China, Taiwan
China Should Worry About Europe if It Attacks Taiwan
It’s 2028, and U.S. intelligence services have assessed that the Chinese military is preparing a full-scale invasion of Taiwan to make good on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pledge to “ reunify ” the island with the mainland.
The US Navy is planning for possible war by 2027, when China expects it will be ready to invade Taiwan, US admiral says
Adm. Lisa Franchetti outlined a seven-goal plan for 2027, which Washington has repeatedly said is Xi Jinping's target for readying China's military.
China’s growing military activity makes a shift to war harder to spot, warns Taiwan
Taiwan’s defence minister has warned that China’s growing military activity will make it more difficult to spot harbingers of an attack on his country. Wellington Koo said Taiwan needed to test its ability to respond to “a potential sudden contingency” and that his country’s reaction time to an emergency “cannot be as long as we would have imagined in the past”.
China Will Defeat America If They Blockade Taiwan
Many experts argue that China is preparing to seize Taiwan, driven by economic, geopolitical, and historical motivations. The CCP views Taiwan's annexation as a way to solidify its dominance in the Indo-Pacific and erase the legacy of the Chinese Civil War.
Harder To Read China's Motives for Drills: Taiwan Defense Minister - TaiwanPlus News
Taiwan's defense minister, Wellington Koo, says its getting harder to tell if any of China's many military drills might actually be a cover for Beijing to launch a surprise attack.
China Hits Out at US Over Taiwan Arms Sale
Taipei said in July it was hopefully it would receive all 66 F-16V jets by the end of 2026, adding to one of Asia's largest ...
The end of the great China gold rush
American businesses hoped China would be a gold mine. That dream is dying and it could make it harder for the countries to ...
China announces sanctions on US companies selling arms to self-ruled Taiwan
China has announced sanctions on American companies selling arms to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as ...
US and Taiwan seek to strengthen drone supply chain to keep out China
Taiwan and the US are looking to kick-start co-operation between their drone companies as part of efforts to build supply ...
Russia accuses West of blatant pressure on China over Taiwan, expresses support to Beijing
Russia said on Friday the West was applying blatant pressure on China over Taiwan and its "provocative" actions undermined ...
Daniel DePetris: The U.S. and China are talking again. Will it lead anywhere?
Whenever the topic of China comes up for discussion, President Joe Biden’s administration has a talking point waiting in its ...
Fruit and seafood are the latest front in escalating Taiwan-China tensions
Taiwan says China’s ban on imports of its fruit, vegetables, seafood and other goods violate trade rules, in the latest ...
US arm sales to Taiwan violate "One China Principle," China says
U.S. arms sales to Taiwan have seriously violated China's "One China Principle" and provisions of joint communiques between ...
China Ends Tariff Exemptions on Some Taiwan Agricultural Imports
China will remove its tariff exemptions on some agricultural products imported from Taiwan as Beijing continues to ramp up ...
WATCH: China is trying to isolate and threatening to invade Taiwan
Ambassador Alexander Tah-ray Yui, Taiwan’s top diplomat in the U.S., on Beijing’s campaign to block Taipei from the United ...
These big shipyards are China's shipbuilding power players and are cranking out new warships at a breakneck pace
China boasts impressive shipbuilding capacity across its industry, but a few key yards play a greater role in its naval ...