Now playing Next no comment WATCH: Celebrations mark the end of the Lunar New Year in Taiwan Celebrations mark the end of the Lunar New Year in Taiwan. 05/02/2023
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Now playing Next no comment Combat training in Taiwan before Lunar New Year Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen inspects troops at an army barracks ahead of the Lunar New Year and oversees an exercise by the infantry repelling a mock attack by enemy forces. 06/01/2023
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Now playing Next USA Lavrov blames the West for war in Ukraine at UN General Assembly His speech centred on a claim that the US and its allies — not Russia, as the West maintains — are aggressively undermining the international system that the UN represents. 25/09/2022
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Now playing Next no comment Victims rescued in Taiwan after earthquake A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside. 18/09/2022
Now playing Next no comment Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor hits eastern China, Taiwan and Japan Cities in eastern China suspended ferry services and flights were cancelled on Sunday in Japan as Typhoon Hinnamnor, the strongest global storm this year, blew its way past Taiwan and the Koreas with fierce winds and heavy rains. 05/09/2022
Now playing Next Taiwan EU would be a 'welcome' moderator in Taiwan's crisis with China Tensions between Beijing and Taipei have escalated significantly following a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in early August. 26/08/2022
Now playing Next Russia Putin hits out at the US over Ukraine and Taiwan Speaking at Russia's security council, Putin said that the US is seeking to prolong the war in Ukraine and fuel conflicts elsewhere in the world. 16/08/2022
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Now playing Next Taiwan China ramps up threat of military force to take control of Taiwan The threatening moves were prompted by a visit to Taiwan last week by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chinese authorities say. 10/08/2022
Now playing Next Taiwan China's military drills around Taiwan are a 'significant escalation' Beijing's show of strength came after Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan. 05/08/2022
Now playing Next Europe News China summons European diplomats over statement on Taiwan China cancelled a foreign ministers’ meeting with Japan to protest a G7 statement that there was no justification for the exercises. 05/08/2022
Now playing Next Taiwan Why has Pelosi's surprise trip to Taiwan attracted so much attention? US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday in the wake of heightened tensions with China. Beijing claims ownership of the self-ruled island and has responded with multiple military drills in zones surrounding Taiwan in retaliation. 04/08/2022
Now playing Next Taiwan China begins 'unprecedented' military drills around Taiwan Chinese state media has framed the military exercises around self-ruled island as war plan rehearsal, as Taiwan claims China wants to change the regional status quo. 04/08/2022
