Taiwan detects China's test-firing of missiles | AP News
WEB2 days ago — TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Sunday it detected multiple waves of missile firings within China, days after Beijing said it successfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean. The ministry said in a statement that the missile firings were carried out by China’s Rocket Force and the ...
How China could take Taiwan without even needing to invade
WEBJun 21, 2024 — China ’s military could isolate Taiwan, cripple its economy, and make the democratic island succumb to the will of Beijing’s ruling Communist Party without ever firing a shot, a prominent...
China has launched new drills encircling Taiwan. Why now?
WEBMay 23, 2024 — Tensions are once again ratcheting up in the Taiwan Strait, with China launching military drills encircling Taiwan just days after the democracy swore in a new leader long loathed by Beijing.
China sends dozens of warplanes and ships near Taiwan to show …
WEBMay 24, 2024 — China has sent dozens of warplanes and navy vessels off Taiwan's coast on the second day of a large exercise launched to show its anger over the island's inauguration of new leaders who refuse to accept Beijing's insistence that Taiwan is …
Taiwan on alert over ‘multiple waves’ of missile firing in inland …
WEB2 days ago — The ministry said starting at 6.50am local time, it detected “multiple waves of firing” by China’s rocket force and army in the provinces and regions of Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and ...
How the US is preparing for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan
WEBJan 31, 2024 — The U.S. has not formally said it would intervene if China were to attack Taiwan but President Joe Biden has repeatedly suggested he would deploy U.S. troops to defend the island.
China says military drills encircling Taiwan designed to test its
WEBMay 23, 2024 — China’s military drills around Taiwan are designed to test its ability to “seize power” over the island, the People’s Liberation Army said Friday as its forces kicked off a second day of...
Beijing steps up military pressure on Taiwan after the U.S. and …
WEBChina sent more than 30 warplanes and a group of navy ships toward Taiwan, the island’s defense ministry said Saturday. The military pressure comes on the heels of an announcement that senior...
China Launches Military Drills Around Taiwan as ‘Punishment’
WEBMay 22, 2024 — China launched two days of military drills surrounding Taiwan on Thursday in what it called a “strong punishment” to its opponents on the self-governing island, after Taiwan’s new president ...
Facing Beijing’s threats, Taiwan president ... - Associated Press News
WEBOct 10, 2023 — TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Peace between Taiwan and China is the “only option,” Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday, while strongly asserting the self-governing island’s defenses against Beijing’s threats to invade.