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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicChina-Taiwan relations

Topic: China-Taiwan relations

Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through Taiwan Strait, says defence ministry

Aircraft carrier took part in Chinese military drills around Taiwan in April. In March last yr, it sailed through Taiwan Strait, just before China and US leaders were due to talk.

US State Secretary Blinken lands in China on rare trip with low hopes for any breakthrough

Since postponing a February trip due a suspected Chinese spy balloon entering US airspace, Blinken is the highest-ranking government official to visit China in the Biden administration.

US scholar’s advice for Taiwan’s top chipmaker — ‘self-destruct mechanism could deter Chinese invasion’

New Delhi: A US academic has advocated that the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest microchip manufacturer, be wired for self-destruction in the...

China warns Europe against establishing any ties with Taiwan or support ‘independence forces’

On Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu’s Europe trip, which its government has not officially confirmed, he is expected to speak at a think-tank event in Prague.

Taiwan activates air defence after reporting 37 Chinese military aircraft entered its zone

China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has over the past three years regularly flown its air force into the skies near the island.

Chinese warship passed in ‘unsafe manner’ near US Navy ship in Taiwan Strait, officials say

China's military rebuked the US and Canada for 'deliberately provoking risk' after the countries' navies staged a rare joint sailing through the sensitive Taiwan Strait.

Honduras to launch trade talks with China, months after it ended relations with Taiwan

Coffee will be the first export to Chinese market, Honduran Foreign Minister Reina noted, adding that both countries are evaluating future shipments of shrimp & melon to China.

‘Top priority to stabilise Sino-US relations, avoid a downward spiral,’ says Chinese minister Qin Gang

Relationship between the two nations sank to a low last year when then speaker of House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi paid a visit to Taiwan, which China claims as its territory.

US warship sails through Taiwan Strait following China war games

China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, officially ended its 3 days of exercises around Taiwan last Monday where it practised precision strikes and blockading the island.

China’s new strategy for Taiwan-US meet–show Xi as peacemaker, not rile up domestic protesters

China’s military response to Taiwan President’s meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is a lot different from last year when Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei.

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Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

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India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.