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Minister advocates self-reliance defense policy

Thursday, 17 March 2022 04:31 Taipei Times

Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu speaks at the legislature in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei Times

Taiwan must be prepared to defend itself, Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) said yesterday after documents reportedly showed that Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) had considered invading the nation in the fall.

US law bans ‘inaccurate’ Taiwan maps

Sunday, 13 March 2022 05:55 Taipei Times

A map posted on Twitter by the National Football League on Dec. 16 last year shows Taiwan in the same color as China.
Photo: Screen grab from the National Football League Communications’ Twitter account

US President Joe Biden on Friday signed into law a sweeping US$1.5 trillion spending bill, which includes a ban on the use of any maps by the US Department of State and its foreign operations that “inaccurately” depict Taiwan as part of China.

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China-based Taiwanese businessman Cheng Po-yu, right, has his fingerprints taken while applying for a Chinese residence permit at a police station in Beijing’s Shijingshan District yesterday morning.
Photo: CNA

Beijing’s issuing of residency permit cards for people from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, which came into effect yesterday, is part of a ploy to bring Taiwan into China’s political fold, the Mainland Affairs Council said.