Tag: Taiwan
The earthquake rocks Taiwan, causing buildings to collapse and triggering warnings of a storm
Taiwan authorities have suspended work and school in Hualien city after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit the island on Wednesday morning. Trains and subway services have also been suspended island-wide. A tsunami warning has been issued for parts of Taiwan’s Yaeyama, Yaeyama and Miyako islands and was later lifted. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.6.
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Biden and China’s XI did agree on a few things, but they did not hit a reset
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden held their first face-to-face meeting in over a year on Wednesday in San Francisco. Biden urged Xi to continue to withhold military support to Russia. The issue of Taiwan featured prominently at Wednesday’s meeting. Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong said ” the entire country” was tuning in to the meeting.
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