A US Navy spy plane flew over the Taiwan Strait on Thursday as China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) was conducting drills to the south of Taiwan. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet announced the flight of the Navy P-8A Poseidon, and Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the plane...
The Chinese Defense Ministry on Wednesday said the US was turning Taiwan into a "powder keg" in a warning over the Biden administration approving new arms deals for Taiwan worth $440 million. "China is firmly opposed to US arms sales to Taiwan and has lodged stern...
On Tuesday, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen hosted a US congressional delegation led by Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK), the second time within a week that a group of US lawmakers visited the island. Hern is the head of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) and expressed...
Taiwan's purchase of a mine-laying system from the US has sparked protest from opposition politicians as they don't want Taiwan to become an "island of landmines," The South China Morning Post reported on Monday. The Taiwanese Defense Ministry announced last week that...
The Biden administration last week approved two potential arms deals for Taiwan worth $440 million amid heightened tensions between the US and China. According to the Pentagon's Defense Security and Cooperation Agency (DSCA), one deal is for 30mm ammunition and...
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met with a visiting US congressional delegation in Taipei on Wednesday and thanked the lawmakers for the steps the US is taking to increase support for Taiwan. "We thank the US Congress for consistently showing bipartisan concern for...
The Taiwanese military has reaffirmed that it will fire on Chinese warplanes and naval vessels if they come within 12 nautical miles of Taiwan's coast, which marks the beginning of the island's territorial waters and airspace. The warning came after eight Chinese...
The Taiwanese Defense Ministry said that eight Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) warplanes came close to Taiwan's contiguous zone, which extends 24 nautical miles off the island's coast. Since then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visited Taiwan in August, PLA...
A US Coast Guard cutter made a rare solo transit through the Taiwan Strait on June 20, which came a day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded his two-day visit to Beijing. The US frequently sends ships through the Taiwan Strait, but US Navy warships...
Taiwanese military experts will join US and Japanese analysts in conducting war game simulations for a potential conflict with China in the Taiwan Strait, The South China Morning Post reported Monday. It will mark the first time that Taiwanese analysts join the...
