Tag: East China Sea

How Close Did Chinese Military Jets Really Get to Taiwan?

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From the headlines of several news agencies, you’d think China was on the verge of war with Taiwan. U.S. News: “Brazen China Steadily Ramps Up Warplane Flights in Taiwan’s Airspace.” Yahoo News: “China Flies 52 Military Planes Into Taiwanese Airspace in Largest Incursion Ever.” NPR (during a similar spate of flights this summer): “China Sends a Record 28 Military Planes Into Airspace Controlled by Taiwan.” If China really had done this, it would constitute a gross violation of international law and, possibly, the fanning of war flames. Advertisement But in…

How Close Did Chinese Warplanes Really Get to Taiwan?

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From the headlines of several news agencies, you’d think China was on the verge of war with Taiwan. U.S. News: “Brazen China Steadily Ramps Up Warplane Flights in Taiwan’s Airspace.” Yahoo News: “China Flies 52 Military Planes Into Taiwanese Airspace in Largest Incursion Ever.” NPR (during a similar spate of flights this summer): “China Sends a Record 28 Military Planes Into Airspace Controlled by Taiwan.” If China really had done this, it would constitute a gross violation of international law and, possibly, the fanning of war flames. Advertisement But in…

Australia’s Submarine Deal Adds to Asia Arms Buildup

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Positioning the hard-to-track submarines closer to seas near China, Japan and the Korean Peninsula could be a powerful deterrent against China’s military, said Drew Thompson, a former Pentagon official responsible for relations with China. “The Middle East wars have ended,” said Mr. Thompson, now a visiting senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore. “We are in an interwar period, and the next one will be a high-end, high-intensity conflict with a near-peer competitor, probably involving China, and most likely in northeast Asia.” After condemning the submarine agreement last…

China cautions Japan against holding party-led security talks with Taiwan

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China has told Japan to be “especially cautious” in its relations with Taiwan, following reports of a planned party-level security dialogue between Tokyo and Taipei. China opposes all exchanges between Taiwan and any country with diplomatic relations with Beijing, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying at a regular press conference in Beijing. “The Taiwan question concerns the political foundations of China-Japan relations,” she said, adding: “Japan must and should be especially cautious with its words and actions, given historic crimes committed against the Chinese people in relation to the…