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Topic: Taiwan

China sends two drones in one week around Taiwan but calls US the ‘empire of hacking’

The grey zone tactics adopted by the People’s Liberation Army against Taiwan allowed Beijing to coerce the enemy without escalating direct military tensions.

‘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.

‘Will continue to be solid diplomatic ally’ — Guatemala president pledges support for ‘Republic of Taiwan’

Guatemala is one of only 13 countries with official diplomatic ties with China-claimed Taiwan. Honduras abandoned Taipei for Beijing last month after asking for almost $2.5 billion in aid.

China’s military support for Russia to increase. For now it’s training, non-lethal assistance

Beijing sees a strong ally in Lula who has been a longtime proponent of an anti-US stance in international politics.

G7 will stand up to ‘any coercion’ from China to exert control in Taiwan, says top US official

Concerns about China's increasingly aggressive stance on Taiwan have been in sharp focus during talks among G7 foreign ministers in Japanese resort town of Karuizawa.

China’s no-fly zone on April 16 will affect around 33 flights, says Taiwan’s news agency

Impact was reduced after Taiwan said it had successfully urged China to drastically narrow its plan to close air space north, said Transport Minister Wang Kwo-tsai.

Chinese warplanes, ships were still around Taiwan after drills end, says defence ministry

Although China said drills had ended, Taiwan's defence ministry said it spotted 9 Chinese ships and 26 aircraft carrying out combat readiness patrols late Tuesday morning.

Japan following China’s military drills around Taiwan ‘with great interest,’ says govt official

China's military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in the second day of drills around the island on Sunday.

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.

Taiwan strengthens ties with Guatemala after fallout with Honduras

While visiting Guatemala, Taiwan's President Tsai signed a $4 million agreement to modernize rural areas and promised to promote and increase cooperation between the two countries.

On Camera

The Supreme Court is losing its credibility. It should frighten us all—Maneka Gandhi

The dogs will survive whatever orders are passed. But institutions are more fragile than we imagine. Once lost, the trust they embody takes generations to rebuild.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.