Taipei, Sept. 22 (CNA) Lawmakers from the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) will attempt to block Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) from giving his policy report Friday as the new session kicks off, the KMT caucus said on Thursday.
Taipei, Aug. 17 (CNA) The opposition Taiwan People's Party (TPP) has called on the government to expand Taiwan's energy reserves and plan for the possibility that China will hold regular military drills around the island or attempt to impose a blockade.
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday called on the government to expand Taiwan’s energy reserves and plan for the possibility that China might hold regular military drills around the nation or attempt to impose a blockade.
During China’s military drills around Taiwan in response to US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit, air traffic in and out of the country dropped by half, while many flights were forced to reroute on short notice, TPP legislative caucus chair Chiu Chen-yuan (邱臣遠) told a news conference.
If Beijing begins conducting such exercises on a regular basis, the pressure on pilots and air traffic
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday announced the establishment of a “people’s response task force” as it urged the government to enhance national security.
China is using multiple methods including extended military exercises, diplomacy, trade bans and cyberattacks to pressure Taiwan after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last week, the party told a news conference in Taipei.
As China’s actions have highlighted Taiwan’s national security problems, the party is establishing a national task force to give a voice to the people and companies that have been affected by Beijing’s actions, the party said.
TPP Legislator Andy Chiu
If any war were to break out between the US and China, one trigger might be the increasingly frequent fighter jet encounters near Taiwan.
Almost every day, Taiwanese fighter pilots hop in their US-made F-16s to intercept Chinese warplanes screaming past their territory. The encounters probe the nation’s defenses and force the pilots on both sides to avoid mistakes that could lead to a crisis that spins out of control.
“I didn’t know whether they would fire at me,” said retired colonel Mountain Wang, recounting a tense five-minute confrontation he had with Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) jets more than a decade