China and Taiwan brace for Typhoon Bavi
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For decades, discussions about a war over Taiwan have centred on one dramatic image: thousands of Chinese troops crossing the Taiwan Strait, storming beaches under heavy fire while missiles rain down from the sky.
Taiwan's radar detected China's missile launch shortly after liftoff. This allowed the island to monitor the initial flight and share intelligence. The AN/FPS-115 Pave Paws radar tracked the missile's trajectory within its range.
Beijing sent two ships to patrol the waters east of Taiwan, a new campaign to challenge the island’s control of waters crucial to any future invasion.
Chin Lee ON BOARD THE TAIWAN COAST GUARD SHIP PP-10081, Taiwan Strait, July 9 (Reuters) - Taiwan's government took a small group of foreign lawmakers on a Coast Guard ship
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, June 24 (Reuters) - Taiwan's military needs to test if it can respond immediately to a war breaking out, as the warning time for any Chinese attack is shortening, Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Wednesday.
Chinese scholars have claimed that Batanes is a "natural geographic extension of Taiwan" and therefore part of China’s sovereignty, dismissing the validity of Japan‑Philippines maritime delimitation talks,
China's gradually increasing pressure tactics risk creating an entirely new status quo in the Taiwan Strait, which the international community may not realise until it is
China took the rare step of publicly criticizing the top US diplomat in Taiwan, invoking select remarks by President Donald Trump to argue that the envoy’s actions are destabilizing relations.
