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05.19.20
What Are the Right and the Wrong Ways for the U.S. to Support Taiwan?
What are the right and wrong ways for the U.S. to support Taiwan? Traditionally, America’s goals have been to deter the mainland from aggression and coercion, support Taiwan’s democratic system, strengthen economic ties, and help it maintain...
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05.30.18Mattis Says China Is ‘Out of Step’ With International Law
Wall Street Journal
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday that he rescinded China’s invitation to take part in a multinational Pacific Rim military exercise because Beijing is “out of step with international law” in how it has militarized the islands and reefs in...
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04.18.18Taiwan Accuses China of ‘Sabre Rattling’ as Naval Drill Begins
BBC
China is conducting live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid growing tension in the region.
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04.10.18China Installed Military Jamming Equipment on Spratly Islands, U.S. Says
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China has installed equipment on two of its fortified outposts in the Spratly Islands capable of jamming communications and radar systems, a significant step in its creeping militarization of the South China Sea, U.S. officials say.
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12.18.17China’s Warplanes Hold Drill near Japan, South Korea, Taiwan
ABC
Chinese air force spokesman Shen Jinke said the air force dispatched bombers, fighters and reconnaissance planes through the Tsushima Strait to the Sea of Japan to “test its ocean combat ability.”
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10.10.17China May Consider These Countries for Its Overseas Military Base
Forbes
China is most likely to put more military bases on the African east coast, as well as along the Indian Ocean or Arabian Sea.
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09.25.17Live-Fire Show of Force by Troops from China’s First Overseas Military Base
South China Morning Post
The exercises in Djibouti on Friday involved dozens of officers and took place at the country’s national gendarmerie training range, the People’s Liberation Army Navy said in an online report.