Archive for August 16th, 2019
China tells Taiwan government to withdraw ‘black hands’ from HK
Taiwan government says it intends to offer humanitarian assistance to Hong Kongers China has accused Taiwan’s ruling party and government of meddling in Hong [...]
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Chinese netisens furious at Huawei for listing Taiwan as separate country
Chinese netisens post hashtag ‘#HuaweiGetoutofChina’ after phones seen listing Taiwan as separate country Chinese netisens on Wednesday (August 14) turned on [...]
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Taiwan’s President Tsai likely to be reelected because of HK: US scholar
Jerome Cohen says current Hong Kong situation shocked Taiwanese voters Jerome Cohen, a professor at the New York University School of Law, said that President Tsai Ing-wen is [...]
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Model of Taiwan’s new jet aircraft spotted at Taipei exhibition
First prototype of AIDC XAT-5 Blue Magpie trainer jet expected to be unveiled in September A photograph of what appears to be a small-scale model of Taiwan’s newest jet [...]
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Taiwan groups observe memorial day for comfort women
Taiwan observed the Memorial Day for Comfort Women on Wednesday with street processions and several activist groups participating, according to a South Korean press report. [...]
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N Korean media: New US missiles in Korea would trigger ‘new Cold War’
North Korea warned that the US would trigger a “new Cold War” and a mounting arms race if it decides to place new ground-launched, intermediate-range missiles in [...]
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Korea moves to kick its missile defense shield up a notch
South Korea plans to spend more money on boosting its missile defense shield in response to North Korea’s evolving missile capability, the Ministry of National Defense [...]
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S. Korea’s Moon calls for talks to end trade row with Japan
South Korean President Moon Jae-in offered an olive branch to Japan to end an ongoing trade dispute Thursday, saying Seoul will “gladly join hands” if Tokyo wants [...]
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Korea’s Moon offers olive branch to Japan
South Korean President Moon Jae-in struck a conciliatory tone towards Japan on Thursday, offering to “join hands” if Tokyo chooses dialogue as relations between [...]
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Korea’s Moon open to dialogue with Japan amid trade row
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that Japan should look back upon its imperialist past but Seoul will “gladly join hands” if Tokyo chooses [...]
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Korea urges dialogue with Japan on WW2 anniversary
On the anniversary of Japan’s World War Two surrender, South Korea’s president on Thursday urged Japan to contemplate its wartime past and offered to engage in [...]
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Korean peninsula will be united by 2045, says Seoul amid Japan row
South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, has vowed to achieve the unification of the Korean peninsula by 2045, a century after the end of the second world war. In a speech [...]
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Korea to get New US Defenses, North warns of ‘Path to self destruction’
South Korea’s armed forces laid out a five-year plan to bolster the country’s military posture, including new US-built defenses, as North Korea warned their [...]
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China’s July home prices cool, as escalating trade war and slowest economic growth in decades send shivers through property market
China’s frenzied housing market has cooled, as a government effort to cap prices is biting, while the impact of the year-long US-China trade war has percolated into the [...]
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Chinese hospital staff accused of illegal organ harvesting
Six medical staff, including a doctor, have been arrested in China on suspicion of illegally harvesting organs from a patient. The patient, Li Ping, had been left brain-dead [...]
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