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Taipei deploys advanced new F-16 fighter jets amid tensions with China
Nov 19, 2021 05:04The self-proclaimed government in Chinese Taipei has commissioned into service the most advanced version of F-16 fighter jets in an attempt to boost its military capabilities amid rising tensions with China.
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US, China diplomats trade warnings over Taipei ahead of Biden-Xi summit
Nov 14, 2021 08:20The top diplomats from China and the United States have exchanged stern warnings over the issue of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) and Washington’s support for pro-independence forces in the self-ruled island ahead of Monday's summit between their leaders.
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Don't send wrong signals, China warns as US, allies flex muscles
Nov 13, 2021 06:53Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says the US has promised an "unwavering commitment" to defending his country, including in the case of southern islets disputed between Tokyo and Beijing.
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Biden, Xi to address Pacific Rim summit on Friday amid heightened tensions
Nov 12, 2021 08:18US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are expected to address leaders of the Pacific Rim countries on Friday amid heightened tensions between the two economic giants.
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China holds combat readiness patrol after visit by US lawmakers to Taipei
Nov 10, 2021 06:56China has conducted a "combat readiness patrol" near the Taiwan Strait following a visit to Chinese Taipei by members of the US Congress, which sparked immediate condemnation from Beijing.
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Beijing slams as ‘pure fabrication’ espionage charges by US court against Chinese individual
Nov 09, 2021 04:28China says charges against one of its citizens by a US federal court on Beijing’s stealing trade secrets are “pure fabrication.”
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Vienna talks would yield no result unless US, Europe pursue realistic approach: Iran's FM
Nov 07, 2021 04:53Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says he hopes that the United States and European parties to a 2015 nuclear deal will pursue a realistic approach to the scheduled talks later this month in Vienna so that the talks would culminate in results quickly.
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China slams 'ruthless verdict' in US probe into Kabul drone strike
Nov 06, 2021 14:23China’s foreign ministry spokesman, Wang Wenbin, has reacted to the Pentagon’s findings regarding the US drone strike that killed civilians in late August in the capital city of Kabul.
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China threatens to punish Taipei’s pro-independence 'diehards'
Nov 05, 2021 09:37China has threatened to punish Chinese Taipei’s separatist politicians over “criminal charges” and warned to ban their visit to the mainland as tensions between the two sides spiked to their highest level in years.
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‘Loss of confidence’: US submarine officers fired after South China Sea collision
Nov 05, 2021 08:30Two senior officers of a US nuclear-powered submarine that struck an underwater mountain last month in the South China Sea have been fired, the US Navy said in a statement.