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Today 21:37
Strategic shockwaves as Trump visits China
TEHRAN - The prospect of the confrontation between the United States and Iran has transformed global geopolitics from a regional security crisis into a wider test of American power, alliance cohesion, and economic leadership. Against this backdrop, the visit by Donald Trump to China carries significance far beyond bilateral diplomacy. Beijing would likely view such the visit not simply as a diplomatic engagement, but as evidence that Washington, after years of escalating military and economic confrontations around the world, now faces mounting strategic limits and failures.
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2025-12-28 19:28
By Shahrokh Saei
Fanning the flames: How US arms sales destabilize Taiwan and violate China’s sovereignty
TEHRAN – China’s decision to impose countermeasures on U.S. military-linked companies and senior executives is neither impulsive nor symbolic. It is a calibrated response to Washington’s latest and most provocative escalation on the Taiwan question: an unprecedented $11.1 billion arms package to China’s Taiwan region.
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2025-12-20 21:38
By staff writer
Trump eyes Taiwan as revenue source for US weapons
TEHRAN - Late on Wednesday, the Trump administration announced the largest ever U.S. weapons sales for Taiwan, amounting 11.1 billion dollars. The arms sale announcement is the second under President Donald Trump's current administration.
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2025-12-20 17:56
Taipei attacker acted alone in four-death spree, police claim
The man suspected of carrying out an attack in Taiwan with a smoke grenade and knife acted alone, police said on Saturday about the incident that killed four, including the attacker.
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2025-12-09 18:13
Wang Yi blasts Japan, says Takaichi ‘exploits’ Taiwan to ‘threaten China militarily’
Attempts to pursue “Taiwan independence” mean splitting China's territory, and supporting “Taiwan independence” amounts to interference in China's internal affairs, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Beijing on Monday.
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2025/12/05
By Lucia Hubinská
Is Japan sliding back toward militarism?
XIAMEN – Relations between China and Japan are undergoing their most serious shock in a decade. And yet, as recently as 2024—after the lifting of pandemic restrictions—it seemed the two countries were slowly moving toward improved relations. This trend was abruptly disrupted in recent weeks, when a series of diplomatic missteps gave way to open disputes.
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2025-11-24 19:54
Xi warns Trump on Taiwan red line; U.S. president calls him 'great leader'
Chinese President Xi Jinping used a Monday evening phone call with Donald Trump to frame Taiwan’s reunification as an untouchable pillar of the post–World War II settlement, pointedly reminding the U.S. president that the two countries once fought “shoulder-to-shoulder” against Japanese militarism and should now jointly defend the war’s outcome.
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2025-11-15 22:18
By M.A. Saki
Japan-China spat over Taiwan is a source of concern
TEHRAN – It is highly worrisome that China and Japan, two highly important countries in East Asia, are engaged in a verbal clash over Taiwan. China and Japan, respectively the second- and third-largest economies in the world, are great honors of the Asian continent, and it is extremely essential that officials from the two countries avoid inflammatory remarks against each other.
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2025-11-15 14:51
China reiterates red line on Taiwan as tensions surge with Japan
China has issued a rare travel advisory urging citizens to avoid Japan, citing a worsening security environment and rising risks for Chinese nationals.
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2025/10/19
By Cong Peiwu, Chinese Ambassador to Iran
Firmly uphold UNGA Resolution 2758, uphold the One-China Principle
In May this year, I introduced the historical context of the Taiwan question to friends in Iran from the perspective of three key timelines. Today, I will explain to friends in Iran, from three dimensions of jurisprudence, historical facts, and international consensus, why we must firmly uphold UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 and adhere to the One-China Principle.
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2025-10-19 15:09
Iran to attend International Nano Olympiad 2026
TEHRAN – Iran will participate in the third International Nano Olympiad (INO), which is scheduled to take place in Taipei, Taiwan, from December 12 to 18, 2026.
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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.