Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and told him that the issue of Taiwan is the "biggest risk factor" in relations between Washington and Beijing, Chinese media has reported. "The Taiwan issue concerns China’s core interests...
Taiwan recently signed six arms deals with the US worth about $6.6 billion as the Trump administration is pushing ahead with major weapons sales to the island despite warnings from China. According to Taiwan's Defense Ministry, the agreements, which include a contract...
Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Trump in a phone call on Wednesday that Taiwan is the "most important issue" in US-China relations, according to Beijing's readout of the conversation. "President Xi emphasized that the Taiwan question is the most important...
The State Department on Wednesday approved a series of arms deals for Taiwan worth more than $11 billion, including multiple types of missile systems and munitions, an announcement that China has strongly condemned. If the sales aren't blocked by Congress, which is...
President Trump said on Monday that he doesn't think China wants to invade Taiwan and expressed optimism about reaching a trade deal with Beijing despite his recent threat to increase tariffs in response to China's rare earth export restrictions. "I think we’ll be...
The Pentagon is pressing Japan and Australia to make clear what role they would play if the US goes to war with China over Taiwan, the Financial Times reported over the weekend. The report said that the Pentagon's policy chief, Elbridge Colby, has been pressing the...
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday slammed US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for a "Cold War mentality" in response to his remarks about China at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, which included him warning that the US is ready to "fight and win" a war over...
A retired US Navy admiral recently revealed that the US has 500 troops in Taiwan, a major challenge to Beijing's red lines related to the island. Ret. Adm. Mark Montgomery made the disclosure at a House hearing on May 15, where he was arguing that the US should send...
The US has quietly released $870 million in funding for military aid to Taiwan after it was briefly paused during the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid. Reuters first reported on February 21 that the US released the military aid for Taiwan as part of $5.3...
President Trump on Wednesday declined to say whether or not the US would defend Taiwan if China attacked the island. The president was asked if he would make it his policy to ensure "China never takes Taiwan by force" and replied, "I never comment on that. I don’t...
