By Jessie Yeung and Rob Picheta, CNN China pressed ahead with military drills near Taiwan and flew drones close to Japan on Friday, escalating tensions in the strait that have threatened to boil over since Taipei welcomed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a historic visit. Taiwan’s defense ministry said Chinese warships and aircraft continued
Continue ReadingCNN By Simone McCarthy, CNN As a US Air Force jet carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi approached Taiwan on Tuesday night, expectations ran high in China over how Beijing would respond. Since reports emerged that the key US lawmaker would visit Taiwan during an Asia tour, conversation in China had churned with nationalist furor and
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN China fired multiple missiles toward waters near northeastern and southwestern Taiwan on Thursday, the island’s Defense Ministry said, as Beijing makes good on its promise that Taipei will pay a price for hosting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The Chinese military’s Eastern Theater Command said in a statement that multiple missiles
Continue ReadingCNN By Brad Lendon, CNN China fired multiple missiles toward waters near northeastern and southwestern Taiwan on Thursday, the island’s Defense Ministry said, as Beijing makes good on its promise that Taipei will pay a price for hosting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The Chinese military’s Eastern Theater Command said in a statement that multiple
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Deng and Akanksha Sharma, CNN Chinese authorities have arrested a man suspected of killing three people and injuring six in a stabbing attack at a kindergarten in southern Jiangxi province Wednesday, according to local public security officials. Police said the suspect, identified as 48-year-old Liu Xiaohui, fled to a mountainous area in a
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Continue ReadingCNN By Nectar Gan, Selina Wang, Eric Cheung and Simone McCarthy, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan Tuesday evening, marking a significant show of support for Taiwan despite China’s threats of retaliation over the visit. Pelosi’s stop in Taipei is the first time that a US House speaker has visited Taiwan in
Continue ReadingCNN By Brad Lendon, CNN Within minutes of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landing in Taiwan on Tuesday night, China said it would immediately begin “a series of joint military operations around the island,” including using long-range live ammunition in the Taiwan Strait. An announcement from the People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command said beginning
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Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN Within minutes of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landing in Taiwan on Tuesday night, China said it would immediately begin “a series of joint military operations around the island,” including using long-range live ammunition in the Taiwan Strait. An announcement from the People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command said beginning Tuesday
Continue ReadingCNN By Heather Chen, CNN It was mid-afternoon on a sweltering Saturday when Raj, a laborer from northwest India, started feeling dizzy as he hauled heavy bags of concrete mix and sand on a construction site in downtown Singapore. Temperatures had reached 34 degrees Celsius (94 degrees Fahrenheit), but Raj carried on despite the heat
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN It was mid-afternoon on a sweltering Saturday when Raj, a laborer from northwest India, started feeling dizzy as he hauled heavy bags of concrete mix and sand on a construction site in downtown Singapore. Temperatures had reached 34 degrees Celsius (94 degrees Fahrenheit), but Raj carried on despite the heat and
Continue ReadingCNN By Nectar Gan, Selina Wang, Eric Cheung and Simone McCarthy, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan Tuesday evening, marking a significant show of support for Taiwan despite China’s threats of retaliation over the visit. Pelosi’s stop in Taipei is the first time that a US House speaker has visited Taiwan in
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping has urged the Communist Party to “win hearts and minds” of people in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as part of a “national rejuvenation.” Xi’s demand, made over the weekend in a meeting attended by top Chinese officials, was one of a number of critical tasks listed
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Wayne Chang, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several other Congress members visited Singapore on Monday, their first official stop in a high-profile Asia tour that has attracted international attention over speculation she may visit Taiwan. The delegation started their two-day visit to the city-state by meeting Singaporean President Halimah
Continue ReadingBy Sarita Harilela and Alex Stambaugh, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is heading to Asia for a tour of the region after landing in Hawaii, where she visited the Pearl Harbor Memorial and the USS Arizona. Pelosi is leading a Congressional delegation to the Indo-Pacific and plans to visit places including Singapore, Malaysia, South
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Deng, Hannah Ritchie, Yong Xiong and Eric Cheung, CNN China is planning to conduct live-fire exercises on Saturday in waters near Pingtan Island of Fujian province, which is opposite the self-governing island of Taiwan. The Pingtan Maritime Safety Administration issued a navigation warning about the drills late Thursday local time, prohibiting all ships
Continue ReadingBy Eric Cheung, CNN Reports that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning a visit to Taiwan have sparked tense exchanges between the United States and China — and growing speculation over how Beijing might react. While Pelosi — a forthright critic of Beijing — has so far declined to confirm the reports, she has
Continue ReadingCNN By Jessie Yeung and Wayne Chang, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several other Congress members visited Singapore on Monday, their first official stop in a high-profile Asia tour that has attracted international attention over speculation she may visit Taiwan. The delegation started their two-day visit to the city-state by meeting Singaporean President
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, Kathleen Magramo and Lauren Lau, CNN A back-up dancer for the Cantopop boy band Mirror is in intensive care after being hit by a giant video panel that fell from the ceiling during a concert in Hong Kong. Five people were injured when the panel — measuring about four square meters —
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