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Taiwan says it has scrambled jets and put missile, naval and land units on alert over drills China has announced around the self-governing island democracy.

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said it sought no conflict, but it stood ready "with firm will and restraint."

China kicked off a two-day large-scale military exercise in the water and airspace around Taiwan on Thursday, emphasizing that it is "a strong punishment ...

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -A furious China launched "punishment" drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to "separatist acts", ...

China said the sea and air drills were meant as a “stern warning” to its opponents after Taiwan's new president asserted the island's sovereignty in ...

China's chorus of condemnation of President Lai, who took office this week, has been unequivocally acerbic.

The military manoeuvres come three days after William Lai was sworn in as Taiwan's president.

China has begun a two-day military exercise that is surrounding Taiwan and nearby islands over what China calls "separatist acts."

Carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is now operating in the Philippine Sea as China launched two days of a military exercise encircling Taiwan on Thursday, ...

The drills, dubbed Joint Sword 2024A, include components from China's army, navy, air force and rocket force, China's Eastern Theater Command said Thursday in a ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan has condemned China for embarking on two days of war games around the self-governing island in what the Chinese Communist Party is ...

The drills come after Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan's new president this week and made an inauguration speech that China denounced as a "confession of ...

Taipei, Taiwan — Taiwan scrambled jets and put missile, naval and land units on alert Thursday over Chinese military exercises being conducted around the ...

Days after newly-elected Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's inauguration speech, in which he demanded China stop its intimidation of Taiwan, China launched ...

China launched "punishment" drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to "separatist acts", sending up heavily armed warplanes and ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan is confident the United States will be a reliable partner, regardless of who is president next year. Taiwan's new deputy foreign ...

China's military drills around Taiwan are designed to test its ability to “seize power” over the island, the People's Liberation Army said Friday as its ...

The People's Liberation Army continues land, sea and air exercises that began on Thursday around the self-ruled island.

Taiwan is tracking dozens of Chinese warplanes and navy vessels off its coast on the second day of a large exercise the People's Liberation Army held in ...

The area surrounded included the Taiwan Strait, the north, south and east of Taiwan Island, as well as areas around the islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Wuqiu, and ...

The Eastern Theatre Command of the People's Liberation Army said in a brief statement that its forces on Friday continued with their drills, dubbed "Joint Sword ...

China's military said its two-day exercises around Taiwan were punishment for separatist forces seeking independence. It sends navy ships and warplanes into the ...

The exercises come just three days after Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te urged Beijing in his inauguration speech to stop threatening the island. Dubbed Joint ...

Taiwan tracked dozens of Chinese warplanes and navy vessels off its coast, the second day of a large military exercise launched by Beijing to show its anger ...

Tensions are once again ratcheting up in the Taiwan Strait, with China launching military drills encircling Taiwan just days after the democracy swore in a ...

China warned on Friday of war over Taiwan and said it would ramp up countermeasures until "complete reunification" was achieved, as Chinese forces conducted ...

Beijing, which claims the self-ruling democracy as its own, also flew fighter jets carrying live missiles on the second day of military drills launched to ...

FILE - A woman walks by an arch reading "Taiwan can help" next to the building of the United Nations Offices in Geneva on the opening day of the WHO's World ...

The United States and several of its allies, including Britain, Canada, Australia, Germany and Japan, issued a joint statement on Friday calling on Taiwan ...

Joint press release: Support for Taiwan's meaningful engagement with the World Health Organization (WHO) and participation as an observer in the World ...

A research team examined misinformation narratives on social media in 2023 regarding the Taiwanese presidential election on January 13, 2024. They were ...

Opposition seeks to curb new president's administration while Beijing sends fighters, bombers and navy to patrol around island.

China launched aggressive military exercises after Taiwan elections chose a pro-independence president. Massive protests are also a show of force.

China ended two days of war games around Taiwan, in which it simulated attacks with bombers and practiced boarding ships, and Taiwan's defence ministry ...