Backlink: TAIWAN NEWS UMC founder Robert Tsao labels Chinese propaganda as ‘nonsense’. Tsao, the founder of the world’s second-largest contract chipmaker, United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), called a press conference to show his national ID card, saying he had renounced his Singaporean citizenship for Taiwanese citizenship. He said he would stay in Taiwan to defend […]
Backlink: TAIWAN NEWS ‘Pre- and post-Chinese invasion-related evacuation scenarios’ to be discussed behind closed doors. Japanese lawmakers last week agreed to begin talks with Taiwan’s government on contingencies for the evacuation of its citizens from Taiwan if China invades. Although there are currently no signs of an invasion, if a PLA assault on Taiwan […]
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Backlink: TAIWAN NEWS Package includes 60 anti-ship missiles, 100 air-to-air missiles, and surveillance radar President Biden is reportedly preparing to request that Congress give the green light for a US$1.1 billion (NT$30.4 billion) weapons sale to Taiwan that includes at least 160 anti-ship and air-to-air missiles. […]
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Backlink: NDTV But Taiwan has been particularly upset recently by Chinese drones flying very close to islands it controls next to China’s coast, which President Tsai said was part of Beijing’s “grey zone” warfare. The more China provokes the more calm Taiwan must be, but restraint does not mean there cannot be “strong countermeasures” […]
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Backlink: TAIWAN NEWS Chinese drones that fail to heed warnings over Taiwan’s outer islands will be shot down The Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Sunday (Aug. 28) announced that soldiers will shoot down intruding Chinese drones that fail to heed warnings after yet more footage surfaced showing Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) compromising […]
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