Naval missions by foreign countries in the Taiwan Strait are about asserting international law, rather than offering ...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The US and the Philippines condemned China’s coercive actions in the South China Sea and emphasized ...
Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung warns China's military expansion threatens global stability and semiconductor supply ...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The defense ministry detected 14 Chinese military aircraft and six naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Thursday and Friday.
The island at the center of the artificial intelligence boom—and increasingly the global economy—lies on geological and geopolitical fault lines. Taiwan, the producer of most of the world’s advanced ...
The following is the Feb. 3, 2026, Congressional Research Service report, Taiwan: Defense and Military Issues. From the Report Taiwan (which formally calls itself the Republic of China, or ROC) is a ...
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A global chokepoint: Why the Taiwan Strait matters

From a distance, the First Island Chain looks like a simple maritime arc stretching from Japan through Taiwan and the ...
On Dec. 29, 2025, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reported one of the most intense single-day episodes of Chinese ...
A Canadian frigate joined a U.S. Navy warship for a trip through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, less than a week after China concluded a large-scale military exercise around Taiwan. The guided-missile ...
Two German warships passed through the contested Taiwan Strait on Friday, defying warnings from China to the NATO member as Beijing claimed the self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory. This was ...
BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Thursday urged Taiwan authorities to remove unreasonable ...
Under the theme of "Winds Across the Miles, Spring Light We Share", the 2026 Fujian Spring Festival Gala dazzled audiences on Tuesday. For the first time, the gala linked China's Fujian province, the ...