Chief editor of Chinese state-owned Global Times said on Wednesday that Taiwan must be unified by force and veterans should force young people to fight on the frontlines. “I must go to the [China-Taiwan] battlefield. As a veteran, I will rejoin the army when required,” Hu Xijin, chief editor of the tabloid answered a netizen on…
Chief Editor of Global Times Suggests Forcing Chinese People to Invade Taiwan
Taiwan Train Derails, at Least 4 Dead, Many Injured
TAIPEI—A train derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan on Friday after apparently hitting a truck, with at least four people feared dead and more than 20 injured, as rescuers struggled to reach crushed carriages, the fire department said. The train, travelling to Taitung, came off the rails in a tunnel just north of Hualien…
Taiwan Train Crash Kills 41 in Deadliest Rail Tragedy in Decades
TAIPEI—At least 41 people were killed and more than 60 injured after a Taiwanese train carrying almost 500 passengers derailed in a tunnel on Friday when it apparently hit a truck that slid off a road leading to a nearby construction site. The crash, which also killed the train’s driver, is the island’s worst rail…
Train Crash Kills 50 in Taiwan’s Deadliest Rail Tragedy in Decades
HUALIEN, Taiwan—A Taiwan express train with almost 500 aboard derailed in a tunnel on Friday after hitting a truck that had slid down a bank onto the track, killing at least 50 passengers and injuring 146 in the island’s worst rail disaster in seven decades. Images from the scene showed some carriages ripped apart by…
Taiwan Reports Largest Ever Incursion by Chinese Air Force
TAIPEI—Twenty Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on Friday, in the largest incursion yet reported by the island’s defence ministry and marking a dramatic escalation of tension across the Taiwan Strait. The island’s defence ministry said the air force deployed missiles to “monitor” the incursion into the southwestern part of its air…
Taiwan, US to Strengthen Maritime Coordination After China Law
TAIPEI—Taiwan and the United States have signed their first agreement under the Biden administration, establishing a Coast Guard Working Group to coordinate policy, following China’s passing of a law that allows its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels. The new government of U.S. President Joe Biden has moved to reassure Taiwan that its commitment…
Suez Canal: Enormous ‘Beached Whale’ Ship Could Remain Stuck for Weeks
The skyscraper-sized cargo ship blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal like a “beached whale” may remain stuck for weeks as salvage teams work to free the vessel. Officials blocked ships from entering the waterway after the MV Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, ran aground on Tuesday in the narrow, man-made…
Only by Resisting the CCP Can Taiwan Be Strong: Analyst
A Taiwanese professor has told the Chinese-language Epoch Times in an exclusive interview that only by adamantly opposing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can Taiwan be strong. His comments come following Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen’s recent warning that Taiwan will be reduced to another Hong Kong if it chooses to appease the CCP. Tsai, who is…
China Could Invade Taiwan in Near Future: US Admiral
Taiwan is facing a more imminent threat from a possible Chinese invasion than most people realize, said U.S. Adm. John Aquilino during his nomination hearing on Tuesday. Aquilino is nominated to become commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), succeeding current commander Adm. Philip Davidson. On Tuesday, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee,…
US, Chinese Diplomats Clash Publicly in First Meeting Under Biden
The Sino-U.S. talks in Alaska got off to a rocky start on March 18, when the top diplomats of both countries traded sharp criticism against each others’ policies in front of reporters. The two-day bilateral meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, was the first high-level, in-person talks between Beijing and Washington since President Joe Biden took office…
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