China launches military drills around Taiwan
âJustice Mission 2025â exercises to test US response after largest-ever arms sale to Taipei...
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âJustice Mission 2025â exercises to test US response after largest-ever arms sale to Taipei...
Beijing's largest drills in years simulate a blockade of Taiwan, testing US resolve and regional security as political tensions and arms deals escalate....
President Lai Ching-te said the world is â watching to see âwhether the Taiwanese people possess the resolve to defend themselves. Meanwhile, Beijing said the eventual annexation of Taiwan is "unstoppa...
US President Donald Trump on Monday described Beijingâs large-scale military exercises around Taiwan as routine activities that have occurred âfor 20-25 yearsâ, expressing no concern over the escalati...
Taiwan accused China of military intimidation after Beijing announced live-fire drills. It comes after Japan's prime minister said Tokyo could potentially intervene to defend the self-governing island...
Japan called new Chinese restrictions on dual-use exports for its military "absolutely unacceptable," while Beijing followed up with additional limits on dichlorosilane, a chemical used to make semico...
China's military exercises come less than two weeks after the US announced a record $11.1 billion arms package to Taiwan. Taipei condemned the drills as irresponsible but said it would not escalate te...
Donald Trump dismisses concerns about PLA activity simulating maritime blockade...
According to the Chinese foreign ministry, the sanctions entail freezing the companiesâ assets in China and banning individuals and organisations from accessing them....
China's large military exercise around Taiwan comes after tensions with Japan and a major US arms sale. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters China's military is conducting massive war games all around Taiwan. The e...
All eyes are on how Beijingâs âChinese dreamâ of eventual Taiwan reunification will unfold at a time when the leader of the United States â Taipeiâs top international backer â appears less likely to i...
Palmer Luckey, founder of defense tech firm Anduril Industries. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images China hit a number of US defense firms and executives with sanctions on Friday. China's foreign m...
Ukraineâs allies are meeting on January 6 in Paris for key talks that could help determine the countryâs security after a potential ceasefire with Russia. But there are concerns that the Trump adminis...
Beijing has condemned Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-teâs New Yearâs Day speech, in which he vowed to boost the islandâs defences, as full of âlies, falsehoods, hostility and maliceâ and an attemp...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday his country was â10 per centâ away from a deal to end the war with Russia, but cautioned that the most important issues were unresolved and war...
With less than a week to go until a presidential summit, Chinaâs top diplomat has used talks with his South Korean counterpart to reassert Beijingâs stand on Taiwan and take aim at Tokyo. In a phone c...
President Lee's trip to Beijing marks the first by any South Korean leader in the last six years and comes amid heightened tensions over Taiwan....
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An aerial video released by Beijing during this weekâs military exercise and featuring the Taipei 101 landmark in Taiwan has ignited a debate on how close PLA drones came to the heart of Taipei. The b...