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02.12.25 - 16:12
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Chinese, Japanese Boats In Tense Standoff Near Disputed Islands As Taiwan-Related Feud Escalates (ZeroHedge)
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Chinese, Japanese Boats In Tense Standoff Near Disputed Islands As Taiwan-Related Feud Escalates
The severe diplomatic standoff which was triggered by last month's words of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wherein she suggested Japan would militarily aid in Taiwan's defense in the event of a Chinese invasion is increasingly becoming a potential military standoff. We earlier detailed that Japan has even deployed medium-range missiles to a remote Japanese island not far from China.
Already there's been a confrontation involving China's coast guard boats, which attempted to run off a Japanese fishing vessel for allegedly being inside claimed Chinese waters. The fresh incident happened near a group of geopolitically sensitive islands in the East China Sea on Tuesday.
Japan and Chinese coast guard vessels have clashed somewhat frequently in the recent past. Illustrative: Kyodo News, via Associated Press
The Japanese boat is accused of entering the waters of the Diaoyu Islands - which Toky...
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02.12.25 - 11:12
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Regierung in Taiwan will den Rüstungsetat erhöhen (DW)
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Präsident Lai will die Militärausgaben bis 2030 auf fünf Prozent des BIPs erhöhen. Eine Mehrheit im Parlament, das den Haushalt billigt, hat er aber nicht. Lai will aber eine Botschaft an Washington und Peking senden....
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02.12.25 - 06:48
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Opinion: Ukraine Plan Emboldens China on Taiwan (Bloomberg)
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As Ukraine grapples with a US-led peace plan that could possibly see Kyiv concede territory to Russia, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Karishma Vaswani thinks that could embolden China over the Taiwan question, amid fuzzy leadership from the US. She spoke with Bloomberg's Yvonne Man and Annabelle Droulers on The China Show. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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