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...
On Monday, China reacted strongly to the US State Department removing a line from its fact sheet on Taiwan that said the US "does not support Taiwan independence," saying the move damages US-China relations. "History cannot be tampered with, facts cannot be denied,...
Two US Navy ships transited the Taiwan Strait this week, marking the first US naval passage through the sensitive waterway under the new Trump administration, which drew a rebuke from China. US Indo-Pacific Command said the guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson...
Last week, Taiwan's Defense Ministry announced it had signed a deal with the US under which the US will send military personnel to the island for a naval training program. The US has a history of sending personnel to train Taiwanese forces, but the training programs...
On Friday, China said it was imposing sanctions on seven American companies in response to recent US military aid to Taiwan and new weapons sales for the island. "Recently, the United States announced another substantial military assistance and arms sale to China’s...
On Friday, the White House released a brief memo that said President Biden directed the authorization of a new military aid package for Taiwan worth $571 million. The memo didn't detail the contents of the arms package, only saying it would include "defense articles...
Taiwan said on Tuesday that mainland China deployed a large number of warships and planes around the island following Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te's visits to the US. According to The South China Morning Post, Taiwan has monitored the most significant...
China has sanctioned 13 US companies involved in the manufacturing of drones and artificial intelligence in Beijing's latest protest against weapons sales to Taiwan, which have increased in recent months. "The Taiwan question is at the core of China’s core interests....
