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Beijing hopes the US will maintain “consistency” in its climate policy and continue bilateral cooperation regardless of next week’s election result, a Chinese official said Friday. The two countries have expanded climate policy cooperation since Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden met in San Francisco nearly a year ago. Workers instal photovoltaic […]
Workers cleared fallen trees and shop owners swept up debris in Taiwan on Friday after one of the biggest typhoons to hit the island in decades claimed at least two lives. This picture provided by Taiwans Central News Agency (CNA) on October 31, 2024 shows an archway collapsed in Banqiao District, in New Taipei City […]
By Akio Wang with Amber Wang in Taipei Super Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday as one of the most powerful storms to hit the island in years, whipping up 10-metre waves and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. A firefighter beside a roof blown away due to strong winds and […]
By AFP In a drug treatment centre in a wooden stilt house deep in the Thai jungle, young refugees from Myanmar wait patiently for the prick of an acupuncture needle. They are among the thousands who have become addicted to methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs that have flooded camps housing those forced to flee their […]
China’s only woman spaceflight engineer will be among a fresh crew of three astronauts sent to its Tiangong space station this week, Beijing announced Tuesday. Astronaut Wang Haoze gestures during a press conference a day before the Shenzhou-19 mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert in northwest China on October 29, […]
China deployed fighter jets and drones as part of a “joint combat readiness patrol” around Taiwan on Sunday, Taipei said, hours after Beijing slammed the latest round of US arms sales to the island. The Taiwan Strait. Photo: U.S. Pacific Fleet, via Flickr CC2.0. The US State Department on Friday approved a $2 billion arms […]
Indonesia has driven a Chinese coast guard ship from contested waters in the South China Sea for the third time this week, its maritime security agency said Saturday. It is the latest move by a Southeast Asian nation against Beijing’s actions in the strategic waterway, which it claims almost in full. China Coast Guard. Photo: […]
The US State Department on Friday approved a $2 billion arms sale package for Taiwan including advanced surface-to-air missile systems and radar, a move that could provoke Beijing. US State Department. Photo: Wikicommons. The sale, which awaits approval by Congress, includes several anti-aircraft systems, including NASAMS and 123 missiles totaling $1.16 billion, according to the […]
By Joy Chiang Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC halted shipments to a customer this month after its semiconductors were sent to China’s Huawei, a Taipei government official told AFP, potentially breaching US sanctions. A logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is seen during the TSMC global RnD Center opening ceremony in Hsinchu on July 28, […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first bilateral meeting in five years Wednesday, Indian officials said, days after their countries reached a deal on their contested border. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, speaks at a United Nations Office at Geneva on January 18, 2017. […]