Australians in Japan have described the “violent” moment they were hit by major 7.6 magnitude New Year’s Day earthquake that rocked Japan’s western coastline. Local news reports at least 13 people have died in the series of significant quakes that rocked the coast of Ishikawa Prefecture on Japan’s Honshu island.Continue Reading
KINMEN, Taiwan: President Tsai Ing-wen gave thanks Wednesday to the fallen soldiers who fended off Chinese Communist forces 65 years ago in a frontline island battle, crediting their victory for putting Taiwan on “the path of democracy and freedom”.Her visit to Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen island — located just a fewContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan will kick off a two-day missile live-firing test on Monday ahead of its largest annual military exercises as the island ramps up preparations against an increasingly assertive China.The 23 million Taiwanese people live under constant threat of invasion by Beijing, which views the self-ruled democracy as part ofContinue Reading
The first of Australia’s $368 billion nuclear submarine fleet won’t be operational before the 2040s. But China’s not sitting idly by. Reports suggest it is already actively working to “seal off” Taiwan and the South China Sea from all unwanted underwater intruders. Taiwan’s Institute of National Defence and Security ResearchContinue Reading
TAIPEI: China’s military flew 38 fighter jets and other warplanes near Taiwan, the Taiwanese defence ministry said Friday, in the largest such flight display since the large military exercise in which it simulated sealing off the island earlier in the month.Six navy vessels were also spotted in the area fromContinue Reading
It’s not exactly “best practice”. But the promotional banners displayed by Chinese defence contractors have a history of revealing new projects. It appears their next-generation nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is no exception. Corporate images from the state-owned Jiangnan Changxing Shipyard in Shanghai are circulating on China’s internal social media platforms. WhatContinue Reading
Chinese and US aircraft carrier battle groups are squaring off in the Philippine Sea as Beijing’s diplomatic tantrum over a visit by Taiwan’s President enters its third day. Amid mock air and sea battles aimed at demonstrating the “isolation” of Taiwan, China’s second aircraft carrier – the PLAN Shandong –Continue Reading
China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a “stern warning” to the self-ruled island’s government following a meeting between its president and the US House speaker. Dubbed “United Sharp Sword”, the three-day operation — which state media said includes rehearsing an encirclement of Taiwan —Continue Reading
What would happen in minute one of any future war? The internet would go down. China has highlighted this critical international security vulnerability by cutting submarine internet cables to Taiwan’s Matsu Islands. Now nations across the world are nervously looking at their own exposed connections. It’s plausible that the 500km-longContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s embassy in Britain on Sunday condemned a visit this week by British lawmakers to Taiwan, saying they were insisting on visiting the island despite China’s strong opposition. Taiwan’s Presidential Office said the group of six lawmakers from the British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group would meet President Tsai Ing-wen inContinue Reading