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Taiwan evacuated more than 8,000 people from coastal and mountainous areas and closed schools ahead of the arrival of tropical storm Fung-wong. In Yilan County, rescue workers ferried people using boats and amphibious vehicles after torrential rains triggered severe flooding, and residents worked to clear debris and water from their homes. CBC | World News
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China may be rehearsing for an invasion of Taiwan — but on the potential front lines there’s little panic
CBC News visited Taiwan’s Kinmen islands, which are just a few kilometres across the bay from the Chinese city of Xiamen. The islands have been on the frontline of hostilities between China and Taiwan for more than seven decades. Many Kinmen locals say they don’t believe war with China is near — despite mounting evidence to the contrary. CBC | ...
Read More »WW3 fears as Taiwan readies ‘porcupine strategy’ to fend off China invasion
US intelligence has previously suggested Xi Jinping has ordered China’s forces to be ready for a possible invasion of Taiwan as soon as 2027. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Typhoon Ragasa makes landfall in China after killing at least 17 in Taiwan
Typhoon Ragasa, the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year, struck the southern Chinese city of Yangjiang on Wednesday after killing 17 people in Taiwan and lashing Hong Kong with ferocious winds and heavy rains. CBC | World News
Read More »We will never forget Tiananmen crackdown, Taiwan and U.S. say on 36th anniversary
The world will never forget China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, Taiwan’s president and the top U.S. diplomat said on the 36th anniversary of an event Beijing treats as taboo and allows no public remembrance. CBC | World News
Read More »China launches military drills around Taiwan, calls its president a ‘parasite’
China began joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday as a “stern warning” against separatism and called Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te a “parasite,” as Taiwan sent warships to respond to China’s navy approaching its coast. CBC | World News
Read More »Alidou’s hat trick headlines 7-goal thumping as Canadian women top Taiwan to win Pinatar Cup
Marie-Yasmine (Mimi) Alidou scored a hat trick Tuesday as sixth-ranked Canada won the Pinatar Cup women’s soccer tournament with a dominant 7-0 victory over No. 42 Taiwan in Murcia, Spain. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Taiwan detains China-crewed ship after ‘incursion’ as war fears intensify
The incident is under investigation, Taiwanese authorities have confirmed. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Taiwan invasion fears soar as expert warns Trump’s strategy risks ‘devastating’ war
The continued uncertainty of America’s relationship with China “is a concern for us all”, said Professor Kerry Brown. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »China says Canada ‘deliberately stirred up trouble’ with warship sailing in Taiwan Strait
China’s military has condemned the sailing of a Canadian warship in the Taiwan Strait, saying its air and naval forces had monitored and warned the ship. CBC | World News
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