China, Taiwan and live-fire
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China's military conducted a live-fire exercise in the Taiwan Strait to simulate strikes on key ports and energy facilities, it said on Wednesday.The exercise, codenamed "Strait Thunder", is an escala...
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Beijing claims Taiwan as its territory, though the Communist Party has never governed there.
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Taiwan’s chip companies are expected to face pressure from Washington to invest more in the U.S.
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China staged military drills off Taiwan’s north, south and east coasts on Tuesday as a “stern warning” against separatism and called Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te a
Taiwan has long been the most tense flashpoint between Washington and Beijing. By law, the U.S. is required to help Taiwan defend its democracy. This week, China’s People’s Liberation Army launched new drills and sent ships around Taiwan.
China's launches drills around Taiwan to "severely punish" the island's pro-independence leader, as the U.S. boosts its war footing in Japan to deter Chinese "aggression."
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The United States doubled down on its decades-old support for Taiwan as China flexed its muscles with a second day of large-scale military exercises around Taiwan, including live-fire drills.
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RBC Ukraine on MSNUS reorients its army, China and Taiwan become main priorityThe Pentagon is altering its military strategy and preparing for a potential conflict with China, while Europe will have to defend itself against Russia, reports The Washington Post. In mid-March, the Pentagon circulated a classified document signed by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin titled
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Interesting Engineering on MSNTaiwan’s 5-ton unmanned attack vessel with explosive warheads poses threat to ChinaTaiwan’s CSBC Corp has unveiled the Endeavour Manta, its first domestically developed unmanned surface vehicle (USV).
China's new barges can transport military equipment across treacherous landing sites. This asset would be critical in a Taiwan invasion.