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DEFENSE REPORT: PLA can block key harbors, ministry says


China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier takes part in a military drill in the western Pacific Ocean on April 18, 2018.
Photo: Reuters

China’s armed forces are capable of blockading Taiwan’s key harbors and airports, the Ministry of National Defense said yesterday, offering its latest assessment of what it described as a “grave” military threat posed by its giant neighbor.

China has been ramping up military activity around Taiwan, including by repeatedly flying warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ).

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China institute at NTHU raises concern


National Security Bureau Deputy Director-General Chen Chin-kuang answers questions from legislators yesterday at a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee.
Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei Times

A Chinese-funded research institute had set up an office at Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), the National Security Bureau (NSB) said yesterday, adding that Beijing could have used it to attract talent to its semiconductor industry, which is short of workers.

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Newsflash


A passenger arriving at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on VietJet Air Flight VJ-942 from Hanoi on Friday last week watches as customs officers inspect his luggage.
Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times

Vietnam has been added to the list of countries at high risk of having African swine fever-contaminated pork, so the fines for people found bringing pork products from Vietnam into Taiwan have been raised, the Council of Agriculture said on Tuesday.