by Editorial Staff Xi Jinping and Joe Biden held a fruitful telephone conversation, the news was reported by the official Chinese media which highlighted how "the two leaders exchanged sincere and in-depth opinions on the state of relations between China and the United States and on issues of interest reciprocal". The White House confirmed the meeting [...]
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by Editorial Staff The Chinese coast guard boarded a Taiwanese tourist ship the day before yesterday near the island of Kinmen, controlled by Taipei. Taipei's concern is that Beijing could take advantage of an incident that occurred last week to try to establish full control of the waters near the Chinese coast. The boarding and inspection then carried out [...]
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by Editorial Staff The Taiwanese government has expressed outrage after China unilaterally changed the routes of flights crossing an airway, near the sensitive median line in the Taiwan Strait. The change, according to Taiwan, is a deliberate act aimed at altering the status quo, for military purposes only. The Civil Aviation Administration of China […]
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by Andrea Pinto A few hours ago the Minister of Defense of Taiwan reported to the media that, yesterday, two alleged Chinese sounding balloons crossed the Taiwan Strait, remaining well north of the island. It is the second time this month that Taipei has reported the presence of such objects in the vicinity of national airspace. The […]
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The United States and its allies have warned China that they will jointly defend themselves after discovering a Chinese spy ship off the coast of Australia during the massive military exercise (Talisman Saber 2023) between the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan. The exercise is a real show of strength [...]
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On the weekend when the world's big seven meet in Japan, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin yesterday briefed Congress on how the Pentagon intends to spend hundreds of millions of dollars this year on new weapons and military preparations, such as deterrence to the growing danger of war with China. […]
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Next week, the leaders of the G7 countries will discuss China's use of "economic coercion" in foreign relations, according to a high-level US official. The issue will be part of a section of the final joint statement at the end of the May 19-21 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. They will also be referred to as […]
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On the second day of Chinese military exercises near the island of Taiwan, joint precision attacks were simulated against key targets on the island of Taiwan and surrounding waters. This was reported by Chinese state media. The Chinese CCTV broadcaster revealed that the military air force has deployed dozens of planes to "fly in the airspace of the target" and [...]
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The Chinese military is closely watching the warfare techniques used in the Ukraine conflict to enhance its capabilities in possible future conflicts with the United States. The objective of military research is to be able to shoot down the starlink satellites in low orbit in order to be able to defend tanks and helicopters from the deadly Javelin missiles [...]
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“The measures included in the DL 'Aid Bis' regarding the containment of energy costs, the drought emergency and the reduction of the tax wedge represent a first step to be appreciated, but which the next government will have to improve and deepen. The interventions, in fact, are not fully sufficient to meet the needs of Italian businesses and families who see [...]
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After Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, China did not stand by by organizing an impressive military exercise close to the island which will see ballistic missile launches, fighter jet overflights and tactical movements of warships until Sunday evening. A taste for world public opinion of what Beijing could [...]
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The tension between the US and the Chinese government remains high, which has erupted following the visit to Taiwan by Nancy Pelosi, president of the United States House of Representatives who, speaking to Parliament, declared "Our determination for democracy is iron". To Pelosi's statement is added that of President Tsai who warns [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The rhetoric tells that Nancy Pelosi the third American institutional office, in full autonomy, has decided to take a tour in Asian countries together with other legislators belonging to the Democrats. Yesterday Singapore and Malaysia, today South Korea and Japan to then make a very short trip to Taiwan to meet the president [...]
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Two hours and seventeen minutes, as long as the phone call between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping lasted, it is the fifth time that the two leaders have heard each other over the phone on the hottest issues in the world. Next time, they vowed, they will meet in person. Apparently, reading the press releases launched at the end of the phone call, [...]
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Joe Biden in Tokyo, at a press conference, declared himself in favor of the use of force to defend Taiwan in the event of war with China. Furthermore, he argued that this is not a change in US strategy for the self-governing island issue. The feeling, however, is that Washington has taken a clearer stance than in the past to contain [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The G7 marks a new course: all compact against China after the uncompromising stance announced by the US president. The beginning of the challenge, which will probably mark our next few years, is the request addressed to Beijing to clarify the origin of the virus that many claim to have escaped from the Wuhan laboratory. Biden to [...]
read moreJust three days after Joe Biden took office, Chinese military fighters simulated missile attacks on a US aircraft carrier in the Taiwan air defense zone, according to US intelligence. On 23 January, the Chinese army sent 11 aircraft to the southwestern area of the Taiwan air defense zone and the following day others [...]
read moreBellanova: “result of the fruitful collaboration between the Italian and Taiwanese authorities. We give Italian companies the opportunity to position themselves on a highly important market ”The export campaign for national apples 2020/2021 to Taiwan starts this month. "An important result, not at all taken for granted since the Taiwanese phytosanitary inspectors did not [...]
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MIPAAF, Bellanova: “excellent signal for our businesses. Presiding and expansion on global markets priority objective ”Now, Taiwan will also be able to taste Italian apples. In fact, the Memorandum of Understanding for the importation of apples from Italy was approved on May 22 by the Taiwanese authorities, the result of a fruitful discussion started in 2016 between the [...]
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Frightening images showing the frightening incident that took place yesterday in Taiwan, in the northeastern county of Yilan which resulted in the death of at least 22 people and the injury of 171 others, of which 10 are in serious condition. The death toll, still provisional, was provided by the Taiwan Railway Administration. The train on the [...]
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According to Defense News, China is positioning an airbase on the coast of the East China Sea, adding structures that potentially allow it to permanently place fighter jets closer to Taiwan and islands of which China and Japan claim ownership. Satellite photos taken in April show that the construction of 24 new [...]
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Yesterday China carried out a new and extensive military exercise around the island of Taiwan, using the new Sukhoi Su-35 fighters, H-6K strategic bomber fighters, J-11 jets and KJ rapid alert aircraft. -200. Sukhoi Su-35 fighters and H-6K strategic bombers flew over the Bashi channel, located between the island [...]
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The Taiwanese government has publicly acknowledged for the first time that a Chinese general, who was executed by Beijing in 1999 for espionage, was indeed one of its spies. The military officer was Liu Liankun, a Chinese People's Liberation Army logistician, who headed the general logistics department. However, China has arrested [...]
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As reported by the Nova Agency, 145 people are still missing after the 6,4 magnitude earthquake that struck last night near the Taiwanese tourist city of Hualien. The earthquake, which struck the locality to the east of the island just before midnight yesterday, caused the collapse of several buildings; to the […]
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(by Pasquale PREZIOSA) President Trump accepted, on the first day of his inauguration, the congratulatory phone call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen. The last official contact with the Taipei authorities on the US side dates back to 1979. Right from the start, the change of strategy in Trump's international policy towards China was evident. [...]
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