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The exercises this time have focused more on air strength, with Taiwan reporting 200 flights by Chinese warplanes in the past three days. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen deliver statements to the press after a Bipartisan Leadership Meeting at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, on Ap TAIWAN: China’s military declared Monday it is “ready to fight” after completing three days of large-scale combat exercises around Taiwan that simulated sealing off the island in response to the Taiwanese president’s trip to the U.S. last week. The “combat readiness patrols” named Joint Sword were meant as a warning to self-governing Taiwan, which China claims as its own, China’s military said earlier. “The theater’s troops are ready to fight at all times and can fight at any time to resolutely smash any form of ‘Taiwan independence’ and foreign interference attempts,” it said Monday. The exercises were similar to ones conducted by China last August...

Mr Shah will visit Arunachal Pradesh on April 10 and 11 where he will launch the 'Vibrant Villages Programme' in Kibithoo, a village along the border.               India has always maintained that Arunachal Pradesh is an inalienable part of the country. New Delhi: China firmly opposes a visit by Home Minister Amit Shah to Arunachal Pradesh and views his activities in the area as violating Beijing’s territorial sovereignty, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson told a news briefing on Monday. Last week, China “renamed” some places in Arunachal Pradesh that it claims as part of its territory. “Zangnan is China’s territory,” spokesperson Wang Wenbin said in response to a question on the visit by Home Minister Amit Shah. “The Indian official’s visit to Zangnan violates China’s territorial sovereignty, and is not conducive to the peace and tranquility of the border situation.” Mr Shah will visit Arunachal Pradesh on April 10 and 11 where he will l...

A Chinese-made commercial drone that was retrofitted and weaponised has been shot down in Ukraine. The drone carried a bomb of about 20 kilograms, which the Ukrainian soldiers later detonated, reports said.  The weaponized commercial drone did not have a camera fitted, meaning it was not used for surveillance The Ukrainian military shot down a modernised and weaponised China-made Mugin-5 drone in eastern Ukraine last Sunday. The drone, Mugin-5, manufactured by Mugin Limited, a Chinese company based in Xiamen, was shot down by AK-47s in the wartorn country over the weekend, CNN reported. These unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are also known as "Alibaba drones" because they can be purchased for up to US$15,000 on the Chinese online platforms Alibaba and Taobao. Mugin Limited, the company which makes the drone, confirmed to CNN that it was their airframe, calling the incident “deeply unfortunate.” Mugin Limited confirmed that the craft was discovered near the city of Sloviansk, ...