Taiwanese troops will simulate possible scenarios for a Chinese invasion in 2027 during the island’s annual war games, the defense ministry said Wednesday, as Beijing maintains military pressure on Taipei. China insists self-ruled Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to seize the island by force. Officials in the United States – Taipei’s main…
Taiwan dispatched forces on Wednesday after China announced “live-fire” drills off the self-ruled island, Taipei’s defense ministry said, condemning the exercises as dangerous. China deployed 32 aircraft around Taiwan as part of a joint combat drill and announced “live-fire exercises” in an area about 40 nautical miles (74 kilometers) off the island’s south, the ministry said….
Taiwan has received 38 advanced Abrams battle tanks from the United States, the defense ministry said Monday, as the island boosts its military capabilities against a potential Chinese attack. Washington has long been Taipei’s most important ally and biggest arms supplier — angering Beijing, which claims Taiwan as part of its own territory. The M1A2…
The US State Department has approved the potential sale of spare parts for F-16 jets and radars to Taiwan for an estimated $385 million, the Pentagon said on Friday, a day before Taiwan President Lai Ching-te starts a sensitive Pacific trip. The United States is bound by law to provide Chinese-claimed Taiwan with the means…
China is willing to be partners and friends with the United States, China’s ambassador to Washington said, seeking to strengthen dialogue between the world’s two largest economies. China has no plan to surpass or replace the United States, Xie Feng said in a speech in Hong Kong on Friday, addressing Chinese officials and the US…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed “serious concerns” over the situation in the South China Sea to Chinese President Xi Jinping in their first in-person talks, Tokyo’s foreign ministry said Saturday. But the pair agreed to work to expand cultural exchanges and continue high-level dialogue on the economy, both Tokyo and Beijing said after the…
The Russian leader congratulates Trump on winning the US election, saying he was ready for talks with the Republican president-elect. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump on winning the United States election, saying Moscow was ready for dialogue with the Republican president-elect. In his first public remarks since Trump’s win, Putin on Thursday praised the US…
China deployed fighter jets and drones as part of a “joint combat readiness patrol” around Taiwan on Sunday, Taipei said, hours after Beijing slammed the latest round of US arms sales to the island. The US State Department on Friday approved a $2 billion arms sale package for Taiwan, including advanced surface-to-air missile systems and…
China will not promise to renounce the use of force over Taiwan but this is aimed at external interference and a small minority of separatists, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday following the country’s latest war games around the island. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, staged a day of large-scale drills…
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is escalating tensions with “sinister intentions”, China’s government said, ahead of a keynote speech Lai will give in Taipei that could set off a Chinese military response. Lai, who took office in May after winning election in January, is detested by China which calls him a “separatist”. Beijing claims democratically governed Taiwan as…
