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Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a coastal island just across the Taiwan Strait a day after the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) wrapped up massive military drills around Taiwan. Xi inspected Dongshan county in the southeastern province of Fujian on Tuesday afternoon, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The Taiwan-facing island county has served as a regular base […]
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Hong Kong police have for the first time smashed a local fraud syndicate that used deepfake technology to swap the faces of the swindlers with those of attractive women in video calls to cheat love-struck men in the region, including Singapore, out of HK$360 million. The force said on Monday it arrested 27 people, including […]
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is planning more plants in Europe with a focus on the market for Artificial Intelligence (AI) chips, according to a senior Taiwanese official, as the chipmaker expands its global footprint. “They have started construction of the first fab in Dresden, they are already planning the next few fabs in the future […]
Beijing has sanctioned Taiwanese businessman Robert Tsao Hsing-cheng and Taiwanese lawmaker Puma Shen for supporting what it says are “violent” pro-Taiwan independence sentiment and activities. Under the sanctions, Shen and Tsao, as well as their families, are barred from entering mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau. All businesses associated with them are also prohibited from […]
China’s military conducted large-scale drills Monday around Taiwan in “a stern warning” to those seeking the island’s independence, ratcheting up pressure after the territory’s President Lai Ching-te reiterated last week that the two sides are not subordinate to each other. The exercise in the Taiwan Strait and areas to the north, south and east of […]
The Chinese military said the exercises, which will simulate strikes on land and at sea, would serve as “a stern warning” to “Taiwan independence forces.” Source link
China deployed planes and ships around Taiwan in military drills on Monday, issuing a “stern warning” to separatist forces. This marks the fourth large-scale exercise in two years, as Beijing refuses to rule out force in its efforts to control Taiwan. The drills follow US Secretary Antony Blinken’s caution against aggressive actions after Taiwan’s National […]
Pékin a annoncé ce lundi avoir déployé des navires et des avions dans le cadre d’exercices militaires visant à encercler Taïwan. En réponse, Taïpei a indiqué avoir « déployé les forces adéquates ». Source link
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te gives a keynote address on national day to mark the 113th birthday of the Republic of China, Taiwan’s formal name, in Taipei, Taiwan October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang BEIJING (Reuters) -China is studying further trade measures against Taiwan, China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday, two days after Beijing denounced a […]