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HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By (Photo : Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) China s National People s Congress - Third Plenary Session BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 12: Delegates from Chinese People s Liberation Army march from Tiananmen Square to the Great Hall of the People to attend the Third Plenary Session of the Fifth Session of the 12th National People s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People on March 12, 2017 in Beijing, China. China holds the Fifth Session of the 12th Chinese People s Political and Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Mar 3-13, and the Fifth Session of the 12th National People s Congress (NPC) on Mar 5-16 this year in Beijing. ....
U.S. security cooperation with Taiwan to strengthen: State Department 04/15/2021 12:31 PM To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. Washington, April 14 (CNA) The United States will continue deepening its security cooperation with Taiwan to ensure that it has the means to defend itself against a growing threat from China, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said Wednesday. The official made the comments to CNA after China s Maritime Safety Administration announced that an area around the Nanpeng Islands in the South China Sea would be closed to shipping between April 15-20 as the country s military conducts live-fire training exercises. ....
China begins military exercises near Taiwan during US visit 1 minute read Beijing, Apr 15 (EFE).- China began military exercises Thursday that will last six days in southwest Taiwan, as a United States delegation visits the island. The Maritime Security Administration of China published a statement on its website Wednesday in which it prohibited any vessel from entering the designated area, where tests with live ammunition will be carried out. According to the source, the maneuvers will be carried out between 08:00 and 18:00 local time (00:00 and 10:00 GMT) every day between Apr. 15 and Apr. 20, in the Nanpeng archipelago, belonging to the southeast Chinese province of Canton in the Taiwan Strait. ....
Taiwan President Warns Over Beijing’s Regional Threat While Welcoming US Delegation TAIPEI, Taiwan Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen warned on April 15 that China’s military activities against the self-ruled island pose a threat to regional peace. “Recently, China has frequently dispatched military vessels and aircraft to carry out maneuvers in waters and airspace surrounding Taiwan. These actions alter the status quo in the Indo-Pacific and threaten regional peace and stability,” Tsai said at the Presidential Office to welcome a visiting U.S. delegation, before the two sides held closed-door talks. The delegation was headed by former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) who arrived in Taiwan on April 14. The former senator was accompanied by former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg, as well as Dan Biers, director of the Office of Taiwan Coordination at the State Department. ....
No defense alert during US talks: MND ‘MINIMAL RISK’: Chinese military activity near the Nanpeng Islands in the South China Sea was not designated ‘exercises,’ a national defense official said By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA No air defense missile systems had been activated before a US delegation arrived in Taipei on Wednesday, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said yesterday. The delegation is comprised of former US senator Chris Dodd, former US deputy secretaries of state Richard Armitage and James Steinberg, and US Department of State Taiwan Coordination Office Director Dan Biers. On the day of the delegation’s arrival, China’s Maritime Safety Administration announced a six-day live-fire military exercise, conducted daily from 8am to 6pm, near the Nanpeng Islands (南澎列島) in the South China Sea. ....