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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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Newsflash

The US State Department has notified Congress that it is going ahead with three arms sales programs to Taiwan — after holding them up for more than six months.

While the programs are not huge — they involve radar upgrades for Indigenous Defense Fighters (IDF) — the move could be significant in that it shows US President Barack Obama standing up to China and supporting Taiwan despite Beijing’s protests.