Category : News
Author: Reuters

Taiwan on Sunday reported the largest incursion since October by China's air force in its air defence zone, with the island's defence ministry saying Taiwanese fighters scrambled to warn away 39 aircraft in the latest uptick in tensions.

Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for more than a year of repeated missions by China's air force near the democratically governed island, often in the southwestern part of its air defence identification zone, or ADIZ, close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.

Taiwan calls China's repeated nearby military activities "grey zone" warfare, designed to both wear out Taiwan's forces by making them repeatedly scramble, and also to test Taiwan's responses.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/01/taiwan-reports-new-large-scale-chinese-air-force-incursion-the-latest-in-its-grey-zone-warfare.html
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Category : News
Author: China Unsensored

Could China Invade Taiwan in 2022? Or 2024? Or 2027? In this episode of China Uncensored, we look at the timeline for invasion, why China might do it earlier or later, how prepared Taiwan is to defend itself.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwaJjJAbEew
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Author: Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann

Analysis - A geopolitical earthquake could begin within weeks. As a string of bilateral crisis talks predictably falter, further military aggression by Russia against Ukraine seems all too probable.

If this comes to pass, the shock waves will likely be fast, wide and highly disruptive, potentially activating "tripwires" in the global security environment far beyond the edge of Europe.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/460051/ukraine-might-be-far-away-but-a-security-crisis-in-europe-can-still-threaten-aotearoa
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Author: Thomas Manch

The immediate response to the volcanic eruption in Tonga has been hampered by damaged communication lines, thick ashfall, and concern over Covid-19. Another problem looms for the coming rebuild: Debts owed to China.

The volcanic eruption has come at a particularly perilous time for the country, and for the Pacific.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/127547778/chinese-debt-a-concern-in-tongas-posteruption-rebuild
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Author: Pete McKenzie
Category : News
Author: Reuters

China, Russia, Britain, the United States and France have issued a statement in agreement that a further spread of nuclear arms and a nuclear war should be avoided.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/459042/russia-china-britain-us-and-france-say-no-one-can-win-nuclear-war
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Category : News
Author: BBC

Russia has told the US that it has no intention of invading Ukraine, after officials from both countries met for high-stakes talks in Geneva.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/459398/russia-downplays-threat-to-ukraine-in-talks-with-us
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