Researcher and teacher of China, Singapore, and Taiwan; nationalism, party-state & international relations in the Indo-Pacific. | 何森璱
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The CEO of TikTok Shou Chew plans to attend President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration and has been invited to sit in a position of honor on the dais, two people familiar with the plans said. Chew will join tech moguls like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at the event: New York Times
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PRC balloon violates Taiwan airspace:
MND report states that 11x PLA aircraft and 9x PLAN vessels were tracked around Taiwan today. 5 of the aircraft entered the de facto ADIZ.
Additionally, 2x PRC balloons were tracked, with one crossing over southern Taiwan.
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China just reshuffled several provincial leaders but it barely registered outside the country
Important as some could join the elite Politburo at the 21st Party Congress in 2027
@AsiaPolicy maps 🇨🇳 leaders in our Decoding Chinese Politics product
So who got promoted?
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Zojuist is de tekst van de nieuwjaarswensen van Xi Jinping online verschenen (english.news.cn/20241231/c8e…). Als je de wensen van de afgelopen twaalf keer doorneemt, vallen een paar dingen op. Een🧵
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Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration says Chinese coast guard ships breached waters near Taiwan's outlying Kinmen Islands a total of 52 times in 2024, a record high.
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23 PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 16 of the aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern, southwestern and eastern ADIZ. We have monitored the situation and responded accordingly.
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All seven of President Lai Ching-te's nominees for the Constitutional Court have been rejected by lawmakers.
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New EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas says China is providing "satellites for killer drones" for Russia to use in Ukraine
Kallas: "I haven't checked whether it is true. But this is what the Ukrainians are saying"
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NEW: ROC President William Lai completed his tour of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies in the Pacific, which included transits through Hawaii & Guam. The PRC deployed its largest naval fleet in decades in waters near Taiwan and conducted unannounced air & naval drills in response. (1/3)
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Breaking: EU ambassadors provisionally agree 15th package of sanctions on Russia, including sanctions for the first time on Chinese entities for providing military support to Russia
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53 PLA aircraft, 11 PLAN vessels and 8 official ships operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 23 of the aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern, southwestern and eastern ADIZ. We have monitored the situation and responded.
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China's imports down 3.9% in Nov, worst in 13 months
Jan-Nov 2024 summary (USD)
China-EU exports +2.4%, imports from 🇪🇺-4.3%
China-GER exports +5.9%, imports from 🇩🇪-10.8%
China-Netherlands exports -9.6%, imports from 🇳🇱+10.7%
China-FR exports +6.4%, imports from 🇫🇷-6.8%
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Senior Taiwan intelligence officials say the sharp uptick in Chinese military activity since Monday is "not just meant for Taiwan." They point to an increase in naval ships within the first island chain, which stretches from southern Japan to Vietnam.
On Tuesday morning, Taiwan's defense ministry reported 47 Chinese military aircraft, 12 navy vessels and nine "official" ships, including coast guard vessels, operating around the island.
#taiwanplusnews #taiwannews #crossstraitrelations
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For those who haven't done the math, in the three months from August to November, CPI prices in China have declined at an annualized rate of just over 3.5%.
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We couldn’t have asked for much worse inflation data for November. CPI inflation was up a very disappointing 0.2% year on year, versus a 0.3% rise in October and well under expectations of a 0.5% rise.
english.news.cn/20241209/3ca…
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UPDATE: Taiwan's defense ministry has told TaiwanPlus that there is not yet a consensus on how to describe the Chinese military movements taking place around Taiwan and they are yet to label them as "drills." China’s foreign ministry declined to comment on the activity during a press conference.
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#PLA designated 7 reserved airspace zones east of Zhejiang and Fujian. #ROCArmedForces have identified PLA Eastern, Northern, and Southern Theater Command naval formations, along with Coast Guard vessels, entering areas around the Taiwan Strait and the Western Pacific.
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BREAKING: Taiwan's military says it has already raised its alert level and is conducting combat readiness drills in response to a two-day Chinese military drill commencing today.
This is a breaking story, follow @taiwanplusnews for the latest updates.
