TAIPEI: Taipei's defence ministry said it had detected 21 Chinese military aircraft around the self-ruled island since 8:15 am (0015 GMT) on Saturday, a month before Taiwan's May 20 inauguration of incoming president Lai Ching-te.
"17 aircraft (of the 21) crossed the median line and its extension, entered our northern,...
The United States has imposed sanctions on three Chinese and one Belarusian company over their alleged involvement in supplying components for Pakistan's ballistic missile program. The move is part of Washington's efforts to deter activities that could contribute to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Sanctioned Companies and Allegations
The...
China’s ambassador to Canada has left his post after nearly five years, a period marked by heightened tensions between the two countries.
Cong Peiwu has returned to China, according to a representative for Global Affairs Canada who wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter publicly. The news was first reported by...
International affairs analysts see a foreign policy shift with far-reaching repercussions for the U.S. and China in Argentina’s decision this week to buy American-made F-16 fighter jets and its early April announcement to partner with the U.S. military on a naval base at the southern tip of South America.
Argentina’s...
Seoul, South Korea- China has accused the United States of “stoking military confrontation” with the recent deployment of a powerful missile launcher capable of firing weapons with a range of up to 1,600 kilometers to exercises in the Philippines.
The US Army’s Mid-Range Capability (MRC) ground-based missile system arrives in...
In what seems to be a step to safeguard its waters from China's military aggression, Taiwan's Navy is expected to commission two more domestically-built Tou Jiang-class stealth missile corvettes into service next month.
The Taiwan-based news agency reported citing sources familiar with the matter that the two corvettes, the Hsu...
BEIJING/SINGAPORE, April 23- Chinese universities and research institutes recently obtained high-end Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab artificial intelligence chips through resellers, despite the U.S. widening a ban last year on the sale of such technology to China.
A Reuters review of hundreds of tender documents shows 10 Chinese entities acquired...
On October 21, 2015, a 15-year-old Tibetan girl along with her sister was picked up by Chinese authorities in the Tibetan county of Ngaba and were put behind bars for three years for publicly displaying portraits of the Dalai Lama and demanding a “free” Tibet.
In June last year, the...
CHENNAI: Value addition in electronics manufacturing in country needs to double from 18%-20% to 40% and component making should be shifted from China, said electronics and IT secretary S Krishnan on Saturday.
India brought the electronics assembly and now it is essential to shift supply-chains from China to move up...
Taiwan is keen to collaborate with India and help it become a leader in the semiconductor space, Jason Ho, chairman of the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce in India, said, asserting that the Taiwanese companies have the supply chain for things that the Indian market needs.
Manufacturing semiconductors used in electric...
