US national security adviser meets Xi, top Chinese military brass in Beijing
Pacific Asia • Aug 29, 2024, 5:48 AM
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On the last day of his visit to China, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping after a a rare meeting with top Chinese military official Zhang Youxia. Sullivan’s high-level meetings underscored efforts to increase military communications between the two rival powers amid tensions over Taiwan and China’s maritime operations in the South China Sea.
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Betel nuts: Taiwan looks to kick deadly addiction to stimulant 'chewing gum'
Pacific Asia • 11:45 AM
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It’s known as “Taiwan's chewing gum”. Betel, a nut as hated as it is loved, occupies a special place in the island's culture. This stimulant is consumed by hundreds of thousands of people, mainly from working-class backgrounds, and supports just as many
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Taiwan questions two in probe into Lebanon pager attack
Pacific Asia • 7:27 AM
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Taiwan said on Friday that hundreds of pagers that exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday were not made in Taiwan after prosecutors prosecutors questioned two people associated with Gold Apollo, the Taiwanese company that produced the communication devices.
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