For decades, Taiwan has been one of the world’s most dangerous fault lines, a small island sitting at the centre of a growing rivalry between the world’s rising superpower and its reigning one.Now, tension has returned sharply to the global spotlight after Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to invoke the idea of the “Thucydides Trap” […]
German foreign minister Johann Wadephul stressed the importance of fair and rule-based trade as he began his two-day visit to China on Monday.“We are in favor of free world trade. We are in favor of removing trade barriers,” Wadephul said in Beijing during talks with Chinese commerce minister Wang Wentao.The foreign minister said that China […]
Taiwan detects 15 Chinese aircraft and 1 naval vessels near its territory Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) on Tuesday reported a surge in Chinese military activity around the island, with 15 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and one PLA Navy (PLAN) vessel detected by 6 am local time. According to the MND, 11 of […]
