A suspected gas explosion in a Taiwan department store killed four people and left another “without vital signs,” authorities said, with videos showing large pieces of debris raining on the street.
In this move, Taiwan has taken a lower profile than others. Unlike the United States, the European Union, and Japan, Taiwan has had a lower profile in its rejection of China's business out of diplomatic considerations.
She told The Epoch Times that President Joe Biden has “very aggressive support for Taiwan, so South Africa’s latest provocation to Taiwan hasn’t gone down very well in Washington.”
An assumption is that the Chinese regime will invade Taiwan—and only Taiwan. There is sound logic to this, as Taiwan is a significant step for the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Koo said that a blockade against Taiwan would affect the global economy, noting that one-fifth of global freight, or approximately $2.5 trillion of goods, passes through the Taiwan Strait, a narrow body of water separating China and Taiwan.
In July, tension across the Taiwan Strait intensified after Chinese coast guard vessels boarded and seized a Taiwan fishing ship that was in Chinese waters about 17.5 nautical miles from the Taiwan-controlled waters of the Kinmen Islands.
The strait is a narrow waterway separating China and Taiwan by about 80 miles, where the Chinese military has been regularly conducting exercises while increasing its rhetoric about seizing Taiwan.
TAIPEI, Taiwan—A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future.
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In closing, my hope is that Canada will go on to be more proactive in helping Taiwan—by trading more with Taiwan, engaging more with Taiwan, learning from Taiwan, and supporting Taiwan as a vital partner and friend.
Since Lai took office, the CCP has stepped up its rhetoric against so-called Taiwan separatists and declared that “diehard” supporters of Taiwan independence can be punishable by death.
China's military launched a new round of war games near Taiwan. The Chinese regime's coast guard circled Taiwan and staged operations close to Taiwan's offshore islands. The U.S. and Taiwan condemned the drills.
Two German warships are awaiting orders to pass through the Taiwan Strait next month, drawing criticism from Beijing.
"The decision has not been taken yet," the commander of the German navy, Rear Adm.
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China's Hardening Stance on Taiwan
During the recent SLD, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun delivered incendiary remarks regarding Taiwan, asserting that “Any attempt to split Taiwan would result in utter destruction.”
Taiwan itself faces an increasingly tense relationship with the CCP, which sees Taiwan as its territory to be reunified, by force if necessary. The CCP has never ruled Taiwan, which has its own democratic system of governance.
The inhabitants of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture, located merely 111 kilometers from Taiwan and the closest Japanese territory to the quake's epicenter, experienced prolonged horizontal shaking.
