TAIPEI—A Chinese investigation into purported lip syncing by a rock band from Taiwan is aimed at pressuring the band into supporting Beijing’s stance on the island and is part of a broad effort to interfere…
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Analysis: Why Beijing Put Pressure on a Rock Group – TaiwanPlus News
Taiwanese rock band Mayday are coming under pressure to support China’s position on Taiwan. Herel Hughes spoke to Chin-Fu Hung from National Cheng Kung University on Beijing’s attempts to influence Taiwan’s young people.
Xi says China must fight ‘escalating oppression’ from West with ‘diplomatic iron army’
Chinese President Xi Jinping encouraged his nation’s diplomats to take hard lines protecting the country’s interests from Western powers in a speech in Beijing on Friday.
New batch of updated COVID-19 shots arrives
A batch of Novavax’s updated XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine, with an expiration date of Aug. 31, yesterday arrived in Taiwan, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said. The batch of of 462,800 doses is to …
ASEAN foreign ministers express concern over South China Sea tensions
Foreign ministers of Southeast Asia’s regional bloc ASEAN on Saturday expressed their concern over growing tensions in the South China Sea which they said could threaten regional peace and urged for peaceful dialogue among parties.
What China’s new defense minister tells us about Xi’s military purge
The promotion of Admiral Dong Jun, the 62-year-old former head of the Chinese navy, hinted at the severity of the ongoing probe into military corruption.
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No End In Sight To China’s Economic Woes As It Battles Low Spending, Joblessness
The big bad news of the year for China was economic. The country’s economy has struggled to recover from the impact of Covid …
Taiwan’s presidential candidates emphasize peace in relations with Beijing
Taiwan’s presidential candidates expressed desire for peaceful relations with Beijing, which has described Jan. 13 elections on the self-ruled island as a choice between war and peace and stepped up …
China’s military reshuffle: Beijing expels 9 army officials including 4 generals from parliament
Recent months have also seen an overhaul in the leadership of China’s secretive Rocket Force, the army unit that oversees Beijing’s nuclear arsenal, following media reports of a corruption probe …
AI revolutionized the battlefield in 2023 as Israel, China lead development amid tech arms race
Artificial intelligence has gripped the public imagination but its powerful potential on the battlefield has similarly inspired excitement and dread in the military community.
China Ousts Nine Military Lawmakers as Defense Purge Widens
China abruptly ousted nine military figures from its national parliament without explanation, as a major purge of personnel in the upper echelons of the nation’s defense universe casts its net wider.M …
China to ease visa applications for US tourists from January 1
The move is the latest by China to revive tourism and boost the world’s second-largest economy following a slump due to the Covid-19 pandemic.