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Former Taiwanese President Meets Chinese Leader Xi Jinping In Beijing

On April 10th, former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the East Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The meeting occurred as Ma was leading a student delegation to China to visit cultural and historical sites and hold conferences at various universities. During the first part of the meeting, both...

Four Chinese Ships Spotted Near Taiwan, no Aircraft Spotted

Four People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships were detected by Taiwan from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. local time on April 7th–8th. Taiwan has deployed coastal missile systems and naval vessels in response to the PLAN presence. The flight paths were not given this time due to no PLA aircraft being detected on the median line of the Taiwan Strait or...

Meeting Between Former Taiwanese President and Xi Jinping Moved to April 10

The planned meeting between former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will now be held on April 10th. The meeting was originally scheduled to be held on April 8th, after Ma and the student delegation he is leading arrived in Beijing. However, the delegation received notice of the new itinerary on April 6th during their visit to the...

Taiwan Conducting Live-Fire Missile Exercises This Week

Taiwan's military will hold a series of live-fire exercises starting on April 9th and lasting until the 17th, notably testing the Land Sword II Missile at Jiupeng Military Base on April 9th. Other drills will also take place, such as the Shen Ying, Shen Gong, and Lei Ting exercises. The Lei Ting exercise involves launching the MK15, MK30, and MK45 rockets...

Kuomintang Vice Chairman to Visit the United States

Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Andrew Hsia, will travel to the United States from April 4th until April 15th for a tabletop exercise hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Yang Chih-yu, a KMT spokesperson, said Hsia and Alexander C. Huang, Director of Foreign Affairs, received an invitation to the U.S.-Japan-Taiwan Track 2 tabletop exercises. Hsia will...

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