Taiwan

Beijing: A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Taiwan's Hualien County at 2:44 p.m. Sunday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 23.15 degrees north latitude and 121.30…
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Taipei: As of Sunday morning, 47 tremors have jolted Taiwan subsequent to a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that hit the eastern county of Taitung at 9:41 p.m. Saturday, including a 5.3-magnitude one at 10:35 p.m., said the island's meteorological…
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Taipei: Taiwan's meteorological agency has issued a maritime warning as Muifa, the 12th typhoon of this year, is approaching the island. On Sunday, the typhoon was monitored to be centred at 22.5 degrees north latitude and 124.5 degrees…
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Beijing: Amid the continuing tensions over Taiwan, China on Wednesday again threatened to take the democratic self-governing island by military means if necessary. "We will work with the greatest sincerity and exert our utmost efforts to…
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Taipei: China is using its large-scale military exercises around Taiwan to prepare for an invasion of the self-governed island, Taipeis Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed on Tuesday "China has used the drills and its military playbook to…
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Taipei: Taiwan on Tuesday began scheduled live-fire artillery exercises amid China's ongoing military manoeuvres around the island. The live ammunition artillery exercise known as the Tien Lei drill was announced in late July and was…
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Beijing/Taipei: China on Friday said that it fired missiles over Taiwan for the first time, escalating tensions in the region as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Japan, whose leaders lodged a protest with Beijing after five…
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Taipei: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has called China's military exercises off the coast of the self-governing island "irresponsible not only for Taiwan, but also for the international community". Demanding that Beijing be "rational…
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Taipei: China fired multiple missiles toward water near northeastern and southwestern Taiwan on Thursday, the island's Defence Ministry said, as Beijing makes good on its promise that Taipei will pay a price for hosting US House Speaker…
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Beijing: Major air and sea drills by the Chinese military in the waters encircling Taiwan resumed on Thursday, shortly after the end of a visit to the island by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi that has drawn…
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