PINGTAN, China -- China fired ballistic missiles and deployed fighter jets Thursday as it held its largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan, a show of force condemned by Washington as a gross overreaction to Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island. Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan...
BEIJING, China -- China's countermeasures against Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan will be resolute, strong, and effective, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Hua Chunying told a daily press briefing in response to...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan struck a defiant tone Wednesday as a furious China geared up for military exercises encircling the island in retaliation for Nancy Pelosi's visit, hours after the senior US politician left. This handout taken and released by Taiwan's Presidential Office on August 3, 2022...
Malacañang has shied away from making any remark on the brewing tension between the country's long-time allies China and the United States, saying they won't make "knee-jerk reactions" crucial to international relations. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles (Photo courtesy of OPS) Press Secretary...
BEIJING, China -- China has launched a volley of trade curbs against Taiwan in addition to live-fire military drills, as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island despite Beijing's warnings. This handout taken and released by Taiwan's Presidential Office on August 3, 2022 shows US House...
BEIJING, China -- Three people were killed and six others wounded in a knife attack Wednesday at a kindergarten in southeast China's Jiangxi province, police said. A "gangster wearing a cap and mask" stormed the private kindergarten in Anfu county at about 10:00 am local time (0200 GMT), police...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Ever since Communist China and Taiwan broke away from each other at the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949 the waterway separating them has been a tense geopolitical flashpoint. Just 130 kilometres (81 miles) wide at its narrowest point, the Taiwan Strait is a major...
Rocket debris believed to be from China’s recently launched Long March 5B (CZ-5B) booster rocket were found near the Mindoro Strait, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) confirmed Wednesday, August 3. Rocket debris believed to be from China’s Long March 5B (CZ-5B) booster rocket were found by...
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen struck a defiant tone Wednesday as she hosted US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with a furious China gearing up for major military exercises around the island in retaliation for the visit. Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday despite a series of...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- In disregard of China's solemn representations, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi brazenly went ahead with her visit to China's Taiwan region, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (Xinhua) His statement...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Moscow said Tuesday that ally China had every right to take measures to protect its sovereignty and called US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit a "clear provocation". "The Chinese side has the right to take necessary measures to protect its sovereignty and territorial...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan late Tuesday, defying a string of increasingly stark warnings and threats from China that have sent tensions between the world's two superpowers soaring. This handout picture taken and released by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign...
