The visit takes place ahead of President Trump’s own summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping next month, where Taiwan is expected to be a top agenda item.
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Proposed U.S. restrictions would target ASML’s deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machine, which Chinese companies have so far been able to access.
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The leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party is in China for the first time in 10 years.It was the first time leaders of the two parties had met since the end of the civil war and it paved the way …
Taiwan opposition leader heads to China in what she calls a ‘journey for peace’
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Over Taiwan’s Qingming holiday weekend, as families cleaned ancestral graves and crowded around dinner tables, a familiar debate has resurfaced: should this island democracy rely more heavily on the …
China could target US homeland if Iran conflict escalates, expert warns
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China’s Xi urges faster development of new energy system as Middle East war continues
By Liz Lee and Claire Fu BEIJING, April 6 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for accelerated planning and construction of a new energy system to safeguard the country’s energy …
Pakistan presents three key demands in Urumqi talks
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This Is Not China’s War, but Beijing Started Preparing for It Years Ago
Long concerned about geopolitical crises, China redoubled efforts to secure energy security when President Trump started raising the stakes in his first term.