Taiwan

Taiwan has received 38 advanced Abrams battle tanks from the United States, the defense ministry said Monday, reportedly the island’s first new tanks in 30 years. The M1A2 tanks —…

A U.S. plan to deploy sophisticated missiles on a Japanese island chain close to Taiwan is prompting angry responses from both China and its close ally Russia. The United States…

China’s military began a live-fire exercise near Taiwan on Tuesday, maintaining pressure on the self-ruled island after staging large-scale drills and President Xi Jinping called for troops to prepare for…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would impose additional tariffs on China if China were to “go into Taiwan,”. “I would say: If you go into Taiwan, I’m sorry…

Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te said it was “impossible” for mainland China to become the self-governing island’s motherland, claiming that Taiwan had older political roots. “In terms of age, the People’s…

Taiwan on Thursday girded itself for the arrival of a weakening Typhoon Krathon, which has killed two people so far, as the island shut down for a second day with…

Taiwan’s defence ministry raised the alarm about a renewed surge of Chinese military activity around the island and live fire drills, accusing Beijing of policy instability that presented a serious…

China announced sanctions on American companies selling arms to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory and threatens to annex by force. Chinese state media made…

Taiwan hunkered down on Wednesday for the arrival of a strengthening Typhoon Gaemi, with financial markets shut, people getting the day off work and flights cancelled, while the military went…

Taiwan and China dispatched teams on a rare joint mission to rescue a boat that capsized near Taiwan-controlled Kinmen islands on Thursday, amid heightened tensions in the sensitive Taiwan Strait.…