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TopicTaiwan Strait

Topic: Taiwan Strait

China launches war games around Taiwan, drawing anger in Taipei, concern from Washington

By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) -China's military launched a new round of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the "separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces

Canadian warship passes through Taiwan Strait in ‘routine transit’, China says it ‘undermines peace’

According to the Canadian Defense Ministry, the naval exercise was a 'reaffirmation of Canada's commitment to a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific'.

China’s second day of war games around Taiwan tests ability to ‘seize power’

China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and denounces its new president Lai as a ‘separatist’

China announces mega military drills around Taiwan, fighters & missiles put on high alert

During his inaugural speech, Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te Monday had urged Beijing to recognise existence of Taipei.

US to revitalise partnerships with India, stand up against China’s unfair economic practice: Biden

In his last State of the Union address before the elections, US President Joe Biden claimed that the US is in a strong position to compete and win against China.

Tuvalu elects new PM without vote amid questions on Taiwan stance

This was the first time in the pacific island nation's history that a contender was elected prime minister without a vote.

Taiwan President-elect meets US lawmakers, hopes for support to bolster ‘self-defence’

Lai Ching-te of the DPP said that freedom and democracy are values Taiwan shares with US, its significant arms supplier.

US Navy sails its first warship through Taiwan Strait, riles Beijing

US Navy says the destroyer USS John Finn transited through a corridor in the Taiwan Strait that was 'beyond the territorial sea of any coastal state'.

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Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Post-elections, Bangladesh Army shuffles top military & intel posts, defence adviser in India recalled

Orders issued by Army Headquarters reassign key operational commanders and senior intelligence officials, including the head of DGFI, the country’s premier military intelligence agency.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.