Taiwan Strait

China Sanctions Five US Defense Firms on Taiwan Arms Sales

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China Sanctions Five US Defense Firms on Taiwan Arms Sales

China announced fresh sanctions on five US defense industry companies, in response to the latest arms sales deals to Taiwan. The companies affected include BAE Systems Land and Armament, Alliant Techsystems Operation, AeroVironment, ViaSat and Data Link Solutions, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement Sunday. The measures consist of freezing the properties of … Read more

China’s Xi vows ‘reunification’ with Taiwan in year-end address

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China’s Xi vows ‘reunification’ with Taiwan in year-end address

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday pledged Beijing’s “reunification” with Taiwan in his year-end address, just weeks before the self-governing island holds elections for its president and legislature. “The reunification of the motherland is a historical inevitability,” Xi said, according to Reuters. The official English translation of his remarks, as provided by his office, reads, … Read more