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Taipei (AFP) - A senior US lawmaker affirmed on Monday Washington's support for Taiwan against Chinese "aggression", on the first congressional visit to the self-ruled island since it swore in a new president. Sitting down Monday morning with President Lai Ching-te, Representative Michael McCaul -- who heads the influential House Foreign Affairs Committee -- said he and his colleagues stood in "strong support of this beautiful island". Three days after Lai was sworn in, Chinese warships and fighter jets encircled Taiwan in drills that Beijing said were a test of its ability to seize the island...
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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Sunday expressed his gratitude to the United States and the international community for support amid higher tensions in the region, calling on China to jointly shoulder the important responsibility of regional stability. "I am very grateful to US President Biden, the US government and Congress, and other countries around the world for their firm support for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," Lai told reporters in southern Taiwan at an event held by his independence-leaning Progressive Progressive Party Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). During his ...
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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Sunday expressed his gratitude to the United States and the international community for support amid higher tensions in the region, calling on China to jointly shoulder the important responsibility of regional stability. "I am very grateful to US President Biden, the US government and Congress, and other countries around the world for their firm support for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," Lai told reporters in southern Taiwan at an event held by his independence-leaning Progressive Progressive Party Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). During his ...
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The United States is "deeply concerned" about the joint military drills China has conducted around Taiwan in recent days, U.S. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement issued May 25. China launched two days of military drills encircling Taiwan on May 23, in an act of retaliation following the inauguration of Taiwan's democratically-elected president Lai Ching-te, an advocate of Taiwanese independence. "The United States is deeply concerned over the People's Liberation Army joint military drills in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan," Miller's statement read. Miller sai...
Kyiv Independent
The United States is "deeply concerned" about the joint military drills China has conducted around Taiwan in recent days, U.S. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement issued May 25. China launched two days of military drills encircling Taiwan on May 23, in an act of retaliation following the inauguration of Taiwan's democratically-elected president Lai Ching-te, an advocate of Taiwanese independence. "The United States is deeply concerned over the People's Liberation Army joint military drills in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan," Miller's statement read. Miller sai...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
The United States is "deeply concerned" about the joint military drills China has conducted around Taiwan in recent days, U.S. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement issued May 25. China launched two days of military drills encircling Taiwan on May 23, in an act of retaliation following the inauguration of Taiwan's democratically-elected president Lai Ching-te, an advocate of Taiwanese independence. "The United States is deeply concerned over the People's Liberation Army joint military drills in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan," Miller's statement read. Miller sai...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Over the years, VivaTech technology fair in Paris has established itself as an important event for car manufacturers looking to raise their profile on the European market. Tesla has chosen it this year to present its Cybertruck, recently launched in the United States but has not yet been authorised in France. The 5-metre-long behemoth had to make the journey to the show in an even larger truck. Chinese electric car manufacturers have also confirmed their European ambitions for 2024 with a considerable presence in Paris. VivaTech 2024: How ready are companies and countries for an AI revolution?...
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Washington (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet his Chinese counterpart, the Pentagon announced Friday, after Beijing carried out war games around Taiwan in a sign to the US-backed democracy's new leader. The Pentagon said that Austin would meet Chinese Admiral Dong Jun when they attend the May 31-June 2 Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual gathering of defense officials around the world. China this week encircled Taiwan with warships and fighter jets in a test of its ability to seize the island, which it claims. The drills followed the inauguration of President Lai Ching-te, who has ...
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Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Saturday said it had registered 62 Chinese warplanes operating around Taiwan within 24 hours, the highest number of Chinese daily sorties so far this year. Among them, 47 Chinese military aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, the ministry said. Meanwhile, 27 Chinese navy vessels operating around Taiwan on Friday were also detected, the ministry said in a statement. Taiwan had monitored the situation and had tasked Combat air patrol aircraft, Navy vessels and land-based missile systems to respond to these activities, the ministry said. The previous ...
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By Sarah LAI Kinmen (Taïwan) (AFP) - Après une nuit en mer, les pêcheurs qui déchargeaient vendredi leurs caisses de poissons dans le port de Kinmen affirmaient n'avoir ressenti "aucun impact réel" des manœuvres militaires menées par les forces chinoises autour de Taïwan. Cette ville chargée d'histoire fait partie d'une série d'îles administrées par Taipei à proximité desquelles Pékin a effectué des exercices militaires. Chen Chien-chou, un pêcheur de 32 ans, qui a passé la nuit en mer sous de fortes pluies, assure que la situation autour de Kinmen est "comme d'habitude". "Il n'y a pas d'impac...
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