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It was a picture-perfect shot, really. That was my thought when I saw US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi standing side by side with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei last Wednesday. But the one-day visit to the self-ruled island by the 82-year-old American politician has created no end of tension,…

Bangkok Post

What if we had to sanction China?

China has become an aggressive, revisionist power, nourished by arrogance built from the economic strength that comes from decades of growth.

The New Daily

Cooling the temperatures: On U.S.-China relations after Pelosi’s Taiwan visit

The U.S., China and Taiwan are left picking up the pieces after Nancy Pelosi’s visit

The Hindu

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Mahuta and Brownlee both urge Taiwan de-escalation

Labour and National on same page over Taiwan tensions, as John Key hits out at US politician Nancy Pelosi over her 'reckless' visit.

Newsroom.co.nz

Taiwan vows not to bow to pressure; China conducts more drills

Taiwan reiterated it won’t succumb to pressure from China after days of military drills in the air and seas surrounding the island, with hostilities set to continue even as world leaders urge an end to the strife.

Tribune News Service

Lindsey Graham among senators throwing support behind Pelosi's Taiwan trip

Following Pelosi's controversial trip to the island nation, the Chinese military began live ammunition drills, launching 11 ballistic missiles into Taiwan's waters.

Axios

China’s 'military threat' to Taiwan 'is much more credible than it was 20 years ago'

Dozens of Chinese military aircraft and ships entered Taiwan's air defence zone from Friday to Sunday, as Beijing launched its largest-ever military exercises around the island. These manoeuvres allowed Western military experts to study the modernisation of the Chinese army.

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China: Taiwan is Not Part of US but Chinese Territory

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that Taiwan is not part of the United States but Chinese territory, in the latest diplomatic invective against US policy since a visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The United States has been engaging in "sophistry" on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taiwan is not a part of U.S. but Chinese territory, says Chinese foreign minister

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that Taiwan is not part of the United States but Chinese territory, in the latest diplomatic invective against U.S. policy since a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Reuters

China announces additional military drills near Taiwan

New military exercises will take place in the Yellow and Bohai Seas.

Axios

Fading global cooperation will make this crisis worse than the recession of 2008

The global financial crisis brought large economies together but the current crisis comes at a time of deep division

The Guardian - UK

China keeps up pressure on Taiwan with 4th day of drills

China says it carried out its fourth consecutive day of military drills in the air and sea around Taiwan in the wake of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled island, despite international calls to calm the tensions

The Independent UK

Pelosi’s ‘reckless’ Taiwan visit deepens US-China rupture – why did she go?

The speaker insisted she was promoting democracy but critics suggest a last hurrah before she loses the gavel in November

The Guardian - US

With Taiwan drills, Xi tries to salvage Pelosi crisis

(Corrects Chang's title to Deputy Secretary General (not Secretary General) in paragraph 10)

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Al Jazeera

China, Taiwan play high-seas ‘cat and mouse’ as drills wrap up

China is set to conclude the unprecedented military exercises it launched in response to Nancy Pelosi’s visit.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chinese, Taiwanese Warships Eye Each Other Ahead of End of Drills

Chinese and Taiwanese warships played high-seas "cat and mouse" on Sunday, hours before the scheduled end of four days of unprecedented Chinese military exercises launched in reaction to a visit to Taiwan by the US house speaker.

Daily Mirror

Taiwan military aircraft and ships sent to 'appropriately' react to China's army drills

Chinese military ships, drones, and aircraft continued their army drills around the Taiwanese island on Sunday morning, and Taipei has decided to react as tensions escalate

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Nancy Pelosi’s reckless and provocative visit to Taiwan

Ignoring Joe Biden’s advice not to go, the US politician might have brought the region a step closer to war

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Reuters

Chinese and Taiwanese warships eye each other as drills due to end

Chinese and Taiwanese warships played high-seas "cat and mouse" on Sunday ahead of the scheduled end of four days of unprecedented Chinese military exercises launched in reaction to a visit to Taiwan by the U.S. house speaker.

The Guardian - AU

Taiwan says China used 66 planes and 14 warships in Sunday’s drills – as it happened

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ABC News

Taiwan says China military drills appear to simulate attack, Chinese embassy warns Australia against involvement

China's embassy has taken aim at Australia, the United States and Japan, accusing them of "finger pointing" amid growing tensions with Taiwan.

The Guardian - AU

Opposition calls for Australia to develop missiles, warning ‘lucky country’ era is over

Shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie warns of ‘bleak’ outlook in region as Chinese embassy condemns Australia’s ‘finger-pointing’

Tribune News Service

Donald Trump at CPAC Dallas complains, ‘I’m always being persecuted’

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump brought his dark views of Joe Biden’s presidency to Dallas on Saturday night, warning that “American civilization will collapse” if he’s not returned to power and reciting his oft-peddled falsehoods about the 2020 election.

The Guardian - AU

‘All we can hope for is peace’: the view from Kinmen, once the cold war frontline between China and Taiwan

Many in the Taiwanese islands can remember living under years of ferocious bombardment from Chinese forces

Tribune News Service

Blinken vows to stand by Philippines amid China tensions

Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to bolster America’s alliance with the Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., calling the Southeast Asian nation an “irreplaceable” ally as tensions between the U.S. and China spike.

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