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5 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
From @Reuters: #Taiwan air force jets screamed into the sky on Wednesday in a drill simulating a war scenario, showing its combat readiness amid heightened military tensions with #China. taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4399133
The exercises were part of a three-day drill to show Taiwan's battle readiness ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of this month.
"With the very high frequency of Communist planes entering our ADIZ, pilots from our wing are very experienced and have dealt with almost all types of their aircraft," Major Yen Hsiang-sheng told reporters,...
... recalling a mission in which he was dispatched to intercept Chinese J-16 fighters late last year.

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By @LiYuan6: "Under the direction of #China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, the government’s unbridled hand is meddling in big ways and small, leaving companies second-guessing their strategies and praying to not become the next targets for crackdown.” nytimes.com/2022/01/05/tec…
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The United States and Germany on Wednesday backed #Lithuania in its spat with #China, saying the pressure exerted by #Beijing against the tiny Baltic nation was unwarranted. taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4399931
“We have immediate concern about the government of China’s attempts to bully Lithuania, a country of fewer than 3 million people," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said after a meeting in Washington with his German counterpart.
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“However, the latest blueprint has the potential to help #China become the factory floor of the future, with uber-efficient and precise machinery, at a time when the U.S.’s biggest hurdle to competitiveness is just that.” google.com.tw/amp/s/m.econom…
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China’s Covid-19 health code system that strictly governs people’s movements crashed in Xi’an this week, worsening conditions in the locked-down city where the country’s worst outbreak since Wuhan has been unfolding. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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The system crash meant that locals were unable to access their Covid infection status after Xi’an embarked on a new widespread round of nucleic acid tests, according to a media report.
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