Xi Jinping has ordered the People’s Liberation Army to further root out corruption following a series of purges that have raised questions about China’s military preparedness, as the US Treasury Secretary said Washington was confident Beijing would not invade Taiwan while Donald Trump was in office.
For decades, the Chinese Communist Party has pushed the tired claim that Taiwan is an inseparable part of China and that the U.S. has somehow pledged to endorse this fantasy. But this argument falls apart under even the slightest scrutiny.
The US will "not abandon" the Asia-Pacific region, Taiwan's defense minister insisted, despite Donald Trump's stunning break with Ukraine.
The Defiant may have a role in the U.S. Navy’s drone ‘hellscape’ to help defend Taiwan from Chinese aggression
Thousands of miles away from Kyiv, policy makers and analysts in Taiwan are wondering whether it will be the next casualty of the changing moods in Washington, and what they can do to avoid a similar outcome. Developments in the Ukraine-U.S. relationship ...
TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei recently held a press conference with US President Donald Trump at the White House, announcing an additional investment of US$100 billion in the US. Shortly after, he convened another press conference with Taiwan's President Ching-te Lai to clarify TSMC's intentions regarding its investments in the US.
Ties with Tokyo may be on the mend but Japan should not use Taiwan to stir up trouble in the region, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Friday. While praising “a positive trend of improvement and development” in relations with Tokyo, Wang said there were still people in Japan colluding secretly with the “Taiwan independence” forces.
Taiwan’s fall to China “would be a disaster for American interests” and Taipei must raise defense spending to deter Beijing, US President Donald Trump’s pick to lead Pentagon policy, Elbridge Colby, said on Tuesday during his US Senate confirmation hearing.
Taiwan needs to dramatically hike defense spending to around 10% of gross domestic product in order to deter a war with China, President Donald Trump's nominee to become a top Pentagon policy advisor said on Tuesday.
Taiwan has detected 11 Chinese balloons near the island in a 24-hour period, the defense ministry said Friday. The balloons were spotted along with five Chinese aircraft and six warships in the 24 hours to 6:00 a.
Taiwan coast guard officials boarded a Chinese-owned freighter and detained its crew following the cargo ship’s suspected role in severing an undersea cable near one of Taiwan’s outlying islands, Taipei authorities said Tuesday.