Chinese armed forces carried out “simulated joint precision strikes on key targets on Taiwan island” and nearby areas, Chinese state media said, according to Reuters. Beijing’s military is maintaining an “offensive posture around the island,” the outlet added, citing state television.
China flies fighter jets near Taiwan after island leader’s trip to U.S.
China sent warships and fighter jets toward Taiwan in retaliation for a meeting between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan’s president.
Chinese military starts drills encircling Taiwan after Tsai’s U.S. visit
The operation intensifies an initially relatively restrained reaction to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s Wednesday meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
China announces ‘combat readiness patrols’ around Taiwan
The Chinese military says it has launched exercises around Taiwan in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island
China carries out ‘simulated’ precision attacks on Taiwan targets
Multiple services had carried out “simulated joint precision strikes on key targets on Taiwan Island” and in the surrounding waters, CCTV reported. It said the exercises, dubbed “United Sharp Sword”, …
Macron says Europe must not be ‘follower’ of US, China on Taiwan
French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published Sunday that Europe must not be a “follower” of either the US or China on Taiwan, saying that the bloc risks entanglement in “crises that aren’t ours”.
If China invades Taiwan and disrupts chips supply ‘we’re in a world of hurt’: McCaul
Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas) exclusively joins Meet the Press from Taiwan to discuss American involvement would look like in a potential conflict between the island and mainland China.
US urges ‘restraint’ as China launches Taiwan military drills
The United States on Saturday called on China to show restraint as Beijing launched military drills around Taiwan, stressing that Washington was ready to meet its security commitments in Asia. “Our …
Taiwanese celebrate freedom in the face of China’s war games
Retired lecturer Donald Ho was out for his morning stroll in a busy downtown park Sunday, anxious about what Chinese jets and ships holding war games around Taiwan meant for freedom in the self-ruled island.
Chinese fishing crews navigate troubled waters as tensions with Taiwan flare
As China sends warships and fighter jets to the Taiwan Strait after a U.S. visit by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, deemed a separatist by Beijing, fishing crews plying the narrow waterway say they …