Taiwan on Friday grieved the death of its former president Lee Teng-hui, extensively considered as the guy who caused the island’s democratic shift. Flags were flown at half- mast to mark Lee’s death at the age of 97 on Thursday night, while homages gathered to honor a practiced political leader who commanded Taiwan’s shift from […]

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Australia has actually sent out a diplomatic note to the United Nations rejecting China’s extensive maritime claims in the South China Sea, signing up with the growing list of nations that have actually pressed back versus Beijing’s anticipation of “historic rights” to the challenged waters. The note was sent out to the UN on Thursday […]

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Indonesia is staging a major marine exercise today in the Java Sea and the South China Sea, the objected to waterway where tensions have actually increased recently in between China and the United States. The Indonesian Navy’s Western Fleet held an exercise in the Java Sea on Wednesday as part of a series of drills […]

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Malaysia on Wednesday required countries to refrain from “military posturing” amidst stress in the South China Sea, 2 days after Washington revealed a harder position on Beijing’s territorial claims in the objected to waterway. Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein required cooperation amongst Southeast Asian nations in fixing stress in the maritime area as he made […]

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Taiwan would welcome a visit by banished Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, a foreign ministry representative stated on Monday, including that any invite would be dealt with under “relevant rules” if a demand to visit is gotten. The Dalai Lama is “welcome to come to Taiwan again to propagate the Buddhist teachings,” spokesperson Joanne […]

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A leading official in Taiwan’s judgment Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has actually alerted the island’s 23 million locals to believe thoroughly prior to taking a trip to Hong Kong or China in the wake of Hong Kong’s draconian national security law, which targets acts or speech viewed as subversive by China throughout the world, as […]

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China started naval workouts in the objected to South China Sea on Wednesday, showcasing its capability to storm and take islands with coast guard and navy ships, according to experts and satellite images. The Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) of China’s Hainan province revealed on Saturday that a naval exercise would happen in a broad swath […]

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Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen stated Beijing had actually stopped working Hong Kong with the imposition on Tuesday of a sweeping national security law on the city prohibiting a multitude of offenses targeting anybody who challenges the judgment Communist Party’s ideological and political supremacy. ” I feel exceptionally dissatisfied [over the law’s passage], which suggests China […]

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China has actually increased its pace of deep sea surveys in the South China Sea, fretting other countries and claimant states. Specialists state that the mapping of the sea flooring is a pressure method in challenged waters and might assist China’s Navy in keeping track of submarine traffic. China has the world’s biggest fleet of […]

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The Indonesian foreign minister stated Thursday there was “no reason to negotiate” as she declared Jakarta’s position that it has no overlapping claims with Beijing in the South China Sea, days after Indonesia sent out the U.N. chief another letter on the subject. The diplomatic letter to United Nations Secretary- General António Guterres, dated June […]

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