World 17 Jun 2026

Taiwan says Chinese pressure over the island is the 'new normal'

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said the scholars' passports and mobile phones were confiscated, and they were detained in Mombasa for more than 20 hours before being allowed to leave the country.

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TAIPEI, Taiwan. Attempts by China to exert pressure or influence on other countries to limit Taiwan's access to international events. Has become "the new normal," the island's foreign minister said Wednesday. Lin Chia-Lung was speaking after Taiwanese delegates were detained in Kenya and denied access to an ocean conference. Reportedly due to Chinese pressure on the organizers, according to Taiwan's Foreign Ministry. In recent months, Beijing has ramped up a campaign of pressuring other countries to limit the access of. Taiwanese officials or delegates to various events. In April, Taiwan's president postponed a planned visit to the African nation of Eswatini after three countries withdrew. Permission for him to fly over their territories after pressure from China, his office said. In the latest incident, two Taiwanese delegates to the international Our Ocean Conference being held in Mombasa were.

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