahead of a potential visit to Taiwan by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The Independent UK

US ambassador to Japan warns of Chinese economic coercion

The U.S. ambassador in Tokyo says his government is working with Japan and other likeminded countries to counter Chinese attempts to use its economic might to force political change around the world

Reuters

Milestones in relations between the U.S., China and Taiwan

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to visit Taiwan on Tuesday, drawing sharp warnings from Beijing, which claims the self-ruled island as its own territory.

The Independent UK

New Zealand MPs urged to delete TikTok as ‘data could be accessed by Chinese government’

Recent report had revealed private data from US was accessible to China-based ByteDance employees

Al Jazeera

The Turkish school preserving culture of young Uighurs in exile

In Istanbul, a ‘Uighur School’ is teaching and housing children whose families face persecution in Xinjiang, China.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Navy Deploys Four Warships East of Taiwan as Pelosi Heads to Taipei

As US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi headed to Taipei on Tuesday amid intensifying warnings from China, four US warships, including an aircraft carrier, were positioned in waters east of the island on "routine" deployments. The carrier USSR Ronald Reagan had transited the South China Sea and was currently…

The Times of India

Nancy Pelosi to visit Taiwan as China threatens military action

TAIPEI: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to land in Taiwan on Tuesday evening in defiance of Chinese threats, a trip that would make her the highest-ranking American politician to visit the island in 25 years.

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