Pingtung: Many people on self-ruled Taiwan look upon China’s unprecedented military exercises with calm resignation, doubting that war is imminent and if anything, feeling pride in their democratic island’s determination to defend itself. China, reacting to a visit to Taiwan last week by Nancy Pelosi, the
Pingtung: Taiwan warned that Chinese military drills aren’t just a rehearsal for an invasion of the self-governing island but also reflect ambitions to control large swaths of the western Pacific, as Taipei conducted its own exercises to underscore it’s ready to defend itself. Angered by U.S.
Taipei: China’s military announced fresh military drills on Monday in the seas and airspace around Taiwan — a day after the scheduled end of its largest ever exercises to protest against last week’s visit to Taipei by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. China’s Eastern Theatre Command
Beijing: Chinese and Taiwanese warships played high-seas “cat and mouse” on Sunday ahead of the scheduled end of four days of unprecedented Chinese military exercises launched in reaction to a visit to Taiwan by the US house speaker. Nancy Pelosi’s visit last week to the self-ruled
Beijing: China said that it was ending cooperation with the United States on key issues including climate change -- a move Washington decried as "fundamentally irresponsible" as relations between the two superpowers nosedive over Taiwan. The damaging rift, which carries significant geostrategic risk, was triggered by
New Delhi: For the first time, China’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Yue Xiaoyong, arrived in India to hold discussions with Indian officials on the security situation and humanitarian aid in the war-ravaged nation. Official sources told that the Chinese side requested the meeting. This is the
Tokyo: US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that her trip through Asia, which prompted an infuriated China to hold live-fire military drills in the waters off Taiwan, was never about changing the status quo in Taiwan or the region. Pelosi and a
Beijing: A Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said on Friday that China’s position on the Kashmir issue was clear and consistent and called for resolution of the longstanding dispute peacefully through dialogue and consultations for the regional peace and stability. On the issue of Kashmir, China’s position
Shanghai: China's average ground temperatures have risen much more quickly than the global average over the past 70 years and will remain "significantly higher" in the future as the challenges of climate change mount, a government official said. In its annual climate assessment published this week,
Beijing: China is due on Thursday to kick off its largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan, in a show of force straddling vital international shipping lanes following a visit to the self-ruled island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a less than