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DEFENSE REPORT: PLA can block key harbors, ministry says

Wednesday, 10 November 2021 06:30 Taipei Times

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).

China institute at NTHU raises concern

Tuesday, 09 November 2021 05:43 Taipei Times

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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Former diplomat and trade expert Benjamin Lu (魯肇忠) is calling on the Ma administration to clearly explain and reveal all details of a proposed economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China before developing the pact any further with Beijing.

“People in Taiwan are very much concerned about an ECFA, but strangely the government is keeping them in the dark,” he said during an interview in Washington, where he is currently visiting family.