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The Taiwan frigate deal was a huge political scandal, both in Taiwan and France. [25] Eight people involved in the contract died in unusual and possibly suspicious circumstances. [26] Arms dealer Andrew Wang fled Taiwan to the UK after the body of presumptive whistleblower Captain Yin Ching-feng was found floating in the sea. [27]
Following the defeat of China's Guangxi Army by the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps in the Bắc Ninh campaign (March 1884), a two-year confrontation between France and China in northern Vietnam was ended on 11 May 1884 by the conclusion of the Tientsin Accord, under which the Chinese undertook to withdraw their troops from Vietnam and to recognise a French protectorate in Tonkin.
China is readying forces that could seize Taiwan in a future attack, analysts and officials say. Any military operation is likely to rely partly on China's militarized police.
The Battle of Kuningtou [4] or Battle of Guningtou (Chinese: 古寧頭之役; pinyin: Gǔníngtóu zhī yì; Wade–Giles: Ku 3-ning 2-t’ou 2 chih 1 i 4), also known as the Battle of Kinmen (金門戰役; Jīnmén Zhànyì), was fought over Kinmen in the Taiwan Strait during the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
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China has declared two days of major military exercises simulating an invasion of Taiwan, a provocative move that it describes as “punishment” for the island’s newly inaugurated president.
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan must focus on seizing a port to bring in tanks and supplies. Commercial or industrial ports are prime targets that would allow for rapid offloading. Taiwan may have ...
China regains control of Taiwan and the Pescadores. Resumption of the Chinese Civil War; Republic of China (1945–present) Chinese Civil War (second phase) (1945–1949) Republic of China. Kuomintang; ROC Armed Forces; Chinese Communist Party. Pre-PLA troops and militia; People's Liberation Army; Defeat. Chinese Communist Party takeover of ...