Taiwan

Taiwan says it spotted 22 Chinese military aircraft and 20 warships near the island on Tuesday.

Taiwan is due to hold its annual Han Kuang exercise next week, during which its military will hold combat readiness drills for preventing an invasion.

The United States military has released video of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the U.S. vessel to slow to avoid a collision.

The Taiwanese defense ministry says China’s military flew 38 fighter jets and other warplanes near Taiwan.

China’s foreign minister has stepped up threats against the self-governing island of Taiwan, saying any who go against Beijing’s demand to exert control over the island are “playing with fire.” China considers Taiwan a part of its territory to be annexed by force if necessary.

Germany’s government has appealed for efforts to reduce tensions over Taiwan as the German foreign minister arrived in China for official talks.

The Chinese military announced the start of three-day “combat readiness patrols” as a warning to Taiwanese who want to make the island’s de facto independence permanent.

China is vowing reprisals against Taiwan after a meeting between the United States House speaker and the island’s president, saying the U.S. was on a “wrong and dangerous road.”

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomed Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen for a historic meeting on U.S. soil Wednesday, in a politically sensitive session underscoring U.S. lawmakers’ growing support for her self-ruled island as tensions rise with rival China.

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says China sent 25 warplanes and three warships toward the island on Wednesday, as tensions remain high between Beijing and Taipei’s main backer Washington.

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says it found a Chinese weather balloon on one of its outlying islands, amid U.S. accusations that such craft have been dispatched worldwide to spy on Washington and its allies.

Thailand’s police commissioner has apologized after seven officers were placed under investigation for allegedly extorting money from a Taiwanese actor who was visiting Bangkok on a holiday.

The Chinese military has been holding large-scale joint combat strike drills since Sunday, sending war planes and navy vessels toward Taiwan. Both the Chinese and Taiwanese defense ministries have confirmed the drills. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said Monday morning that China’s People’s Liberation Army flew 57 warplanes and four ships toward Taiwan over the course of 24 hours between...

The White House says President Joe Biden has objected to what it says is China’s “coercive and increasingly aggressive actions” toward Taiwan.

President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit amid increasing tensions between the superpowers over China’s actions towards Taiwan.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for faster military development and announced no change in policies that have strained relations with Washington and tightened the ruling Communist Party’s control over society and the economy.

China has criticized President Joe Biden’s statement that American forces would defend Taiwan if Beijing tries to invade as a violation of U.S. commitments about the self-ruled island.

A strong earthquake has shaken much of Taiwan, killing one person and injuring nine. A three-story building was toppled but all four people trapped inside were rescued. The magnitude 6.8 quake on Sunday also stranded about 400 tourists on a mountainside and knocked part of a passenger train off its tracks. It was the largest earthquake that rattled the island’s...

The U.S. Navy is sailing two warships through the Taiwan Strait in the first such transit publicized since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier in August.

The U.S. government will hold talks with Taiwan on a trade treaty in a new sign of support for the self-ruled island democracy China claims as its own territory.