Taiwan
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India's first chip factory: Vedanta-Foxconn to invest Rs 1.54 lakh crore | 10 Points
Business | Sep 13, 2022, 11:47 PM ISTIndia's first chip factory: The 60:40 joint venture of Vedanta-Foxconn will set up a semiconductor fab unit, a display fab unit, and a semiconductor assembling and testing unit on a 1000-acre land in the Ahmedabad district.
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Taiwan shoots down civilian drone off Chinese coast
World | Sep 03, 2022, 11:43 AM ISTThe US is reportedly preparing to approve a $1.1 billion defence package for Taiwan that would include anti-ship and air-to-air missiles to be used to repel a potential Chinese invasion attempt.
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Taiwan forces fire at drones flying over island near China
World | Aug 31, 2022, 05:25 PM ISTChina-Taiwan relations: Taiwan's forces said in a statement that troops took the action on Tuesday after drones were found hovering over the Kinmen island group.
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Marsha Blackburn becomes latest US lawmaker to visit Taiwan, defies Beijing
World | Aug 26, 2022, 09:56 AM ISTUnited States: Applauding US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Taiwan alongside 25 other Republican senators, she said that Taiwan is the strongest partner of the US in the Indo-Pacific Region, according to The Hill.
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China conducts another round of massive military drills around Taiwan as US delegation visits Taipei
World | Aug 15, 2022, 08:43 PM ISTChina-Taiwan updates: The new drills come less than a fortnight after Beijing launched unprecedented war games in retaliation to US House Speaker Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, sparking fears of a Chinese invasion of the breakaway island.
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Taiwan thanks India and other countries for calls to de-escalate tensions
India | Aug 14, 2022, 07:24 PM ISTChina Taiwan controversy: The country also thanked India for avoiding unilateral actions to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait in the face of China's military posturing, following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island.
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12 days after Pelosi's Taiwan trip, more US lawmakers to visit nation
World | Aug 14, 2022, 05:40 PM ISTChina responded to Pelosi's visit by sending missiles, warships and warplanes into the seas and air around Taiwan.
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China Taiwan news: US plans air, maritime transits in Taiwan Strait in response to Chinese drills
World | Aug 14, 2022, 07:51 AM ISTChina Taiwan news: Beijing carried out its largest-ever military drills in the Taiwan strait during Pelosi's trip and has accused the US of working against its official policy on China and Taiwan.
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US to take 'calm & resolute' steps to support Taiwan amidst China's intimidation: White House
World | Aug 13, 2022, 11:26 AM IST"China's actions are fundamentally at odds with the goal of peace and stability. They are part of an intensified pressure campaign against Taiwan," said Kurt Campbell, Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Indo Pacific.
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Taiwan: India calls for avoiding "unilateral actions" to change status quo
India | Aug 12, 2022, 07:25 PM ISTIndia on China-Taiwan issue: In an apparent reference to a question on the "One-China" policy at a media briefing, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India's relevant policies are well-known and they do not require reiteration.
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US cannot allow China’s ‘new normal’ over Taiwan, says Pelosi
World | Aug 11, 2022, 08:28 AM ISTHouse Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Gregory Meeks told reporters that Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan illustrated that no matter what Chinese President Xi Jinping said, the US was going to stand by its friends and allies.
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Taiwan begins live-fire artillery drills in defence against China's attack
World | Aug 09, 2022, 07:32 AM ISTChina Taiwan news: Chinese Defence Ministry Spokesperson Senior Colonel Wu Qian said the current tensions across the Taiwan Strait has been a result of provocative acts single-handedly created by the US.
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'Don't think they're going to do anything...': Biden on China's behaviour over Pelosi's Taiwan visit
World | Aug 08, 2022, 11:51 PM ISTBiden addressed the media for the first time since he had contacted Covid. When he was asked about China, the democrat said thhat he was not worried but "concerned that they're moving as much as they are."
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China continues unprecedented military drills around Taiwan even after end of four-day schedule
World | Aug 08, 2022, 12:35 PM ISTThe PLA Command in a late last night press release said its forces continued its joint combat training exercises as scheduled on Sunday in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan island.
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China continues military exercises around Taiwan on final day
World | Aug 07, 2022, 11:38 AM ISTChina Taiwan news: China’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement Saturday that it had carried out military exercises as planned in the sea and airspaces to the north, southwest, and east of Taiwan.
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Taiwan says China military drills appear to simulate attack
World | Aug 06, 2022, 02:59 PM ISTTaiwan's army also said it detected four unmanned aerial vehicles flying in the vicinity of the offshore county of Kinmen which they believe to be Chinese drones.
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China's 68 planes, 13 warships cross Taiwan's median line, days after Pelosi's visit
World | Aug 05, 2022, 06:16 PM ISTChina also announced unspecified sanctions on Pelosi and her family. Such sanctions are generally mostly symbolic in nature.
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China sanctions US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
World | Aug 05, 2022, 04:43 PM ISTIn Tokyo, where Pelosi is winding up her Asia trip, she said China cannot stop U.S. officials from visiting Taiwan. Speaking after breakfast with Pelosi and her congressional delegation, Kishida said the missile launches need to be “stopped immediately.”
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China summons European diplomats over statement on Taiwan
World | Aug 05, 2022, 11:49 AM ISTFive of the missiles fired by China landed in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone off Hateruma, an island far south of Japan's main islands, Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi reported.
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China deploys Nuclear submarine in Taiwan Straits military drills after Pelosi's visit
World | Aug 04, 2022, 09:34 PM ISTChina vs Taiwan: The four-day military exercises were being held a day after Pelosi's visit. China, which claims Taiwan as part of its mainland, strongly objected to her visit.