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Taiwan needs a law for refugees
Taipei Times
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June 19, 2025
Since 2017, Amnesty International, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and civil society sponsorship programs have been working together to provide support for refugees, helping them rebuild their lives. To date, millions of people worldwide...
World News | Taiwan President Instructs Military to Bolster Security Surveillance for Countering China
Latestly
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June 20, 2025
Taipei [Taiwan], June 20 (ANI): Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te has instructed the Taiwanese military to bolster its security surveillance amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran, Focus Taiwan reported on Thursday. Notably, the order comes...
World News | Taiwan Detects 50 Chinese Military Aircraft, Six Naval Vessels Near Its Territory
Latestly
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June 20, 2025
Taipei [Taiwan], June 20 (ANI): Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) stated that it detected 50 Chinese military aircraft and six naval vessels operating in the region until 6 am (local time) on Friday. According to Taiwan's MND, 46 out of...
China Sends Warplanes Near Taiwan After US Lawmakers’ Visit
Mint
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June 20, 2025
China sent the most warplanes toward Taiwan since October, a move that follows US lawmakers visiting a top military figure and both the UK and Japan sailing warships through the strait separating the island from the Chinese mainland. Some 46...
MSDF destroyer sails through Taiwan Strait amid tensions
The Asahi Shimbun
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The Maritime Self-Defense Force’s destroyer JS Takanami passed through the contested Taiwan Strait, waters between China and Taiwan that China considers its own, in mid-June, multiple government sources said. The move is believed to be aimed at...
Taiwan Central Bank Holds Key Rate At 2.0%
RTTNews
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June 19, 2025
Taiwan's central bank retained its key interest rate at its June meeting on Thursday as the policy board observed that the current rate level would help sustain sound economic and financial development on the whole. The central bank board...
Taiwan Adds New Export Controls on China’s Chip Industry
The Diplomat
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June 18, 2025
The recent salvo of export control measures against China’s semiconductor industry came not from the United States, but Taiwan. On June 14, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs added a total of 601 entities to its trade blacklist – including...
China calls British warship's Taiwan Strait transit an attempt to 'cause trouble'
Japan Times
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June 20, 2025
BEIJING/TAIPEI – China's military on Friday condemned the sailing of a British warship through the Taiwan Strait as a deliberate attempt to "cause trouble," as Taiwan's president ordered stepped-up monitoring in response to Chinese military...
U.K. Royal Navy vessel sails through Taiwan Strait
The Asahi Shimbun
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LONDON--A British Royal Navy patrol vessel has sailed through the Taiwan Strait, a Navy spokesperson said on Thursday, saying the passage complied with international law. “HMS Spey’s routine navigation through the Taiwan Strait was part of a...
Taiwan pursues homegrown Chinese spies
Manila Standard
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June 19, 2025
TAIPEI—Taiwan is vetting hundreds of thousands of military service members, public school teachers and civil servants in a bid to root out potential homegrown Chinese sympathizers, as Beijing intensifies espionage on the island. Alarm is growing...
PLA slams British hype over patrol vessel's Taiwan Strait transit
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A spokesperson for the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Friday criticized Britain for hyping up the transit of its offshore patrol vessel through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday....
China condemns British warship’s ‘troublemaking’ Taiwan Strait transit
SRN News
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June 20, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military on Friday condemned the sailing of a British warship through the Taiwan Strait as a deliberate attempt to “cause trouble”, saying it undermined peace and stability in the region. Britain’s...
Taiwan’s energy crisis looms with rising chip demand and China tensions
The New Zealand Herald
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June 19, 2025
These actions not only could devastate Taiwan but could bring the global economy to a standstill, because the world relies on Taiwan’s factories for the majority of advanced computer chips. All countries need a mix of energy sources to ensure a...
Taiwan's Story: The erased pages
CGTN
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Taiwan's past is complex and shifting, yet its bond with the mainland runs deep. As history is twisted and memory reshaped, who still stands to protect our shared roots and values? Tune in to uncover the truth and trace the roots.
Taiwan Increases Vigilance As China Continues Military Activity In Pacific
StratNews Global
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June 19, 2025
Home China Taiwan Increases Vigilance As China Continues Military Activity In Pacific "From the perspective of our country and even the Indo-Pacific region, it is worth paying special attention to the fact that China's military pressure in the...
Taiwan slams China-Central Asia Summit statement, rejects Beijing’s claim of sovereignty
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 19, 2025
Taipei [Taiwan] June 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Taipei criticised the inclusion of an inaccurate assertion that Taiwan is part of China in a joint statement adopted by Beijing and five of its Central Asian allies during a...
Taiwan, S Korea set goal for 3 million visitors
Taipei Times
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June 19, 2025
Taiwan and South Korea at a tourism exchange conference in Mokpo, South Korea, yesterday jointly set a goal of having a two-way visitor count exceeding 3 million this year. The conference, organized by the Taiwan Visitors’ Association (TVA) and...
Taiwanese entrepreneurs in China feel heat from cross-Strait tensions
Inquirer
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June 19, 2025
A worker packs bathroom fittings in a factory of the Taiwanese-owned LCM Group in Kunshan, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province, June 20, 2025. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) KUNSHAN, China — Bustling Taipei-style shopping streets, majestic temples to...
Japan destroyer sails through Taiwan Strait after China jet approach
Nikkei Asia
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TOKYO -- A Japanese warship passed through the Taiwan Strait just days after Chinese fighter jets flew dangerously close to a Japanese plane over the Pacific Ocean, it was learned Thursday. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Takanami...
Taiwan on Alert over China's Military Activities in Pacific
Asharq Al-Awsat
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June 19, 2025
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Thursday ordered defense and security units to step up their monitoring and intelligence efforts in response to China's military activities, which he said have not abated even as tensions rise in the Middle East....