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China Taiwan Tensions Live Updates: Amidst China’s military drills in the Taiwan Strait, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Saturday said that though US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taipei visit was peaceful, Beijing launched 11 ballistic missiles. Blinken’s comment follows reports that Chinese aircraft and warships Saturday practised for an…

Senior Taiwan official died of heart attack, local media sayThe Taiwan official who was found dead in his hotel room on Saturday morning (see 5.52am) died of a heart attack, according to official media reports cited by Reuters. Authorities said there was no sign that anyone had broken into his room. Ou Yang Li-hsing was deputy head of the…

Vice Presidential Election 2022 LIVE:788 members from both Houses of Parliament are set to vote for the next Vice President, with each vote valued at one point.According to predictions, joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva is likely to receive around 200 votes, while her rival - NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar - could potentially get 500+,…