Taiwan, Cross-Strait tension

China 05/17/22, 01:53

Taipei Times on May 16 cited a source saying that the Taiwan government is boosting measures to cope with China's cognitive warfare, which means the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) brainwashing propaganda campaigns. According to the Taiwan news outlet, China has trained local Internet celebrities to help it spread propaganda as part ...

China 05/16/22, 10:48

According to the latest cross-strait war game exercise, China could launch a nuclear weapon if it decides to invade Taiwan. The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in Washington, D.C., created the war scenario in response to fears of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. The original plan was for China to ...

U.S. 05/16/22, 07:51

A group of U.S. House of Representatives members sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the U.S to add Taiwan to the list of countries he will visit during his upcoming Asia trip. The group includes nine representatives: Tom Tiffany, Scott Perry, Nancy Mace, Louie Gohmert, Lisa McClain, Peter Stauber, ...

China 05/15/22, 10:31

The U.S. State Department recently updated the fact sheet stating its relations with Taiwan. It removed the wording, "the United States recognized the Government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China, acknowledging the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part ...

China 05/14/22, 06:59

According to the South China Morning Post, the Chinese military is holding a missile training exercise to attack smaller ships and naval bases. Satellite images from the US Naval Institute (USNI) show the training is conducted at a base in the Taklamakan desert, Xinjiang. Lu Li-shih, a former instructor at the Taiwan ...

China 05/13/22, 12:14

In a video on Youtube on May 11, Taiwan legislator Wang Tingyu said that at a time when the world hates aggression, Beijing has continuously conducted multiple batches of military operations. They have transgressed in the Miyako Strait, the eastern waters of Taiwan, the western Pacific Ocean, and the airspace southwest ...

China 05/13/22, 04:40

The U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on global threats on May 10 that China’s attack threat on Taiwan is “acute” between now and 2030. Haines said, [quote] “It’s our view that they are working hard to effectively put themselves in a ...

China 05/12/22, 02:45

Taiwan National Defense Ministry said that Three Chinese military helicopters entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on May 10. One People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) WZ-10 attack helicopter crossed the median line in Taiwan’s ADIZ southwest corner. Taiwan also tracked two Ka-28 anti-submarine warfare helicopters in a different southwest corner ...

China 05/12/22, 01:27

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said that a Chinese military WZ-10 attack helicopter entered the air defense identification zone (ADIZ) around the island on May 10. It also crossed the median line- an informal line that divides the Taiwan Straits into the mainland side and Taiwan island side. This is ...

China 05/12/22, 01:06

After five years in China’s jail, Taiwanese NGO activist Lee Ming-Che was freed in April. He and his wife revealed the stories behind his arrest in a press conference on May 10. In May 2017, Lee disappeared on Chinese soil. He called it a kidnap. The Chinese court sentenced him to ...

China 05/12/22, 00:49

Senior intelligence officials, on May 10, said that China would like to take Taiwan peacefully. However, it would still prepare for military action in case the U.S. interferes. As Reuters reported, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told the Senate Armed Services Committee, “It's our view that they (the Chinese) are ...

China 05/11/22, 01:15

China, on May 9, rejected Taiwan's efforts to attend a World Health Organization meeting set for later this month. Speaking at a news briefing in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian said that Taiwan's participation in international organizations, including the WHO, must be handled in accordance with the "One China" principle. Zhao ...

China 05/09/22, 23:56

China Daily reported that the Chinese People's Liberation Army had organized exercises near Taiwan. On Monday, the Eastern Theater WeChat Official Account stated that those drills occurred in the sea as well as over the airspace of Taiwan. The forces, including naval, air, and permanent guiding forces, amalgamated during the exercise from ...

China 05/09/22, 23:23

The U.S. State Department attracted widespread attention after changing the wording on its U.S.-Taiwan relations webpage last week. The website erased the reference to Taiwan as part of China and deleted a statement denying Taiwan independence. As of May 3, the webpage stated that the U.S. recognized the “Chinese position that ...

China 05/09/22, 09:04

Renowned Hacker group Anonymous has warned China "not try anything stupid against Taiwan" in the wake of the war in Ukraine. The decentralized international hacker group hacked into the Chengdu Chinese Communist Party (CCP) website on May 2 to show its threat. The hacked page shows a meme with the slogan "Taiwan ...

China 05/09/22, 09:01

As Reuters reported, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on May 7 that Taiwan hoped the world would sanction China if it invaded the island nation. He referred to the sanction the global community imposed on Russia for its war in Ukraine. Wu told reporters in Taipei at an event marking ...