new video loaded: China Holds Live-Fire Drills Around Taiwan 1:12 Beijing mobilized naval and air forces in its first major military exercise on all sides of Taiwan since April, state media showed. By Shawn Paik December 30, 2025 Love Letters From a Chinese Jail 2:12 Bridge in China Partially Collapses 0:36 How the Trump-Xi Meeting […]
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China’s top diplomat blasts US arms sale to Taiwan as military drills unfold
BEIJING — China’s foreign minister on Tuesday slammed a record U.S. arms sale to Taiwan as Beijing conducted the second day of military drills around the island it has long claimed as its own. Wang Yi, the most senior Chinese official to comment on the sales so far, also blasted the “pro-independence forces in Taiwan” […]
Trump not worried by China’s simulated attack on Taiwan, he says, as live-fire drills enter second day | China
Donald Trump has said he is not worried by China’s live-fire military drills surrounding Taiwan and that he has a great relationship with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who “hasn’t told me anything about it”. The US president made the comments one day into the surprise attack simulation launched by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) […]
Map: 6.6-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Taiwan
Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. All times on the map are Taiwan time. The New York Times A strong, 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the Philippine Sea on Saturday, according to the United […]