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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

China sends warships and aircraft around Taiwan for second day

China has sent warships and aircraft near Taiwan for a second day, Taipei said, after President Tsai Ing-wen angered Beijing by meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Three Chinese warships sailed in waters surrounding the self-ruled island, while a fighter jet and an anti-submarine helicopter also crossed the island's air defence identification zone, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said on Friday. Read More…

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China sanctions Reagan library, others over Tsai's US trip

China announced on Friday that it is imposing sanctions against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other US and Asia based organisations in retaliation for the closely watched meeting this week between the US House Speaker and Taiwan's president. The Reagan library in Simi Valley, California, was the site of the rare high-level, bipartisan meeting Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted this week for talks with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. Read More…

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China deploys warships near Taiwan after Tsai-McCarthy meeting in US

China has sent warships through waters around Taiwan on Thursday as it vowed a "resolute response" to the self-ruled island's president meeting US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The move comes amid heightened tensions between China and Taiwan, with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosting Taiwan's top official Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, becoming the most senior US figure to meet a Taiwanese official on US soil in decades. Read More…

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Taiwan President, US Speaker to meet

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are set for a highly anticipated meeting in California. This move is a show of democratic solidarity in defiance of threats from China. Tsai will gather with McCarthy and a bipartisan group of US lawmakers at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California’s Simi Valley, McCarthy’s office said in a press release earlier this week. Read More…

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China warns meeting of Tsai, McCarthy will 'further damage' Sino-US ties

China has warned that an upcoming meeting between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will "further damage" relations between Beijing and Washington. The Wednesday meeting in California will "greatly hurt the national feelings of 1.4 billion Chinese people" and undermine "the political foundation of China-US relations," a Los Angeles consulate spokesperson said in a statement. Read More…

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Taiwan's leader visits Central America

Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen has arrived in Guatemala on a visit to shore up ties with dwindling allies following a trip to the United States that angered China. Tsai arrived in Guatemala on Friday afternoon, where she was received with military honors and met by Foreign Minister Mario Bucaro. In a speech addressed to leaders of Guatemala and Belize shortly before departing on her visit, Tsai framed the trip as a chance to show their commitment to democratic values globally. Read More…

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'Playing with fire': China issues warning to Taiwanese leader

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has arrived in New York for a visit that has triggered threats of reprisal by China if she meets with House speaker Kevin McCarthy, and US warnings for Beijing not to overreact. "We urge the US side not to repeat playing with fire on the Taiwan question," Xu Xueyuan, the charge d'affaires at the Chinese embassy in Washington told reporters. Read More…

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Taiwanese president heads to US amid China's threats

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is set to leave for the United States, a stop on her way to firm ties with Guatemala and Belize after China snapped up another of the self-ruled island's few diplomatic allies last week. "We are calm and confident, will neither yield nor provoke," Tsai said on Wednesday at Taiwan's main international airport at Taoyuan, adding that external pressure will not stop Taiwan's determination to go out into the world. Read More…

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Taiwan's Tsai offers aid to China amid Covid surge

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen extended an olive branch to Beijing on Sunday. She pledged to offer assistance if needed as coronavirus cases surge in China after its abrupt lifting of pandemic restrictions. "As long as there is a need, we are willing to provide necessary assistance based on humanitarian concerns," Tsai said in her customary New Year Day speech. Read More…

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