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US experts voice confidence over Taiwan sub fleet

Taiwan could have the first of a new fleet of diesel-electric submarines operating in its waters in seven years, a US military expert predicted on Tuesday.

Speaking at the close of the 13th annual US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference, 2049 Institute executive director Mark Stokes said that if Taipei remains committed to the submarine program, “I don’t have any doubt they will succeed.”

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Ma book-thrower reports to police for questioning


Flanc Radical election campaign director Yen Ming-wei speaks yesterday outside the Zhongshan Police Station in Taipei.
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times

Accompanied by fellow members of political group Flanc Radical, Yen Ming-wei (顏銘緯), the college freshman who hurled a copy of Formosa Betrayed at President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) last month, reported to the police yesterday afternoon amid cheers of encouragement from supporters.

Police summoned Yen for questioning following two lawsuits filed separately against him, including one by the head of the Shilin military police station for allegedly obstructing officers, and another by a man surnamed Lee (李), who claimed the book hit his stomach.

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Newsflash


US Secretary of State John Kerry, right, and Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi hold a joint news conference in Washington on Tuesday.
Photo: Reuters

As China deploys fighter jets, missiles and radars across the South China Sea, the US is to continue supporting Taiwan’s security, a top US admiral told the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.

“I believe China seeks hegemony in East Asia,” said Admiral Harry Harris, head of the US Pacific Command.