Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Taiwan’s presidential office website hit by cyber-attack as US and China tensions rise
- The website of Taiwan’s presidential office has been hit by an overseas cyber attack ahead of a US diplomatic visit to the self-ruled island.
- The website was shortly brought back online, it emerged.
- In a show of strength this morning, Chinese warplanes soared close to Taiwan’s maritime border, with the US Navy deploying four warships to the Taiwan Strait moments later
- Support for Taiwan among Congress is high, so China will view Pelosi’s visit with concern.
- Further complicating matters is the independence of the US Congress from the White House. Pelosi’s visit is not on the orders of Biden, who has said “the military thinks [the trip is] not a good idea.”
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Taiwan news LIVE: Nancy Pelosi departs as China insists six days of military exercises are ‘necessary and just’ and UK is warned not to ‘dance to tune’ of US
- Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday and left on Wednesday after pledging solidarity with the island and hailing its democracy.
- Live-fire drills by People’s Liberation Army began Tuesday and continue today
- More exercises Thursday to Sunday take place in six locations around Taiwan
- Taipei says drills amount to a blockade as experts warn Beijing is rehearsing war
- Taiwan steps up security at airports and power plants amid cyber-attack fears
- Chinese foreign minister warns those who offend his nation will be punished
- North Korea accuses US of being ‘root cause of harassed peace and security’
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Chinese TANKS flood beaches opposite Taiwan as Beijing warns America will ‘pay the price’ for Pelosi’s Taipei visit: Four US warships lie off island’s east coast and flight tracking website goes DOWN as 300,000 people chart Nancy’s journey
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi set to arrive in Taipei on Tuesday evening at 10:20 p.m., sources said
- China warned the US will ‘pay the price for undermining China’s sovereign security interests’ with visit
- Chilling footage appears to show Chinese amphibious tanks on the coast of Fujian along the Taiwan Strait
- Beijing’s warplanes have been flying very close to the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday in a ‘provocative’ move
- Four US warships, including the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, are positioned in waters east of Taiwan
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Putin spokesman accuses US of ‘provoking’ China amid expected Pelosi trip to Taiwan
- Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov accused the U.S. on Tuesday of “provoking” China amid speculation that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will visit Taiwan during her trip to the region this week.
- “We can now state unequivocally, whether she makes it there or not, everything about this tour and the possible visit to Taiwan has provocative character,” Peskov told Russian reporters. “Russia has absolute solidarity with China.”
- Peskov’s comments came as Pelosi touched down in Malaysia for the second leg of her Asian tour after first visiting Singapore.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- China Posts Threatening Military Video on Wechat before Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan — Complete with Chinese Invading Forces Seizing Control of the Island Nation
- China will take “resolute and strong measures” should the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi proceed with reported plans to visit Taiwan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
- China released a threatening military video this morning. The video included invasion forces storming the island.
- JUST IN – Pelosi will arrive in Taipei, the capital of #Taiwan, tomorrow night, the Taiwanese broadcaster TVBS reports citing sources. [Twitter feed Disclose.tv]
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Nancy Pelosi Lands in Singapore to Begin Asia Tour amid U.S.-China Tensions over Taiwan
- In a statement over the weekend, Pelosi said she will also visit Malaysia, South Korea and Japan to discuss trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, security and “democratic governance.”
- The last time a U.S. official of her status visited Taiwan was in 1997, and the official was then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA).
- Gingrich has urged Pelosi to go despite the Biden administration’s opposition
- “If Pelosi were to cancel or postpone the trip, it would be a victory for the Chinese government and for Xi as it would show that the pressure it has exerted has achieved some desired effects,” Hung Chin-fu, from Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University, told AFP.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- Taiwan holds drills amid Pelosi visit concern, China tension
- Air raid sirens were sounded in the capital Taipei and the military was holding its annual multi-day Han Kuang drills, including joint air and sea exercises and the mobilization of tanks and troops.
- Pelosi has not confirmed when, or even if, she will visit, but President Joe Biden last week told reporters that U.S. military officials believed such a trip was “not a good idea.”
- In Taipei, police directed people to shelters when a siren went off shortly after lunchtime. Streets emptied and shops closed.
- Pelosi, long a sharp critic of Beijing, is second in line to the White House. She is viewed as a Biden proxy by China, which demands members of Congress follow the commitments made by previous administrations.
- U.S. law requires Washington provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself and treat all threats to the island as matters of “grave concern,” but remains ambiguous on whether it would commit forces in response to an attack from China.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- China Complains to Japan About Taiwan Vice President at Abe Funeral
- Taiwan’s official Central News Agency said Lai was the most senior official to visit Japan since Tokyo broke official ties with Taipei in 1972 and forged relations with Beijing.
- Abe, gunned down at a campaign rally last week, was a popular figure in Taiwan for his support for the island, and on Monday President Tsai Ing-wen visited the de facto Japanese embassy in Taipei to pay her respects.
- Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, speaking at a regular news briefing in Beijing, said Taiwan was a part of China and “does not have a so-called vice-president”
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- China Pushes US Back on Maritime Freedom in Taiwan Strait, Says Washington Endangers Peace
- China has accused the US of ‘disrupting and endangering peace and stability’ of the Taiwan Strait on purpose by referring to a recent fly-through conducted by an American maritime plane over the region.
- In an official statement by the People’s Liberation Army, stated that the Chinese military was on high alert.
- In the light of the same, the Americans have started deploying their warships through the Strait, for two reasons. The first is to maintain their stance of recognizing the waterway as international waters and second to conduct drills as part of freedom of navigation exercises. This has infuriated the Chinese to no end.
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Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.
Important Takeaways:
- China Sends Warplanes Near Taiwan After US Rejects Strait Claims
- China sent its third-largest sortie of warplanes toward Taiwan this year, after the US rejected Chinese claims over the Taiwan Strait and reports of arms sales talks with Taipei in Washington.
- Twenty-nine Chinese aircraft, including six H-6 bombers and an electronic intelligence gathering plane, entered Taiwan’s southwestern air defense identification zone
- The latest flights follow reports the Biden administration has decided to reject a vague new assertion by China that the Taiwan Strait is not “international waters”
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