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This photo taken on October 21, 2020 shows Taiwanese blacksmith Wu Tseng-dong (R), owner of a knife factory, giving a demonstration to tourists how to make a knife from cases of Chinese artillery shells which were fired decades ago from Xiamen on the mainland at Taiwan's Kinmen island - which lies off the coast of the Chinese mainland. - In a contemporary twist on beating swords into ploughshares, Taiwanese blacksmith Wu Tseng-dong has forged a career converting Chinese artillery shells once fired in anger into kitchen knives. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) / TO GO WITH Taiwan-China-US-politics-military-Kinmen,SCENE by Amber WANG

'China is angry': Taiwan anxiety rises
Keith Krach (C, front of line wearing mask), US Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, alights from an aircraft with his delegation after landing at the Sungshan airport in Taipei on September 17, 2020. - A top US diplomat landed in Taiwan on September 17, the highest-ranking State Department official to visit in 40 years, in a further sign of Washington's willingness to defy China and its campaign to isolate the self-ruled island. (Photo by Pei Chen / POOL / AFP)

US sends top-level diplomat to Taiwan, defying China
TAIPEI: Mohamed Hagi, Somaliland's Taiwan representative, bumps elbows with Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu during the opening ceremony of the Somaliland representative office in Taipei yesterday. - AFP

Strategic Somaliland touts its oil and gas; opens Taiwan office
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Taiwan airlines offer 'flights to nowhere'
This picture taken on July 25, 2020 shows customers browsing in a bookstore in Hong Kong that stocks books with sensitive political titles that could potentially contravene the new national security law. - China's new security law in Hong Kong has sent a chill through the city's rambunctious book industry, with authors and publishers revisiting catalogues and some looking to Taiwan to print potentially now subversive titles. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP) / TO GO WITH HongKong-China-politics-books,FOCUS by Su Xinqi

Jittery Hong Kong's authors seek safety in Taiwan
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Taiwan scrambles jets to intercept Chinese planes as tensions spike
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (C) joins her hands with Vice President-elect William Lai (L) and Vice President Chen Chien-jen outside the campaign headquarters in Taipei on January 11, 2020. - President Tsai Ing-wen declared victory in Taiwan's election on January 11 as votes were being counted after an election battle dominated by the democratic island's fraught relationship with China. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)

Taiwan's Tsai wins landslide in key election
BEIJING: A banner is reflected on a polished surface as China’s President Xi Jinping (C) speaks during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan at the Great Hall of the People. — AFP

Taiwan reunification is 'inevitable': Xi
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India's Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference against the backdrop of a picture of Gautam Adani, at his party headquarters in New Delhi on November 21, 2024. -AFP
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