A beachhead secured by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy would enable a huge armoured force to be transported across the Taiwan Strait. But all the attention now is on the idea of a blockade.

The sea in the straits between China and Taiwan is at its calmest during these months, he informs me, making an invasion more likely. One of the many attractions of the remarkable island of Taiwan ...

Seal Team 6, the clandestine US Navy commando unit that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, has been training for missions to help Taiwan if it is invaded by China, according to people familiar with ...

Taiwan plans to spend billions of dollars on seven more submarines in the next 14 years. Its first domestically built submarine was unveiled last fall and will undergo sea trials soon. Taiwan ...

Some think the drama, “Zero Day,” helps Taiwan confront an increasingly plausible scenario. Others say the show is alarmist and a tool of the government. By Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien ...

Taiwan will spend a record amount on defense next year, boosting its expenditure for eight straight years as it tries to deter an increasingly assertive China. The cabinet will increase military ...

KINMEN, Taiwan, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Taiwan wants to continue its free way of life and rejects being ruled by China's Communist Party, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, visiting a ...

A Taiwanese-developed RT-2000 multiple rocket launcher fires during the Han Kuang exercise on Penghu island in the Taiwan Strait in May 2017. (Gordon Arthur/staff photo) CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand ...

China sent 50 military planes and vessels to the vicinity of Taiwan in the 24 hours starting at 6am on Friday, while President William Lai (賴清德) was visiting Kinmen for the first time since taking ...

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Paul Keating, Australia’s former prime minister, may believe that Taiwan is “Chinese real estate”, and that Taiwan’s fate is not important to Australia’s interests. But history tells otherwise. This ...

TAIPEI, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence spending will rise 7.7% next year, outpacing expected economic growth, the cabinet said on Thursday, as the island adds more fighter jets and missiles ...