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US to send more troops to Australia, invite Japan to joint drills

US to increase rotational presence of air, land and sea forces in Australia amid shared concerns over China.

Al Jazeera

Overall Defense Concept Reshapes Taiwan’s Views on Defense Against China

The Overall Defense Concept, a proposal by Taiwanese admiral Lee Hsi-ming, may be what Taiwan needs to prevent China from taking over its shores.

The News Lens

US approves $425 million in arms sales to Taiwan

The Biden administration has signed off on two new significant arms sales to Taiwan in approvals that are sure to rankle China

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U.S. to boost Taiwan's stretched air force with $428 million in spare parts

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of $428 million in aircraft parts for Taiwan to help its air force, which is strained from repeatedly intercepting Chinese jets operating close to the island.

Reuters

U.S. lawmakers authorize $800 million more for Ukraine in defense bill

U.S. lawmakers agreed to provide Ukraine at least $800 million in additional security assistance next year and to boost Taiwan with billions in aid over the next several years, according to an $858 billion defense policy bill unveiled on Tuesday.

Reuters

US to increase rotation of forces to Australia, condemns China’s ‘dangerous and coercive actions’ in region

Defence secretary also pledges to help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines ‘as quickly as possible’ at annual high-level talks

The Guardian - AU

Taiwan foreign minister: China may scapegoat us over Covid protests

Joseph Wu backs Chinese protesters but says Beijing ‘might try to create external crisis to divert domestic attention’

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Semiconductor Manufacturers Don't Need More Subsidies. They Need Less Government.

Fixing federal permitting rules and easing immigration policies would help companies like the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which are interested in building more plants in America.

Reason

Eye of the storm: Taiwan at the centre of Sino-U.S. tensions

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan and met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in August in defiance of Chinese warnings for the trip not to take place.

Reuters

Canada to send more warships to Taiwan Strait as China claims ‘sovereign rights’

Ottawa says it will push back against unilateral actions that threaten status quo

The Independent UK

China blasts US report, reiterates 'no 1st use' nuke policy

China's Defense Ministry says the country strictly adheres to a policy of no first use of nuclear weapons “at any time and under any circumstances."

The Independent UK

European Institutional Complexities and EU-Taiwan Relations

The European Union and its member states are enhancing their political relations with Taiwan, but it comes more expressly from the action of their legislative branches rather than their executive actors.

The News Lens

Taiwan's air force band boosts morale, patriotism on the front line

Taiwan's air force may be on the front lines of defending against China's daily incursions into the skies near the democratically governed island, but for downtime and to boost morale they have a secret weapon - their own band.

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AAP

Australia 'playing with fire' in Taiwan

China says a delegation of Australian MPs are 'playing with fire' visiting Taiwan, but one coalition senator says it's simply business as usual.

Reuters

Biden administration working with Congress on 'deterrence' over Taiwan - White House

The White House said on Monday that the U.S. administration is continuing to work with Congress on ways to "reinforce deterrence" against any changes to the status of Taiwan.

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The Loop: Linda Reynolds says Brittany Higgins intends to sue her, teen killed in St Kilda stabbing, and Taylor Swift fans are suing Ticketmaster — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

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'Taiwan contingency' prompts evacuation drill on Yonaguni

YONAGUNI, Okinawa -- Yonaguni Island, Japan's westernmost island, held its first evacuation drill on Wednesday over possible ballistic missile strikes.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan-China joint poll

Some 44.5% of respondents in Japan and 56.7% in China believe a military conflict in the Taiwan Strait is likely "within a few years" or "in the future," a recent Japan-China joint public opinion poll has found.

ABC News

Government and opposition MPs to visit Taiwan as part of Australian parliamentary delegation

A delegation of six federal politicians from Labor and the Coalition will travel to Taiwan, but Anthony Albanese says politicians travelling to the island is not unusual.

AAP

MPs to visit Taiwan without Albanese

A group of MPs headed to Taiwan to convey Australia's wish to maintain peace in the Indo-Pacific will visit the country without Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Reuters

Australia's PM says he's not in group of Australian MPs to visit Taiwan

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday he would not be part of a group of federal politicians set to travel to Taiwan for a reported five-day visit aimed at conveying Australia's wish to maintain peace in the Indo-Pacific.

Reuters

U.S. diplomat says China protests had effect in easing COVID curbs

Protests in China against the world's toughest COVID-19 restrictions are dying down because they have had an effect, a top U.S. diplomat said on Friday, as Beijing further eased testing and quarantine rules.

Reuters

UK parliament committee chair says she talked defence cooperation on Taiwan trip

A senior British lawmaker said on Friday her delegation had discussed defence cooperation with Taiwan during a visit this week to the Chinese-claimed island that Beijing has condemned as "gross interference".

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