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Amendments could hurt services: Cabinet. SECURITY RISK: President William Lai said the amendments passed on Friday could compromise the nation’s combat capacity and undermine the safety of Taiwanese Amendments regulating the allocation of funding between central and local governments that passed the legislature on Friday would necessitate a complete reformulation of next year’s general ...
Reunification is inevitable: TAO - Taipei Times
23 hours ago · The reunification of China and Taiwan is “non-negotiable,” China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) said today in response to an article by a Chinese academic suggesting that China would not set a timetable for the annexation of Taiwan in the next four years. China’s focus for the next four years ...
New Year ceremony plans unveiled - Taipei Times
1 day ago · The Presidential Office yesterday announced its plans for the New Year’s Day flag-raising ceremony, to be themed “Made in Taiwan, Made for the Future,” with industry professionals leading the singing of the national anthem. The ceremony is also to feature limited-edition “2025 Presidential ...
Xi Jinping’s purges of military - Taipei Times
1 day ago · With Washington substantially off-guard in power transition, China’s supreme leader, Xi Jinping (習近平), is intensifying an anti-corruption campaign against the top military leadership. At a glance, the move seems to be consistent with his emphasis on the necessity of …
Taiwan is everyone’s concern: Blinken - Taipei Times
6 days ago · READY: The CGA said it closely monitored China’s maritime exercise, deployed vessels to shadow the Chinese ships one-on-one and set up emergency response centers Chinese navy and coast guard ships have returned to China, signaling the end of a massive maritime exercise, authorities said yesterday. The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) released images it said showed Chinese vessels sailing ...
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Minister unveils Chip Team Taiwan initiative SECURITY: Taiwan is in talks with Amazon about collaborating on Kuiper broadband communication satellites to harden its telecommunications infrastructure in a potential conflict with China Taiwan is launching the “Chip Team Taiwan” initiative to forge robotics, drones and space industry supply chains to decrease dependence on China, National ...
China preparing for invasion: report - Taipei Times
6 days ago · An amphibious invasion would be “one of the most complicated and difficult military operations for the PLA” and would “likely strain the PRC’s armed forces and invite a strong international response,” but it had conducted “realistic, large-scale” amphibious assault training last year that was “almost certainly aimed at supporting a …
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Taiwan a major world issue: Trump ‘ONE BRIDGE’: The US president-elect met with Akie Abe on Dec. 15 in Florida and the two discussed a potential Taiwan-China conflict’s implications for world peace US president-elect Donald Trump has described Taiwan as “a major issue for world peace” during a meeting with Akie Abe, the widow of late Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, Japanese ...
Taiwan News - Taipei Times
UNUSUAL: While most twins are born within 24 hours of each other, an extended delayed interval is rare, with only 82 such cases recorded globally, a doctor said A 40-year-old woman gave birth on Double Ten National Day, 111 days after the baby’s twin was lost in a natural miscarriage, Cathay General Hospital said yesterday.The incident is a medical landmark in Taiwan for the longest interval ...
Front Page - Taipei Times
ALLIANCE: Washington continues to implement its policy of normalizing arms sales to Taiwan and helps enhance its defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said US President Joe Biden on Friday agreed to provide US$571.3 million in defense support for Taiwan, the White House said, while the US State Department approved the potential sale …