State-owned QatarEnergy and Taiwan’s CPC signed a 27-year sale and purchase deal for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar’s North Field East (NFE) expansion project. CPC will also take a stake in […]
A US-China clash over the self-ruled island would cost the world some $10trn, the business news outlet estimates If the US and China were to have a military showdown over the island of Taiwan, the […]
More than 40 Chinese warplanes flew over Taiwan’s air defence zone on Saturday, as part of military drills that Taiwan called “irrational and provocative”. About 26 Chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan […]
EXPLAINER NewsConflict China has launched military drills around Taiwan in what its described as a “stern warning” to so-called separatist forces on the self-governed island. This tension between China and Taiwan on Saturday comes a […]
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised eyebrows Monday, telling reporters the US “does not support Taiwan independence” after meeting in Beijing with officials including Chinese President Xi Jinping. Blinken’s statement ruffled the feathers of many Republicans […]
China and Russia have a great deal in common. Both are authoritarian states, both lost territory in the twentieth century, and both are set on redressing those losses. Both are critical players in the world’s […]
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has condemned China over its three days of military exercises around the self-ruled island, saying they were irresponsible and a threat to regional stability. Beijing wrapped up its war games, which […]
Taiwan’s defence ministry has observed 19 Chinese air force combat planes entering the island’s air defence zone in the past 24 hours, part of what Taipei calls regular harassment by Beijing. Taiwan’s defence ministry said […]
Taiwan is likely to defeat a Chinese invasion if the United States comes to the island’s defence, a prominent think-tank says, but it warns that such a victory would come at “enormous” cost, including the […]
China’s military has said it carried out military exercises around the self-ruled island of Taiwan that focussed on land strikes and sea assaults, the second such drills in less than a month. The People’s Liberation […]
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