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China bans four New Zealand lawmakers over Taiwan visit

China has barred four New Zealand lawmakers from entering the mainland, Hong Kong, and Macau for a year after they visited Taiwan in May, New Zealand media reported. The ‌New Zealand Herald newspaper said the Chinese embassy notified parliament that Laura McClure, David Wilson, and Maureen Pugh, from parties in the ruling [...]

https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/world/china-bans-four-new-zealand-lawmakers-over-taiwan-visit/

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China bans four New Zealand lawmakers over Taiwan visit

Fiji Broadcasting Corporation

PublicNews.world Feed May 23

US arms sales to Taiwan unrelated to Iran war, source says

U.S. arms sales to Taiwan take years to process and are unrelated to the war with Iran a source familiar with the matter said. After a senior U.S. official suggested there was ‌a pause due to the need to have enough arms for the conflict. Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, has been […]

https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/world/us-arms-sales-to-taiwan-unrelated-to-iran-war-source-says/

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PublicNews.world Feed May 22

US Navy official says Taiwan arm sales on 'pause' over Iran war

The acting US Navy secretary said Thursday that arm sales to Taiwan had been put on "pause" to ensure that the American military had sufficient munitions for its Iran operations. Asked at a congressional hearing about the stalled $14 billion weapons purchase by Taiwan, acting secretary Hung Cao said that "right now we're doing a [...]

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260522-us-navy-official-says-taiwan-arm-sales-on-pause-over-iran-war

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US Navy official says Taiwan arm sales on 'pause' over Iran war

France 24

PublicNews.world Feed May 21

Taiwan president says 'happy' to take up Trump's offer of call

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said Thursday he would be "happy" to talk to US leader Donald Trump, a conversation that would break more than four decades of diplomatic protocol and drew pre-emptive ire from China. Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he would speak to Lai, as the White House weighs arms sales to the democratic island.

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260521-taiwan-president-says-happy-to-take-up-trump-s-offer-of-call

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Taiwan president says 'happy' to take up Trump's offer of call

France 24

PublicNews.world Feed May 21

Trump risks provoking China's ire with planned call with Taiwan leader

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would speak with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, an unprecedented move for a US leader that could roil US relations with China. US and Taiwanese presidents have not spoken directly since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition to Beijing from Taipei in 1979. France [...]

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260521-trump-risks-provoking-china-s-ire-with-planned-call-with-taiwan-leader

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