Taiwan Strait

The Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday accompanied by two other ships, Taiwan's defence ministry said, in the latest uptick in military tensions over the island Beijing claims as its own…

<!-- -->China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control. (File)Taipei: The Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday accompanied by two other ships, Taiwan's defence…

TAIPEI: China's militaryflew 38 fighter jets and other warplanes near Taiwan, the Taiwanese defence ministry said Friday, in the largest such flight display since the large military exercise in which it simulated sealing off the island…

WASHINGTON: China would probably gain air superiority very quickly in any attack on Taiwan, something Russia crucially failed to do in its invasion of Ukraine last year, leaked US intelligence documents show, according to media reports…

BEIJING: China announced Saturday it was launching three days of military drills in the Taiwan Strait. The People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theatre Command said "United Sharp Sword" would run April 8 to 10 for "combat preparedness". In a…

Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng warned on Monday the island has to be on alert this year for a “sudden entry” by the Chinese military into areas close to its territory amid rising military tensions across the Taiwan Strait.…

Amidst strained ties over an alleged Chinese spy balloon, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and raised "the unacceptable" violation of American sovereignty and warned that Beijing's…

The controversyChina on Monday accused the United States of indiscriminate use of force two days after the American military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon, saying that had "seriously impacted and damaged both sides' efforts and…

TAIPEI: Taiwan scrambled fighter jets, put its navy on alert and activated missile systems in response to nearby operations of 34 Chinese military aircraftand nine warships that are part Beijing's strategy to unsettle and intimidate the…

BEIJING: China renewed its threats Wednesday to attack Taiwan and warned that foreign politicians who interact with the self-governing island are “playing with fire.”A spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office said the country was…