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 ...

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 on Monday fumed at the Trump administration after the State Department scrubbed a line on its website that said US policy does “not support Taiwan independence.”. Beijing, which claims ...

Top Indo-Pacific commander warned senators that China's aggression around Taiwan is not an "exercise" but a "rehearsal" for when it finally decides to "reunify" the island with the mainland.

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 ...

The U.S. has been arming Taiwan and the Philippines. Taipei received the first of 66 new U.S.-built F-16C/D Block 70 fighter jets last month, while Manila's request to purchase 16 F-16C Block 70/ ...

China's launches drills around Taiwan to "severely punish" the island's pro-independence leader, as the U.S. boosts its war footing in Japan to deter Chinese "aggression." ...

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.

Though some U.S. officials and Taiwan’s military point to 2027 — the 100th anniversary of the founding of China’s People’s Liberation Army — as a possible timeline for China to attack ...

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 ...