Diplomatic relations have resumed between #China’s communist regime and the tiny Pacific island nation of #Nauru. It follows a meeting between the foreign ministers of both nations, which came about after Nauru’s decision to cut ties with #Taiwan earlier this month.
https://www.ntd.com/china-formally-restores-diplomatic-relations-with-nauru-after-pacific-island-nation-cuts-taiwan-ties_968493.html

#China sent more than 30 warplanes and a group of navy ships toward #Taiwan following an announcement that senior American and Chinese representatives were going to discuss Taiwan during a meeting in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, the island’s defense ministry said.
https://www.ntd.com/beijing-continues-military-operations-near-taiwan-after-us-and-china-announce-talks_969350.html

Tensions are continuing to escalate in the Taiwan Strait, with China reportedly sending warplanes toward #Taiwan.

NTD’s David Lam spoke with retired Col. John Mills, senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, to learn more about what could happen next—and how it could impact the United States.
https://www.ntd.com/china-aggression-making-taiwan-invasion-increasingly-likely-perhaps-triggering-chain-reaction-of-conflicts-for-us-analyst-says_969576.html

How the #CCP's War Rhetoric Swayed the #Taiwan Elections - International Reporters Roundtable
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#Taiwan just elected a new president that Beijing threatened would bring the island closer to war. Taiwan’s biggest backer—the United States—will also choose its leader in 2024. How will the next man in the Oval Office drive three-way relations, between the United States, China, and Taiwan?

https://www.ntd.com/trump-vs-biden-impact-on-us-china-taiwan-ties_970441.html

#Taiwan’s military simulated a scenario where #China suddenly turns one of its regular drills around the island into an actual attack, on the same day China staged another “combat readiness patrol” near Taiwan.

https://www.ntd.com/taiwanese-military-simulates-china-turning-drills-into-an-attack_970675.html

The U.S. Senate introduced a $118 billion security bill. The package pledged nearly $5 billion to aid U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific region to counter #China’s threats, such as #Taiwan.
https://www.ntd.com/what-is-in-the-118-billion-us-senate-security-bill_971123.html

Beijing is trying to match #Taiwan in #chip technology through “cheating” and “stealing,” but the effort is failing, the island’s new envoy to Washington claimed, as he backed U.S. tech export curbs against #China.
https://www.ntd.com/ccp-effort-to-cheat-its-way-to-chip-prominence-is-failing-taiwans-us-envoy_971922.html

Eight #ChineseBalloons crossed the #Taiwan Strait in the 24 hours leading to Sunday morning, the defense ministry in Taipei said, the second day in a row it has tracked an uptick in Chinese activity.

https://www.ntd.com/taiwan-spots-record-8-chinese-balloons-over-island-for-2nd-straight-day_972428.html

Two Chinese fishermen have drowned while being chased by #Taiwan’s Coast Guard off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, the coast guard said while accusing them of trespassing.
https://www.ntd.com/2-chinese-fishermen-drown-after-chase-with-taiwans-coast-guard-which-alleges-trespassing_973487.html