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Chinese President Xi Jinping underscores Taiwan's 'return to China' post-World War Two as essential to Beijing's global vision. Key historical events, spanning from Taiwan's ceding to Japan in 1895 to the unresolved sovereignty post-1951,
Taiwan is among the 10 top U.S. trade partners and sits at the center of global supply chains and along one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. The “Silicon Island” also commands more than 60 percent of global semiconductor foundry capacity and produces over 90 percent of the world’s most advanced chips,
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Kyiv quickly requested satellite Internet from founder Elon Musk, and thousands of Starlink terminals arrived within days, restoring command across the battlefield, despite Russia’s attempts to block communications, the paper reported.
The book contains specific instructions to stock up on supplies, prepare go-bags, and to establish emergency meeting points with family members.
Taiwan's president should take part in "rehearsals" focused on potential enemy movements in order to make more informed decisions during wartime, retired Ukrainian Air Force Colonel Andrii Ordynovych said in an interview with the Central News Agency, which is partially funded by Taiwan's government.
Taiwan will begin distributing millions of civil defence handbooks to households across the island this week, in an unprecedented effort to prepare residents for potential emergencies, including the possibility of a Chinese attack.
The remarks come amid the two countries’ worst diplomatic crisis in years, after the Japanese prime minister said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.
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