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2025-05-30 22:00
By Shahrokh Saei
From Nixon to now: Taiwan arms sales contradict US commitments to China
BEIJING — China has issued a stark warning to the United States, condemning reported American plans for a massive surge in weapons sales to Taiwan as a crossing of its "first red line" that threatens to ignite fresh tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
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2025-02-18 21:59
Taiwan considering multi-billion-dollar arms purchase from US: Reuters
Taiwan is exploring buying arms worth billions of dollars from the United States, sources briefed on the matter said, hoping to win support from the new Trump administration.
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2025-01-11 22:39
Who’s afraid of America first?
To many countries in Europe, the return of Donald Trump to the White House is seen as a momentous, almost apocalyptic, shift that is likely to disrupt alliances and upend economic relations. Meanwhile, American adversaries such as China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia anticipate that the incoming administration will mark an opportunity to advance their anti-Western agendas. Yet there is another region of the world, one that includes many U.S. allies, partners, and friends, that views Trump’s return more calmly.
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2024-12-10 15:38
By Yawen Xu, CGTN journalist and commentator
How Lai Ching-te's Hawaii stopover risks cross-Strait stability
Recently, Lai Ching-te, the leader of China’s Taiwan region, visited Hawaii as part of a broader tour through Pacific island nations. Lai’s “stopover” has drawn sharp criticism from Beijing and once again brought the Taiwan question to the forefront of U.S.-China relations.
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2024-09-22 21:35
By Matin Jamshidi
Are electronic devices becoming time bombs?
TEHRAN - At least 32 people, including two children, were killed and thousands more injured, many seriously, after communication devices, some used by Hezbollah members, dramatically exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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2024/08/28
By Cong Peiwu, China’s ambassador to Tehran
UNGA Resolution 2758 brooks no challenge and the one-China principle is unshakable
TEHRAN - The 79th UN General Assembly will be held in New York soon. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, there are still a few forces that have been deliberately distorting and challenging UNGA Resolution 2758 and the one-China principle. Therefore, I would like to explain this important question and clarify its root cause.
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2024-05-24 23:05
China stages mock missile strikes on Taiwan
China staged mock missile strikes and dispatched fighter jets carrying live missiles along with bombers on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV said, as part of exercises Beijing has said were launched to punish Taiwan's new president, Lai Ching-te.
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2024-04-03 20:03
Nine dead, hundreds injured as strong quake hits Taiwan
At least nine people have been killed and more than 900 others injured after Taiwan was rocked by its biggest earthquake in a quarter-century.
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2023-04-27 00:19
By Chang Hua, Chinese Ambassador to Iran
Taiwan question is the core of the core interests of China
Lately, out of the sinister intention of interfering in China's internal affairs and plotting to use Taiwan to contain China, several countries have claimed that they oppose “changing the status quo with force” in the Taiwan Strait, accused China of challenging the so-called rules-based international order, and of disrupting peace and stability across the Strait.
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2023-03-25 21:20
China’s success in helping end Iran-Saudi rift won’t lead US to review mindset
US has learned nothing from sad chapter of 21st-century history: ex-Italian diplomat
TEHRAN - A former Italian diplomat says the United States has failed to learn from the sad stories of the 21st century.
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2023-01-31 19:21
By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan
U.S. worried its international status to be replaced by China
TEHRAN – Professor Hongda Fan believes that Washington is worried that the United States' international status will be replaced by China and thus adopts a confrontational stance against Beijing.
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2022-09-19 20:43
Play with Taiwan tool; Biden threatenes China
TEHRAN- United States President Joe Biden has again made statements in support of secessionist forces in Taiwan, raising tensions with China on a very sensitive issue for Beijing.
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2022-08-29 18:03
U.S. warships sail in Taiwan Strait
The United States has escalated tensions with China after two American navy warships sailed through the country’s Taiwan strait, the first time since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taiwan.
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2022-08-17 21:56
Senior advisor reaffirms Tehran’s support for One China policy
TEHRAN— In the aftermath of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, Tehran's top foreign policy advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution has criticized the U.S. for violating China's territorial integrity, expressing Tehran's firm support for the “One China” policy.
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2022-08-10 20:04
China’s new white paper on Taiwan follows Pelosi’s visit
China has released a new white paper which, first and foremost, reiterates “the fact that Taiwan is part of China”, documents the historic aspect of the territory and warns outside forces especially the United States against using separatist forces in Taipei to contain Beijing.
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2022-08-03 22:05
Pelosi Taiwan visit reveals U.S. decline
TEHRAN – Despite China’s rare threats and warnings, Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, visited Taiwan, a move that laid bare the new global alliances that are taking shape in a world where America is no longer the only superpower.
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2022-08-03 21:58
Iranian FM censures Pelosi’s ‘provocative’ visit to Taiwan
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Wednesday reprimanded a visit by U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, saying “provocative moves” by the U.S. are threatening international peace and stability.
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2022-08-02 20:02
Iran condemns Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan
TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemns the visit by U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, saying it violates the territorial integrity of China and goes against the UN Charter.