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Polling suggests Lai faces ‘unprecedented levels of public dissatisfaction’ and the Trump tariffs are a further risk to his support base.
PLA is testing tactics, including blockade and anti-access strategies, and getting closer to the island each time, experts say.
The PLA Eastern Theatre Command’s exercises are advancing on the self-ruled island ‘step-by-step’, an analyst says.
US announcement of sixth-generation fighter raises new questions about delivery and feasibility amid soaring competition with China, analysts say.
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No injuries were reported but the nighttime incident comes at a time of heightened tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
Days after island leader called mainland a ‘foreign hostile force’, Taiwan reported 59 PLA aircraft and 9 naval vessels nearby.
Article in journal from key Taiwan-related think tank also suggests ‘direct governance during wartime’, followed by ‘appointed governance’.
State broadcaster releases grainy image of tailless aircraft just days after US announces plans to build the next-generation F-47 jet.
Adoption of DeepSeek by PLA hospitals, paramilitary and mobilisation units seen to usher in ‘new chapter in military intelligentisation’.
Trump may not have spelled out his South China Sea position but deployments are peaking and only likely to be maintained, according to observers.
Taiwanese leader William Lai’s security measures to counter what he calls a ‘foreign hostile force’ have sent tensions with Beijing soaring.
Beijing’s No 3 official Zhao Leji says it will step up determination to achieve reunification with Taiwan.
For the first time, the island is investigating artists who reposted content from official mainland sources.
PLA Daily report cites call from military delegates at annual political gathering as Beijing pushes ‘military-local collaboration’.
Li Yihu says the offer of a ‘more flexible’ arrangement may be withdrawn by Beijing if Taiwan ‘moves towards separatism’.
Beijing’s military budget will hit US$245.2 million this year, but the proportion of GDP spent is smaller than the US or Russia.
Analysts say Beijing is ‘preoccupied’ with the economy this year and will keep up its carrot and stick approach to Taiwan reunification.
The US Secretary of State said Washington was looking to ‘reverse’ projects that boost Beijing’s influence.
Retired senior colonel says it may ‘showcase China’s peaceful rise’ but analyst warns it could also raise new concerns over ties with Russia.
Chinese and Russian leaders hold phone call, reportedly initiated by Putin, on third anniversary of Ukraine war.
Abrupt change in joint chiefs of staff is unusual, Renmin University professor says, calls choice of three-star general ‘extraordinary’.
Beijing has already backed a place for Kyiv and Europe more generally at the negotiating table ahead of US-Russia talks.
Ex-US congressman tells event that an existential conflict’ in ‘which at least one side is trying to destroy the free world’ is under way.
At Munich Security Conference, Chinese foreign minister also says Beijing will be a ‘stabilising force’ in a multipolar world order.
J.D. Vance stuns security conference by railing at European governments and talk of ‘threats from within’.
Report ahead of Munich Security Conference reveals biggest worries for nations as leaders prepare to meet top Trump officials in Germany.
Jin-class strategic submarine could threaten US territory from the contested waterway, but its flaw may make it easy to track.
Huang’s involvement in the project was little known in the wider world – and a secret even to his family.
Sharing information, resources and training has become a vital approach for China’s Eastern Theatre Command amid rising tensions.
