Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks at a press conference in response to a question about possible content regarding cross-Strait relations in Lai Ching-te's upcoming inauguration speech. Chen said mainstream public opinion on the island is in...
Taiwan, on May 20, 2024. Lai, in his inauguration speech, urged China to stop its military intimidation against the self-governed island Beijing claims as its own territory.(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
escalation of cross-strait tensions andstated intent to take over Taiwan by force. From conducting military exercisesencircling Taiwan following President Lai Ching-te’s inaugurationto imposing draconian laws that impose criminal punishments on supposed “Taiwan independence” supporters, mainland...
China ramped up military pressure on Taiwan in April and May in the lead-up to the inauguration of Taiwan’s new president. Fighter jets staged mock attacks on foreign vessels while ships and planes encroached close to the island. Only weeks earlier, China clashed with the Philippines in the ...
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Though apparently shorter than previous drills, they were intense in terms of swift simulated attacks and deployment of ships and aircraft. The previous major war games in May followed Taiwan's inauguration of Lai Ching-te as its new president. ...
also shows its hegemonic nature at heart," the ministry's statement said.Putin meets Xi as Russia-China ties flourish amid tension with U.S.In his inauguration address on Monday, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te called for Beijing to stop its military intimidation and pledged to "neither...
Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks during a regular press briefing in response to reports that Taiwan's "deputy foreign minister" Wu Chih-Chung on Thursday attended the inauguration ceremony of "president" of Somaliland as a "special envoy" for Lai Ching-te. ...
China held two days of its own war games around the island shortly after President Lai Ching-te took office in May, saying it was "punishment" for his inauguration speech, which Beijing denounced as being full of separatist content.
repeatedly blamed separatist forces for eroding the "One China" principle, which states Beijing's view that it has sovereignty over Taiwan. The admiral said newly elected Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te made a "blatant" statement about his ambition for Taiwanese independence in his inauguration...