The Biden administration announced last week that it approved $385 million in weapons for Taiwan, which will include spare parts for F-16s and radar systems, prompting China to promise “countermeasures.”
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TAIWAN HAS BECOME THE PRECARIOUS GLOBAL CENTER OF AI TECHNOLOGY
Nvidia, the market leader in AI chips, sees Taiwan as the only place able to make its state-of-the-art AI chips.
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CHINA HOLDS RECORD-BREAKING MILITARY EXERCISE OFF TAIWAN WARNING AGAINST INDEPENDENCE
China on Monday conducted its largest military exercise ever off the coast of Taiwan to warn the island against seeking independence under Taipei’s new president Lai Ching-te, who Beijing has called a “troublemaker.”
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TAIWAN SAYS IT’S AWARE OF INCREASED MILITARY ACTIVITY BY CHINA, ISSUES WARNING
Taiwan’s top military official warned last week that the island needs to be prepared to respond quicker if Beijing decides to invade because of the increased military activity in the region.
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U.S. NAVY SEALS PREPARING FOR A CHINESE INVASION OF TAIWAN
For over a year, members of the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team 6 have been training at their Virginia Beach headquarters on ways to respond to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, the Financial Times reported, citing unnamed sources.
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AMERICANS WANT THE U.S. TO STAY OUT OF FOREIGN CONFRONTATIONS
While Washington likes to think of the U.S. as the world’s only “indispensable nation,” Americans seem to be turning inward—and want the military to avoid possible confrontations in Ukraine and Taiwan.
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GERMAN COMPANIES ARE INVESTING MORE IN CHINA
German companies virtually doubled their investments in China in this year’s second quarter compared to the first, according to figures from Germany’s central bank, the Financial Times reported.
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U.S. SELLS ANOTHER $360M IN WEAPONS OF DEATH TO TAIWAN WHILE WARNING CHINA NOT TO ARM RUSSIA
Do what the U.S. says, not what it does.
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XI SAYS U.S. TRYING TO GOAD CHINA INTO ATTACKING TAIWAN
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has been critical of the U.S. for destabilizing the region and trying to surround Beijing to keep it from becoming a regional hegemon, reportedly told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that Washington is trying to push China to invade Taiwan for its own strategic interests.
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TINY MANILA THREATENS BIG CHINA AS SOUTH CHINA SEA TENSION GROW
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the president of the Philippines, issued a tough warning to China last week and said if Beijing willfully killed just one Filipino, Manila could consider the killing an act of war from its much-larger neighbor.