Latest ""

Soldiers pose for group photos with a Taiwan flag after a preparedness enhancement drill simulating the defense against Beijing's military intrusions, ahead of the Lunar New Year in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan on Jan. 11, 2023.

China flies 103 military planes toward Taiwan

Taiwan's Defense Ministry says it also detected Chinese vessels in the 24 hours from Sunday to early Monday.

20 months ago

‘Speed forward, fight close and hit hard’ — How China won the Battle of the Paracel Islands

With U.S. troops gone from South Vietnam, China made a move at sea in 1974. The ripple effects are still being felt.

By Carl O. Shuster, Vietnam Magazine

6 years ago

Former top Chinese general sentenced to life for corruption

Fang Fenghui, former chief of the People's Liberation Army's joint staff department, is the latest military figure to fall in President Xi Jinping's crackdown on graft and waste at all levels of the government and military.

6 years ago

Taiwan ruling party suffers major defeat in local elections

Soon after the results came in, President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the Democratic Progressive Party.

6 years ago

Taiwan votes in local elections amid pressure from China

Taiwanese began voting in midterm local elections Saturday seen as a referendum on the independence-leaning administration of President Tsai Ing-wen, amid growing pressure from the island's powerful rival China.

6 years ago

Taiwan leader calls on China to not be ‘source of conflict’

China and Taiwan separated amid civil war in 1949 and China considers the island part of its territory to be taken control of by force if necessary.

7 years ago

No more stories