China will continue piling pressure on Taiwan, but raising the costs of failure for Xi may make him think twice about an invasion, analysts have said.
With 3 wars and Taiwan, global inflection points are looming
The wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the US-China cold war and tensions over Taiwan are threatening to change the world order and making policymakers sit up …
Self-Exiled Hong Kong Artist Aims to Counter China’s Silence on June 4
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) – Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong is striving to keep alive the memory of China’s June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators from his adopted home of Taiwan, as Chinese authorities again bar all public commemoration or discussion of the killings in 1989.
New Chinese defence minister says Taiwan separatists will be ‘crushed to pieces’ and hits out at Philippines at international forum
Dong Jun insisted Beijing was committed to peaceful reunification but issued several veiled swipes at the US for ‘pushing Taiwan into danger’.
China has been lending ‘lethal support’ to Russia since dawn of Ukraine invasion: Gordon Chang
Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang weighs in on reports that China’s defense minister is accusing the U.S. of causing tensions with support for Taiwan and China’s ties to Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy dominates Asia security conference as China, Taiwan trade barbs
Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskiy’s unscheduled appearance at Asia’s biggest security conference dominated proceedings on Sunday after China’s defence chief slammed “separatists” in Taiwan, …
Those who back Taiwan independence face ‘self-destruction,’ China’s new defense minister warns in combative summit speech
Taiwan is pursuing independence incrementally and those who support it will “end up in self-destruction,” China’s new defense minister warned Sunday in a wide-ranging speech at a security summit in …
Taiwan, Philippines to receive majority of US$2 billion US foreign military financing
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan and the Philippines will receive most of the US$2 billion (NT$64.96 billion) Foreign Military Financing supplement provided in the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, U.S. Senator Chris Coons said on …
China Defense Chief Swipes at US at His First Global Forum
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun took pointed swipes at the US for “hollowing out” Beijing’s One China policy on Taiwan and “misleading” a country in the South China Sea, taking a tough stance at his …
Prospect of peaceful ‘reunification’ with Taiwan being ‘eroded’, China says
The prospect of peaceful “reunification” with Taiwan is being increasingly “eroded” by Taiwanese separatists and external forces, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said on Sunday, promising to ensure …