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And last August, China held four days of live-fire drills around Taiwan’s territorial waters — with some of the exercises taking place just off the coast of Kaohsiung.
Source: https://guardian.ng/news/taiwans-armed-forces-hold-coastal-drills/
An earlier tally had already taken the number of daily aircraft crossings into Taiwan’s southwestern air defence identification zone to a new single-day high this year, according to data collected by AFP.
Asian markets traded mixed as Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and China’s Shanghai were flat, down 0.05% and 0.09% respectively, while Taiwan’s TSEC 50 was 0.49% lower.
As with today, Taiwan’s status was the burning issue that Kissinger had to tactfully address and upon which the success of his mission ultimately rested.
Source: https://time.com/6340967/china-pays-tribute-to-old-friend-henry-kissinger/
At the time, marital law had just lifted in Taiwan, and the country was going through great social change; however, it was still very difficult to be openly gay in Taiwan’s homophobic culture.
Source: https://www.thewrap.com/best-lgbtq-movies-on-netflix-gay-lesbian-films/
Belize and Guatemala represent two of Taiwan’s 13 formal allies across the world, a number that has dipped as China has put pressure on and funneled money into isolating the island.
Source: https://nypost.com/2023/04/04/taiwan-rejects-china-pressure-ahead-of-house-speaker-meeting/
Chen Chien-jen ended his single term as vice president after playing a key role in Taiwan’s successful COVID-19 response.
Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/01/taiwan-politics-outlook-a-kmt-resurgence/
Daniel DePetris: Will Kevin McCarthy’s meeting with Taiwan’s president provoke more conflict with China?
Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/
If anything, the recent war games China played around the island struck fear into Taiwan’s and the United States of America’s hearts.
Source: https://michiganmessenger.com/will-china-invade-taiwan/
If war does break out, Haines warned that it would have “enormous economic implications,” especially if Taiwan’s semiconductor production is disrupted.
In 2016, the independence-leaning DPP won national elections and Beijing cut off contact with Taiwan’s government, citing Tsai’s refusal to endorse the idea that Taiwan and China are one country.
Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/former-taiwan-president-ma-ying-jeou-will-visit-china/
In response, Taiwan’s armed forces deployed aircraft, navy vessels and land-based missile systems.
It has built a military to accomplish that, and each year is more aggressive in testing that force’s capabilities to seize Taiwan and to prevent Taiwan’s supporters from helping its defense.
MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Hanna (international name: Haiku) slightly strengthened as it moves closer to Southern Taiwan’s coast early Sunday morning.
On May 17, 2019, Taiwan’s parliament passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, making it the first Asian country to do so.
On September 12, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense released its “National Defense Report 2023,” which details the lessons Taiwan has learned from Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Source: https://time.com/6317388/taiwan-presidential-election/
Paraguay, the biggest state among Taiwan’s diplomatic allies, may be the next domino to fall.
Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/honduras-china-switch-and-the-aftershocks/
Patches depicting a Formosan black bear holding Taiwan’s flag and punching Winnie the Pooh.
Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/04/12/taiwanese-patches-china-xi-jinping/
PLA announces United Sharp Sword exercises amid Chinese anger over meeting between Taiwan’s President and US House Speaker.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/8/china-begins-three-days-of-military-drills-in-taiwan-strait
Qin urged the United States to respect “China’s core concerns” such as the issue of Taiwan’s self-rule, “stop interfering in China’s internal affairs, and stop harming China’s sovereignty, security, and development interests in the name of competition.”