There is now talk of China ratcheting up economic pressure on Taiwan. No doubt it will try.
But that has also been China's policy throughout Tsai Ing-wen's presidency... which happens to have coincided with Taiwan's greatest economic boom since its "Asian Tiger" years.
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今天经过网友提醒才发现，中国政府已经将著名南海“九段线”变成了“十段线”了，增加了台湾东部的一条，把台湾岛包含进来了。Chinese government has turned the famous "nine-dash line" in the South China Sea into a "ten-dash line," adding one to the east of Taiwan to include Taiwan.
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BREAKING: just confirmed that PLA fired several DF ballistic missiles into Taiwan’s northeast and southwest waters starting from 13:46 local time. In response, the ministry has launched defence systems and condemns irrational actions which undermine regional peace.
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Analysis: Pelosi's Taiwan visit is Xi's final exam to stay top leader
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Why China is furious over Pelosi's Taiwan trip: 5 things to know & what happens next? >>>> "China may try to impede access to the island, which is a key manufacturer of semiconductors, in a bid to punish the U.S. economically."
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After calling #Pelosi visit to Taiwan a 窜台 (visiting TW like a scrambling rat),Global Times is now calling Pelosi a "political plague."
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Pelosi lands in Taiwan amid chorus of China threats
Taiwan Strait tensions rise with Nancy Pelosi's Asia tour
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“I always think I am already at the bottom of society and there is no way that I could be pushed down further,” one mortgage holder told . “Now I know that even if you are at the bottom of the valley, they can still trample you into the mud.”
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China has slapped a ban on thousands of Taiwanese food imports ahead of Pelosi’s Taiwan visit. “We will not be intimidated by [China’s] weaponization of trade,” says lawmaker . w/
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China's top tech groups on track for worst-ever quarterly results
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Tencent tops Apple, Sony to take gaming market crown
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JOB ALERT: Great opportunity for a top-notch news editor to join and its growing Hong Kong team covering a wide range of business and politics in Greater China.
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What happened in 146 seconds?
Nikkei analysis of 146 seconds before former prime minister's assassination
Images reveal lapses in Shinzo Abe’s security prior to shooting #SinzoAbe
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"Under a yet-to-be-finalized proposal, hundreds of thousands of buyers of stalled homes would be allowed to pause mortgage payments with no impact on their credit scores"
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Breaking: "Anti-China forces" should be resolutely cracked down and left no space, said HKMAO director Xia Baolong, who also vowed to "resolutely put up a struggle against American, Western and external forces".
hmo.gov.cn/xwzx/zwyw/2022
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In the second part of our new storytelling format, we looked at how farming revolutionaries in Asia are producing more with less while battling challenges from population expansion, inflation, and climate change.
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Chinese homebuyers: “When our survival is in question, when we are in a dire situation, social credit is just a paper tiger to us. We need to throw off those shackles and let the people who robbed us know that we are not lambs to be slaughtered.”
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The United States, now more than perhaps any time in its modern history, is a nation split in two. Not just re abortion, but guns, party allegiances and so many other hot-button issues. How this plays out--only time will tell.
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Didi Global to trade on NYSE for last time on June 10 while apps relaunch delayed as regulators calculate fine: with the scoop $DIDI
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Proud to be in such esteemed company, congrats to the winners.
Here's our investigation on Xinjiang
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.@mbrauchli: The submissions this year were outstanding. Nominees included:
@Reuters coverage of tensions over Taiwan reuters.com/investigates/s
@SCMPNews on foreign companies doing business in Xinjiang scmp.com/news/china/art
@WSJ's @Lingling_Wei on China wsj.com/articles/china
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's favorite phrase, "East Asia is the Ukraine of tomorrow," reflects his concern about China's military ambitions.
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#Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia #China #Japan
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WSJ: Flight data indicates someone in the cockpit intentionally crashed a China Eastern jet earlier this year, according to people familiar with U.S. officials' preliminary assessment of what led to the accident.
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He also suggested that prefabricated housing be built near factories to isolate workers so that they can produce while being quarantined, to reduce the covid impact on the economy.
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Chinese economist David Li Daokui, a Harvard PhD, said in a seminar today that China’s “great victory of the past two years [covid control measures] has prolonged the average life expectancy of every Chinese by 10 days.”
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CCTV: Xi said "we must resolutely fight against all words and deeds that distort, question or deny China's epidemic prevention policies" southcn.com/node_07e973c1a
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A person close to CCTV told that security officials in Hangzhou provided the Ma arrest news directly to the broadcaster's headquarters rather than to its local bureau as would normally be done.
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Which companies increased their market cap after Ukraine war?
Ukraine war, China lockdowns drag down 70% of Asia's biggest equities asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Mark
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“Now everything that is happening in this city is beyond my comprehension. And my faith in the country has completely evaporated. I now realize that this country might at any time revert to the state it was in 50 years ago.” Yu told
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Interviewed and on why whey chose to stay. Their reasons slightly differ, but they both prefer the affordable and freer lifestyle in Ukraine and deeply encouraged by the locals’ bravery. With
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China cannot expect the world to respect any future appeals from Beijing on sovereignty and territorial integrity if it fails to respect these principles in Ukraine "now, when it counts," Yellen said.
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