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US considers sanctions on China to deter it from invading Taiwan: Report

The idea is to restrict some trade and investment with China in sensitive technologies like computer chips and telecoms

Xi Jinping unlikely to throw Putin a lifeline amid setbacks in Ukraine

Xi and Putin meet face-to-face in Uzbekistan on Thursday in their first sitdown since a Beijing meeting before the Winter Olympics that yielded a lengthy joint statement of more than 5,000 words

Taiwan gains global support amid Chinese aggression post-Pelosi's visit

Taiwan has been gaining global support after China increased its military activities around the Island nation since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei last month.

Tata Group in talks with Apple's Taiwanese supplier for assembling iPhones

An Indian company making iPhones would be a massive boost for the country's effort to challenge China. It could also persuade other global electronics brands to consider assembly in India

Planet Scuba India ropes in CREST to manufacture dive equipment in India

The company will introduce CREST Diving to DRDO's DEBEL and will aim to make India an alternative to China as a manufacturer of dive equipment

4 Chinese warplanes, 5 ships cross Taiwan Strait as US approves arms deal

After the US approved $1.1 billion arms package to Taiwan, four aircraft and five ships from China's military crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait

China opposes US' $1 bn arms sale package to Taiwan amid rising tensions

The Chinese Embassy in Washington told Sputnik China opposes the newly approved USD 1.1 billion US arms sale package to Taiwan and will take necessary counter-measures

US to announce $1 bn arms sale to Taiwan as tensions with China escalate

The Biden administration is set to announce a more than USD1 billion arms sale to Taiwan as US-China tensions escalate over the status of the island, according to American officials and a congressional aide briefed on the matter. The USD1.09 billion sale includes USD355 million for Harpoon air-to-sea missiles and USD85 million for Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, the officials and the aide said on Friday. They said the largest portion of the sale, however, is a USD655 million logistics support package for Taiwan's surveillance radar program, which provides air defence warnings. Early warning air defence systems have become more important as China has stepped up military drills near Taiwan, which it regards as a renegade province. The administration is to notify Congress of the sale after close of business on Friday, they said. The administration is expected to say that the deals comply with the US one-China policy and are in line with US commitments to Taiwan's defence. The acrimon

India overtakes Taiwan as Sensex jumps 11%, now 2nd in EM weight index

India's S&P BSE Sensex has jumped 11 per cent this quarter, the world's best performance among national benchmarks in countries with a stock market value of at least $1 trillion.

Taiwan's military fires shots at drones flying over island near China

Taiwan's military on Wednesday said it fired warning shots at drones from China flying over its outposts just off the Chinese coastline, underscoring heightened tensions and the self-ruled island's resolve to respond to new provocations. Taiwan's forces said in a statement that troops took the action on Tuesday after drones were found hovering over the Kinmen island group. The statement on Wednesday referred to the unmanned aerial vehicles as being of civilian use", but gave no other details. It said the drones returned to the nearby Chinese city of Xiamen after the shots were fired. Taiwan previously fired only flares as warnings. The incident comes amid heightened tensions after China fired missiles into the sea and sent planes and ships across the dividing line in the Taiwan Strait earlier this month. It followed angry rhetoric from Beijing over a trip to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking US dignitary to visit the island in 25 years. China claims Taiwan

Biden to ask Congress for approval of $1.1 bn arms sale to Taiwan: Reports

The Biden administration plans to ask Congress to approve a USD 1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan that includes hundreds of missiles for fighter jets and anti-ship systems

Global military expense rise may hit trade

Even before Russia attacked Ukraine in February this year, the major powers had started increasing their military spending

US sails warships through Taiwan Strait in first time since Pelosi's visit

The US Navy is sailing two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in the first such transit publicised since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier in August, at a time when tensions have kept the waterway particularly busy. The USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville are conducting a routine transit, the US 7th Fleet said. The cruisers transited through a corridor in the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal state, the statement said. China conducted many military exercises in the strait as it sought to punish Taiwan after Pelosi visited the self-ruled island against Beijing's threats. China has sent many warships sailing in the Taiwan Strait and waters surrounding Taiwan since Pelosi's visit, as well as sending warplanes and firing long-range missiles. It views the island as part of its national territory and opposes any visits by foreign governments as recognising Taiwan as its own state. The US regularly sends its ships through the Taiwan

China keeps wary watch as US warships sail through Taiwan Strait

The Chinese navy on Sunday kept a close watch as two American warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait, separating China and Taiwan, the first such operation since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei early this month, sparking a new round of tensions between the two countries. The US warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait where the Chinese military has carried out its biggest exercises for several days in August, often crossing the median line that separated the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, which Beijing viciously claims as part of it. "The USS Antietam and the USS Chancellorsville, two US guided-missile cruisers, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on August 28 and hyped it up publicly, the Eastern Theatre Command (ETC) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) said on Sunday. The ETC conducted security tracking and monitoring of the US warships' passage in the whole course and had all movements of the two US warships under control, Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson

India's chip-making gambit: Ambitious plans or breakthrough strategy?

India has already offered an unprecedented $10 bn as capital subsidy. Is that enough? And is self-reliance the right approach in a mega-buck game, or better to be part of a network, wonders T N Ninan

US senator Marsha Blackburn visits Taiwan amid high tensions with China

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn arrived in Taiwan on Thursday, in the second visit by members of Congress since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip earlier this month sharply raised tensions with China. Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, landed in Taipei late Thursday after visiting the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Pelosi was the highest-level member of the U.S. government to visit Taiwan in 25 years. China responded to her trip with large-scale military exercises that included firing missiles over the island and sending ships across the midline of the Taiwan Strait, seen as a buffer between the two sides. Some of the missiles fired landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone. China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory, to be taken by force if necessary, and sees high-level foreign visits to the island as interference in its affairs and de facto recognition of Taiwanese sovereignty. Following Pelosi's trip, a delegation of House and Senate members visited. This wee

Taiwan proposes 14% increase in defence spending

The cabinet signed off on spending plans for 2023 at its weekly meeting Thursday.

Amid tensions with China, Taiwan defence budget to go up by 13.9%

Amid rising tensions with China, Taiwan's defence budget is set to go up by 13.9 per cent next year, according to a proposal announced by the Cabinet on Thursday

Will India become a global player in semiconductor chips?

A Taiwanese fab company is in India to explore manufacturing possibilities. PM Modi also called for making India a 'chip maker from a chip taker'. Can the govt's push turn India into a chip maker?

Taiwanese fab major PSMC looking to set up semiconductor plant in India

PSMC is one among several global fab companies interested in taking advantage of the government's incentives to set up semiconductor units in the country.