Taipei, June 19 (IANS) Taiwan’s Coast Guard has warned off a Chinese oceanographic research vessel, the Xiang Yang Hong 22, from its restricted waters, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said on Friday. The vessel entered Taiwan’s restricted waters off the coast of Su’ao in Yilan County on Thursday at 11:35 pm (local time), according to the statement released by the CGA. The Coast Guard sent the 600-tonne-class Lanyu patrol vessel and the 100-tonne-class patrol boat PP-10077 to shadow the Chin…
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Taipei, June 19 (IANS) Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has called on China to stop its military expansion in the South and East China Seas, the Taiwan Strait, and any use of force against the island, local media reported on Friday. During a reception for foreign correspondents in Taipei on Thursday, Lai Ching-te expressed Taiwan’s willingness to engage in exchanges and cooperation based on equality and dignity, in pursuit of peaceful and mutually beneficial development. He noted that 2026 marks…
Islamabad/Beijing, June 18 (IANS) Pakistan’s firm support for all of China’s efforts to achieve reunification with Taiwan, including “by every possible means”, is widely viewed as an alarming statement. While US President Donald Trump has repeatedly praised Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, with Munir’s name frequently featuring in his remarks, Pakistan has simultaneously aligned itself completely with China and endorsed Beijing’s aggressive actions, undermining …
Tokyo, June 14 (IANS) Japan needs to continue its counterarguments about China’s narrative of “new militarism” of Tokyo and restructure its strategy towards Beijing in preparation for a prolonged conflict with the country, a report said.A report from Japan News said that “China reacted strongly to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks in the Diet last November on a potential Taiwan contingency. China is intensifying pressure on Japan and simultaneously using the narrative of “new militarism” t…
Taipei, June 14 (IANS) Civic groups slammed China for its law on promoting ethnic unity and progress set to be promulgated on July 1, saying that it amounted to forced assimilation and cultural cleansing, local media reported on Sunday. The groups said on Saturday that the law will impose a single national identity, weaken the identities of non-Han ethnic groups and promotes the “integration” of different ethnic groups through policies across several sectors such as education, housing, populatio…
Taipei, June 12 (IANS) Taiwan on Friday strongly condemned the intrusion into waters around Taiping Island by Chinese government vessels and urged the international community to jointly counter China’s “illegal actions”.“MOFA strongly condemns brazen and unprecedented intrusion into waters around Taiping Island by Chinese government vessels, urges international community to jointly counter China’s illegal actions,” stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Taiwan on Friday.Taiwa…
Kathmandu, June 12 (IANS) Just a week after returning from India, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal is now set to pay an official visit to China from June 14 to 17, the two countries announced on Friday.The foreign ministries of both countries said in separate statements that Khanal will undertake the four-day visit to Beijing at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.”Minister Khana…
Washington, June 12 (IANS) Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation that would create a new federal authority to review and monitor large foreign investment commitments in the United States, arguing that Washington needs stronger safeguards to ensure such investments benefit American workers and do not create ethical conflicts for public officials.The proposal, led by Senator Tammy Baldwin and Congressman Ro Khanna, comes as the White House touts hundreds of billions of dollars in investment …
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The future utility of the Quad will not be defined by its transformation into an ‘Asian NATO’ or by rhetorical rivalry with Beijing. Instead, its relevance will depend on whether it can evolve into a flexible strategic mechanism capable of stabilising an increasingly fragmented maritime and economic order stretching from the Pacific to the Gulf, a report has stated.During the recent visit of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to India, the consistent public response unde…
Abu Dhabi, June 11 (IANS) Leaders from across the world continue to extend wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, congratulating him on becoming India’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister. UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Thursday congratulated PM Modi on being India’s longest serving elected PM and wished him success in leading India and its people towards further civilisational achievements. He expressed confidence that the ties between India and UAE will fu…