China’s armed forces are more ready than ever to surround the self-ruled island of Taiwan, cut it off from the world and try to squeeze it into submission. A Chinese blockade of Taiwan would be ...

On Tuesday, the Taiwanese Defence Ministry released a report to local lawmakers stating that the Chinese military could ...

"This serves as a powerful punishment and deterrence for 'Taiwan independence' separatists and a stern warning to external interfering forces, and it is completely legitimate and necessary," Wu said.

Defence minister Wellington Koo said the first phase of the exercises this week would train Taiwanese forces to mobilise quickly against any attack from the mainland. “For the People’s ...

A delegation from the National Security Bureau (NSB) on Friday wrapped up an exchange training program in Guatemala, the ...

Most countries, including the United States, do not recognise Taiwan as an independent state. But Washington is opposed to any attempt to take the self-governed island by force and is committed to ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Wednesday it had spotted 19 Chinese air force planes in its air defense zone in the past 24 hours, part of what Taipei calls regular harassment by Beijing.