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Two US Navy warships sailed southward through the strategic Taiwan Strait for the first time since a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that was harshly condemned by China. The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville were on...

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday received another delegation from the US amid rising tensions with China.Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb arrived in Taipei on Sunday night for a four-day trip, reports dpa news agency.Upon his arrival, he said in...

The U.S. government on Thursday announced trade talks with Taiwan in a sign of support for the island democracy China claims as its own territory, prompting a warning by Beijing that it will take action if necessary to “safeguard...

A group of German air force fighter jets neared Singapore on Tuesday in a marathon bid to fly them some 12,800 kilometres from their home base to Southeast Asia in just 24 hours.The exercise comes at a time of...

A delegation of American lawmakers is visiting Taiwan just 12 days after a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that angered China.The five-member delegation, led by Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, will meet senior leaders to discuss...

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Washington cannot allow Beijing to establish a “new normal” in Taiwan with its provocative drills and warplane incursions in the Taiwan Straits, in retaliation to her high-profile visit to the self-ruled island...

China on Wednesday reaffirmed its threat to use military force to bring self-governing Taiwan under its control, amid threatening Chinese military exercises that have raised tensions between the sides to their highest level in years.The statement issued by the...

Beleaguered Taiwan turned belligerent on Tuesday and conducted its own military drills to counter China’s unprecedented war games around the breakaway island which entered its fifth day with no respite in sight.Launching its own military live-fire drills, Taiwan has...

Taiwan on Tuesday conducted scheduled live-fire artillery exercises amid China's ongoing military manoeuvres around the island. The live ammunition artillery exercise known as the Tien Lei drill was announced in late July, before the visit of US House Speaker Nancy...

China is using its large-scale military exercises around Taiwan to prepare for an invasion of the self-governed island, Taipeis Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed on Tuesday "China has used the drills and its military playbook to prepare for the invasion...