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The Latest Breaking News from Taiwan

Taiwan: French Lawmakers Arrive Amid Escalating Tensions

It’s the fourth visit by French lawmakers to Taiwan in the past 12 months.

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Taiwan military shows off its mettle with latest combat drills

Tanks pounded targets and fighter jets roared overhead on Wednesday as Taiwan's military carried out its latest combat drills after weeks of sabre-rattling by giant neighbour China.

Reuters

China using ‘cognitive warfare’ to intimidate Taiwan, says president Tsai

Tsai says in addition to intrusions by drones and aircraft, Beijing uses ‘false information to create disturbance in minds of people’

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Taiwan’s Economic Slowdown (Part 1): Taiwan’s Wages Are Growing Too Slowly to Allow Profits Grow

Taiwan’s issue isn’t that consumer prices are growing too quickly. It’s that wages are growing too slowly.

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Five French MPs to visit Taiwan in first major European delegation since explosive Pelosi trip

Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen says military’s combat skills have become ‘more mature’

The Independent UK

French parliamentary delegation to visit Taiwan as China sends military drone

A delegation of five French parliamentarians is expected this week in Taiwan, against a background of heightened tensions with mainland China.

Radio France Internationale

Taiwan leader cites threat of Chinese 'cognitive warfare'

Taiwan's president says China is conducting “cognitive warfare" against the self-ruled island by spreading misinformation in addition to its regular incursions into nearby waters and airspace

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Chinese ambassador would ‘love’ to see Anthony Albanese meet Xi Jinping without preconditions

Xiao Qian says Canberra and Beijing have ‘good momentum but we need to keep the momentum’

The Guardian - AU

French and U.S. lawmakers to visit Taiwan this week

A delegation of five French lawmakers and another group from the U.S. Congress will visit Taiwan this week, in a show of support for the island amid rising tensions with China, officials and sources said.

Reuters

Taiwan says three Chinese aircraft crossed Taiwan Strait median line

Three Chinese fighter jets crossed the Taiwan Strait median line, which normally acts as an unofficial barrier between the two sides, on Tuesday, Taiwan's defence ministry said, as China continues its military activities near the island.

Reuters

Taiwan Says Chinese Military Drone Entered Air Defense Zone

Taiwan said a Chinese military reconnaissance drone entered its air defense zone on Monday, the latest incursion as relations between the two neighbors remain tense. The drone, identified by Taipei's defense ministry as a BZK-007 vehicle, crossed into the southwest corner of the island's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) along…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China drills improved Taiwan's combat abilities, President Tsai says

The combat skills of Taiwan's military are now "more mature" and it is better able to fight thanks to having to repeatedly scramble to see off Chinese forces during their recent drills, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Rescuers search for missing after earthquake in China’s Sichuan

At least 65 people killed and hundreds remain stranded or missing following 6.8 magnitude earthquake, media reported.

Al Jazeera

Taiwan president expresses condolences to China for Sichuan earthquake

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen offered her sympathy to China on Tuesday after an earthquake in Sichuan province and expressed her condolences to those who died and their families, the presidential office said.

Reuters

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Taiwan to resume visa-free travel but keep quarantine for now

Taiwan will resume visa-free entry for travellers from countries it currently shares diplomatic ties with but will maintain a three-day quarantine requirement as the island takes halting steps toward easing its Covid-restrictions.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

China joins Russia drills to divert attention from Taiwan

SHENYANG/NEW DELHI -- China has dispatched its army, navy and air force to take part in Russia's large-scale Vostok 2022 military exercises in hopes of diverting U.S. and Japan attention to the Sea of Japan, and away from Taiwan-related issues.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Singapore’s Foreign Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: Russian-Ukrainian Crisis Threatens World Order

Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said that the Russian attack on Ukraine was a “great threat to the world order,” warning at the same time against the US-Chinese tension over Taiwan. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Balakrishnan stressed that the continuation of the Russian attack on Ukraine constituted a…

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Singapore ex-diplomat warns to not underestimate China on Taiwan

Singapore’s former top diplomat warned on Monday that a conflict in Taiwan would trigger a Chinese response akin to the US reaction to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor that precipitated its entrance into World War II.

Reuters

Taiwan to resume visa free entry for some countries in latest reopening step

Taiwan will resume visa free entry for visitors from countries including the United States and Canada from next week, the government said on Monday, as it continues to ease controls put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19.

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Illegal Fishing, Worker Abuse Claims Leave a Bad Taste for Bumble Bee Seafood

A new report by Greenpeace East Asia has found that Bumble Bee Seafoods and its parent company, Fong Chun Formosa Fishery Company of Taiwan, are sourcing seafood from vessels involved in human rights abuses as well as illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing practices.

Al Jazeera

Tuvalu promises to ‘stand firm’ with Taiwan amid Pacific rivalry

The tiny nation is one of four in the Pacific that still maintains formal ties with Taiwan.

Reuters

Tiny Tuvalu to 'stand firm' with Taiwan as Pacific competition hots up

The leader of the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu pledged on a trip to Taiwan on Monday to "stand firm" on a commitment to lasting ties, drawing Taiwan's thanks at a time of growing competition as China expands its influence in the region.

Reuters

Special presidential envoy asks pope to 'pray for Taiwan'

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's special envoy met Pope Francis on Sunday and asked him to "pray for Taiwan", on a trip the Taipei government has cast as a demonstration of their close relations even as the Holy See courts China.

The Independent UK

Military reserves, civil defense worry Taiwan as China looms

Chris Chen, a former captain in Taiwan’s military, spent a lot of time waiting during his weeklong training for reservists in June

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