China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) held live-fire naval exercises in the South China Sea a day after the US Navy announced a US aircraft carrier strike group was operating in the disputed waters. The PLA said the "live-fire confrontation drill" was carried out on...
A Chinese official said this week that the rising number of Chinese flights in areas around Taiwan is a direct response to "collusion" between the US and Taiwan, making clear Beijing's motives for its stepped-up military activity. Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for China’s...
Taiwan's Defense Ministry revealed on Wednesday that it has sent some of its military officers to a NATO war college in Italy, acknowledging cooperation with the Western military alliance that is sure to anger China. One Taiwanese air force officer, Lt. Col. Wu...
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) said it launched more military exercises around Taiwan on Sunday to counter the "collusion" between Taiwan and "external forces" as US and other Western support for Taipei continues to increase. "The exercise focused on land...
The US and Japanese militaries are increasing cooperation to prepare for a possible war with China over Taiwan or other areas in the Asia Pacific, the top US Marine Corps general in Japan told Financial Times. Lt. Gen. James Bierman, commander of the Third Marine...
A US Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday in the first US transit of the sensitive waterway of 2023. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet said the USS Chung-Hoon made the passage. Entering the new year, tensions between the US and China...
The US is sending a delegation to Taiwan next week for trade talks with Taipei, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) said on Wednesday, in a move sure to anger Beijing. The US and Taiwan agreed to hold formal trade talks last year, and the first round was...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, and the two leaders agreed to handle maritime disputes in a "friendly" manner through consultations. Tensions have been high between China and the Philippines in...
Chinese flights in Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) nearly doubled in 2022 as Beijing stepped up its military activity in the region in response to the US forging stronger ties with Taipei. An ADIZ is an area where a country requires aircraft to...
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen announced Tuesday that Taiwan will extend compulsory military service from four months to one year starting in 2024 as part of her plans to prepare for a future conflict with China. The extended mandatory service applies to men born...
