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China employed a record 125 aircraft, as well as its Liaoning aircraft carrier and ships, in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands Monday, simulating the sealing off of key ports in a move that underscores the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait, officials said. CBC | World News
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Taiwan’s Gold Apollo says it did not make pagers used in Lebanon blasts
Taiwan’s Gold Apollo said Wednesday the pagers used in the detonations in Lebanon had not been made by it but by a company called BAC, which has a licence to use its brand. CBC | World News
Read More »Taiwan’s democratic progressive party wins unprecedented third term
Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party, led by President Lai Ching-te, secured an unprecedented third term as voters resisted pressure from mainland China. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te, denounced as a separatist by Beijing, wins presidential vote
Taiwanese voters swept the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te into power on Saturday in an explicit rejection of China’s warnings not to vote for him in an election Beijing framed as a choice between war and peace. CBC | World News
Read More »Is Taiwan’s impressive response to COVID-19 possible in Canada?
Taiwan has limited the outbreak of COVID-19 using big data and other emergency measures despite its close proximity to mainland China. CBC | World News
Read More »Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has China to thank for landslide re-election win
Saturday’s election victory for Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen was big, but the defeat for Beijing was bigger, a stark lesson the dictatorship next door — no matter how powerful or prosperous — holds little appeal for the only part of “Greater China” that gets a real vote on its own democratic future. CBC | World News
Read More »Taiwan’s independence-leaning president wins 2nd term
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has won a second term, signalling strong voter support for her tough stance against China. CBC | World News
Read More »Taiwan’s top military officer, 7 others killed in helicopter crash
Taiwan’s top military official was killed in an air force helicopter crash Thursday morning that killed seven other people, the defence ministry said. CBC | World News
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