Taiwan Sees Second Chinese Air Incursion as US Agrees Arms Sale
Seventeen Chinese J-10 combat planes and four advanced Shenyang J-16 fighters entered Taiwan’s air defense zone just as the US announced a potential $619m weapons sale. Taiwan has reported a large-scale Chinese air force incursion into its air defense zone for a second day running, just as the United States approved the potential sale of […]
War Game Shows Taiwan Halting China’s Invasion But At ‘Huge’ Cost
Taiwan is likely to defeat a Chinese invasion if the United States comes to the island’s defense, a prominent think tank says, but warns such a victory would come at an “enormous” cost, including the loss of tens of thousands of lives and damage to Washington’s global standing. The Center for Strategic and International Studies […]
US Sends ‘Dangerous Signals’ to Taiwan, China Tells Blinken
China has accused the United States of sending “very wrong and dangerous signals” to Taiwan. China told Washington it had no “right to interfere” in any method Beijing can use to “solve” the Taiwan issue. Taiwan was the focus of 90 minutes of “direct and honest” talks. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese […]