The Chinese Defense Ministry on Tuesday slammed the US for providing Taiwan with a $345 million weapons package that's being drawn from Pentagon stockpiles, an unprecedented form of support for Taipei since the US and China normalized relations in 1979. "The US's act...
The White House on Friday announced a $345 million military aid package for Taiwan, marking a significant escalation in US support for the island. The US has sold weapons to Taiwan since Washington severed diplomatic relations with Taipei in 1979 but has never...
Six House Republicans have sent a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris urging her to meet with Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te when he stops in the US next month on his way to and from Paraguay, one of the few countries that has diplomatic relations with...
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday hit back at Japan over comments made by a Japanese official about Tokyo potentially assisting Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack. Toshiro Ino, Japan's minister of state for defense, made the comments in an interview with...
The House and Senate are set up for a fight over how much military aid to include for Taiwan in 2024 spending bills as each chamber's appropriators granted a different amount, Defense News reported Thursday. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed its...
China sent a record number of warships around Taiwan in a single day last week, topping a previous high set when the Chinese military responded to then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island in August 2022, The South China Morning Post reported. The...
Terry Guo, a Taiwanese billionaire and politician, has called for dialogue between Taiwan and China and criticized the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for not engaging with Beijing. Guo, founder of the tech giant Foxconn, said in an op-ed for The Washington...
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...
