American and Taiwanese officials have estimated China will be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027 after rapidly modernizing its military over the past two decades.

China said the drills were a response to recent statements and actions by the United States and Taiwan. Beijing launches such missions on a daily basis, seeking to wear down Taiwanese defenses and ...

Images from social media show the massive extended arm from the bow of the mobile barge that will transport tanks to the shore. X/lfx160219 “Any invasion of Taiwan from the mainland would ...

Left, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump waves as he leaves after speaking at his last campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 5, 2024.

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan ...

China held military exercises around Taiwan for a second day on Wednesday, sending warships and fighter planes near the island in what Beijing said was a warning to its president, Lai Ching-te ...

Lai Ching-te, the president of Taiwan, may be betting that China’s appetite for retaliation will be limited by Beijing’s interest in containing tensions with the Trump administration.

China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area. Satellite images show its growth.

Concerns about spying in Taiwan and China date back to the Chinese civil war, after which the defeated Chinese Nationalist Party, or the Kuomintang, fled to Taiwan in 1949.

Taiwan and China split amid civil war 76 years ago, but Chinese leader Xi Jinping has continued to make bringing the island to heel a top priority of his administration even as it faces economic ...