On Sunday, the White House released a brief memo stating that President Biden approved $567 million in new military aid for Taiwan, a move that has angered China. The memo said Biden authorized Secretary of State Antony Blinken to "direct the drawdown of up to $567...
The Biden administration is preparing to provide Taiwan with $567 in military aid as the US continues to ignore China's red lines related to the island, Defense News reported on Friday. The weapons package is in the final stages and will be provided through the...
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the highest ranking officer in the US Navy, unveiled a plan on Wednesday to be ready for a war with China by 2027 as the US military is preparing for a direct fight with Beijing despite the risk of nuclear war. The plan...
The US military said Tuesday that it flew a US Navy P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane over the sensitive Taiwan Strait, prompting China to put its forces on alert and track the aircraft. The US typically frames its military activity in the Taiwan Strait as routine even...
Taiwan is building five new military bases to house US-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles, The South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday. In 2020, the US approved a $2.37 billion arms sale to Taiwan for 100 Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems and 400 Harpoon Block II...
A US Navy destroyer, the USS Ralph Johnson, sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, drawing protest from China. Senior Col. Li Xi, the spokesman for the Chinese military's Eastern Theater Command, said air and sea assets were deployed to monitor the US...
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Beijing had stopped arms control talks with the US over continued US arms sales to Taiwan and other steps that go against China's "core interests." The US and China held consultations on arms control back in November...
On Wednesday, the new head of the US's de facto embassy in Taiwan vowed to President William Lai Ching-te that the US would provide strong military support for the island amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing. "First of all, and the most important thing,...
The Chinese Coast Guard detained a Taiwanese fishing boat and its crew off the coast of Kinmen, Taiwanese-controlled islands that are located a few miles off the coast of mainland China. China has increased patrols around Kinmen, known as Quemoy on the mainland, since...
China on Wednesday denounced new US military aid for Taiwan that's included in a massive $95 billion foreign aid bill President Biden has signed into law, warning that it will make a conflict more likely. "I would like to stress that getting closer militarily between...
