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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicChina-Taiwan relations

Topic: China-Taiwan relations

China sanctions Taiwan’s US envoy after President Tsai, US House Speaker meet

China prohibited Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan's de facto ambassador to the United States, and her family members from entering the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau

US Speaker meets Taiwanese President Tsai, stresses need to speed up arms deliveries

China quickly denounced the meeting, accusing the US of colluding with separatists seeking 'Taiwan independence' and saying that it has been breaching its commitments over the island.

Foxconn founder Terry Gou says he will seek Taiwan presidency

Gou, who stepped down as Foxconn chief in 2019, said the only way to avoid war with China was to lessen Sino-US tensions and get Taiwan's ruling party DPP out of office.

China stages combat drills after warning Taiwan president against meeting US speaker

Nine Chinese aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait Friday carrying out drills, the defence ministry said. President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in the US Wednesday & is to meet the House Speaker in LA.

Taiwan welcomes Czech delegation after once-loyal Honduras shifts allegiance to China

Seeking closer relations with Western allies, the delegation arrived in Taipei on Saturday. US allies have been bolstering support for Taiwan even as they only recognise China.

China achieves what even US could not in the Middle East

US has sanctioned five Chinese companies for selling aerospace components to Iran, which is supplying drones to Russia for use in the Ukraine war.

Chinese PLA might find excuses to enter areas close to Taiwan, warns Defence Minister Chiu

Taiwan has vowed to exercise its right to self-defence and counterattack if Chinese armed forces entered its territory.

Taiwan wary of China charm offensive ahead of presidential vote, says security agency

With Taiwan’s presidential vote due in January next year, officials worry that Beijing could try to stir animosity towards the government of President Tsai Ing-wen.

US Pentagon’s top China official Michael Chase has arrived in Taiwan, FT reports

Pentagon Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense's visit to Taiwan could exacerbate tensions between Beijing & Washington. He is the senior most US defence official to visit Taiwan since 2019.

Taiwan finds crashed weather balloon on remote island near Chinese coast

The Taiwanese army said the sphere about 1 metre in diameter, had an instrument box marked with simplified Chinese characters - which are used in China but not Taiwan.

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Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

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.