PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Nov. 25) refused to comment on Thaiand not being invited to the Summit for Democracy US is holding next month, Amarin TV said. Reporters asked Prayut what signal is being given by US in not inviting Thailand to this summit just before he presided over a plaque award ceremony
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Taiwan bars arrivals from India amid Covid crisis
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Taipei – Taiwan became the latest place to ban arrivals from coronavirus-stricken India today (May 3), as it moves to prevent new infections, with more nations reporting cases of a variant first identified in the subcontinent. The variant, B1617, has reached at least 17 countries, from Britain and Iran
Read moreUS supports Taiwan over reported Chinese incursions
THE United States has reiterated its commitment to continue to support Taiwan is “rock-solid” as it warned that China’s “attempts to intimidate” the island are a threat to regional peace. The comments came on the same day Taipei reported multiple Chinese jets and bombers had flown into its air defence zone. The US statement on
Read moreSenior US official to visit Taiwan in December
By Reuters staff and Al Jazeera ANDREW Wheeler, the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, is to visit Taiwan, the island’s premier said today (Nov. 20), in what will be the third visit by a senior US official since August. Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang told reporters interactions between the US and Taiwan had been
Read moreUS pushes arms sales surge to ‘Fortress Taiwan,’ needling China – sources
By Reuters staff and published by Nasdaq.com Washington – The United States plans to sell as many as seven major weapons systems, including mines, cruise missiles and drones to Taiwan, four people familiar with the discussions said, as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on China. Pursuing seven sales at once is a rare departure
Read moreChinese warplanes enter Taiwan Strait after US flyover
By Lawrence Chung, South China Morning Post A GROUP of Chinese warplanes flew into the Taiwan Strait and briefly approached Taiwan, just hours after a US transport plane passed over the island today (June 9). Taiwan scrambled its warplanes to warn off the People’s Liberation Army fighter jets which crossed the median line in the
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