was sentenced to nine years in prison by the island’s high court for planning to defect to China by flying a U.S.-made CH-47 Chinook helicopter onto a PLA navy carrier in the Taiwan Strait in ...

The record American tariffs imposed on Beijing could serve as a stress test for its ability to withstand Western economic pressure in the event of a crisis in the Taiwan Strait such as armed ...

Here, AFP looks at the Taiwan Strait, a critical waterway and growing military flashpoint: Where is the Taiwan Strait? The strait separates the eastern Chinese province of Fujian from the main ...

China's military on Wednesday launched military exercises code-named "Strait Thunder-2025A" in the middle and southern areas of the Taiwan Strait, continuing drills begun the previous day.

They should make sure their chosen military strategy supports, rather than undermines, their political strategy. The Taiwan Strait is the most likely place for U.S.-China competition to boil over into ...

which oversees the Taiwan Strait, according to Beijing defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian. Donald Trump declines to say if US would defend Taiwan against mainland China attack Donald Trump ...

Strait Thunder-2025A: China on Wednesday concluded its two-day high-intensity military drills around Taiwan, claiming that it completed all designated tasks of the joint exercises. The military ...

(Photo: AFP/Kiyoshi Ota) TOKYO: The United States will ensure "robust, ready and credible deterrence" in the Indo-Pacific, including across the Taiwan Strait, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ...

Twelve of the 20 People’s Liberation Army aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the country’s northern and southwestern air defense identification zone, according to the MND. In response, ...

Tokyo must do all in its power to avert a conflict in the Taiwan Strait, Japanese lawmakers said in the annual agenda of the Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consultative Council. A Taiwan contingency is a ...

After Taiwan detained a Chinese-crewed vessel for ... cable serving the Penghu island group in the sensitive Taiwan Strait (archived link). The coast guard said the Hongtai was among 52 ...