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Taiwan rejects China’s offer to unify with mainland under Hong Kong model
Jan 01, 2020 07:43Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen has rejected China’s offer to use the “one country, two systems” model in order to unify the self-ruled island with mainland China, claiming that that political arrangement has failed in Hong Kong.
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China's domestically built warship sails through Taiwan Strait
Dec 27, 2019 06:58China has dispatched its first domestically made aircraft carrier into the Taiwan Strait, in a move which Taipei describes as an “intimidation” tactic ahead of the islands presidential election.
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China denounces US’s 2020 defense bill for interfering in Taiwan, Hong Kong’s affairs
Dec 27, 2019 04:25The Chinese government has scathingly lambasted as “gross interference” in China’s domestic affairs the contents of the US National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020.
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China says Taiwan intimidating people, inciting hostility
Dec 11, 2019 08:38China says a proposed bill in Taiwan purportedly aimed at combating Chinese influence is spreading alarm among the Taiwanese business community in China and inciting hostility.
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China: Taiwan courting ‘disaster’ with independence comments
Nov 21, 2019 08:13China has warned Taiwan that the self-ruled island is courting “disaster,” after the running mate for incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen in upcoming elections said he was working for Taiwan’s independence, a red line for the Chinese government.
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In high-level talks, Beijing warns US over South China Sea, Taiwan
Nov 18, 2019 07:27China has, during high-level talks, warned the United States to stop “flexing its muscles” in the disputed South China Sea and fueling tensions over self-ruled Taiwan, two main sources of friction between the two powers.
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Taiwan scaremongering with talk of possible attack: China
Nov 13, 2019 09:11China has accused Taiwan of scaremongering after the self-ruled island warned of a possible Chinese attack, saying Beijing could resort to military conflict to divert domestic pressure if an economic slowdown bites.
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‘No force can stop Taiwan’s reunification with China’
Oct 21, 2019 09:17The Chinese defense chief says separatist attempts in self-ruled Taiwan are “doomed to failure,” warning once again that no force can stop mainland China’s “full reunification.”
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Taiwan’s Tsai outs self as fully anti-China
Oct 10, 2019 10:22Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen has rejected China’s “one country, two systems” model for the self-ruled island, claiming that that arrangement has affected regional stability.
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Taiwan dismayed as another Pacific nation switches to Beijing
Sep 20, 2019 07:41Taiwan lashed out at China on Friday after the tiny island nation of Kiribati switched its recognition to Beijing, the second diplomatic defection in the strategically important Pacific in less than a week.