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Taiwan has demonstrated its sea defenses against a potential Chinese attack as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a multitiered strategy to deter an invasion from the mainland KAOHSIUNG ...

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan on Thursday demonstrated its sea defenses against a potential Chinese attack as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a multitiered strategy to deter an invasion ...

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday welcomed an announcement by Chinese authorities on their plan to resume group travel to Taiwan for residents of Shanghai and its Fujian Province. “The [Taiwanese] government welcomes Chinese tourists to visit Taiwan,” the MAC said in a statement.

Over half of major Japanese firms said they are prepared or are making preparations for a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan amid B

The Fujian Provincial Government’s “united front” work plan for this year showed a special interest in absorbing young or politically inexperienced Taiwanese to achieve the annexation of Taiwan, said Cheng Cheng-ping (鄭政秉), a professor of finance at the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology.

There are only a small number of beaches in Taiwan where China could invade and these could be heavily guarded, according to Naval News. These new barges would be a game-changer as the Chinese military could use the long bridges at the bow to skip over these beaches and move in tanks to firmer ground as Naval News explained.

Taiwan demonstrated its sea defences against a potential Chinese attack on Thursday as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a multi-tiered ... corvettes in waters near Taiwan’s largest port of Kaohsiung, a major hub for international trade considered ...

Beijing has made a fresh rebuke to some voices labeling China's recent cases of infection with human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, as an "unknown virus", calling such claims "run counter to basic ...

Another U.S.-aligned democracy in Asia is mired in political gridlock, with Taiwan’s opposition challenging defense spending aimed at fending off China.

Problems in troop recruitment and retention in the Taiwanese military have defense analysts concerned at the island’s ability to defend itself in the event of a Chinese invasion

TAIPEI--Taiwan will dispatch its navy if needed to help the coast guard respond to any suspicious activity near undersea communication cables, Defense Minister Wellington Koo said on Thursday, after a Chinese-linked ship was suspected of damaging one.