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Lieutenant General Sun Li-fang details Taiwan's defense plans against Chinese gray-zone operations and potential naval blockade threats from the PLA.
“Polycrisis” reports that both the U.S. and China are preparing for the unification attempt in 2027. The report says Beijing has instructed the People’s Liberation Army to be militarily “ready for Taiwan” by then while U.S. Indo-Pacific Command anticipates a Taiwan conflict window within the same timeframe.
China has announced a new holiday called the Commemoration Day of Taiwan's Restoration, as part of its claims over the self-ruled island.
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Taiwan wary China's new economic plan could include sensitive frontline islands, sources say
Taiwan is warily watching whether China could seek to try and exert economic control over sensitive frontline Taiwanese islands in a key development plan being discussed in Beijing this week, officials familiar with the matter said.
Trump has said he deserves the accolade given to four of his White House predecessors. This year’s prize will be announced in Norway on Friday.
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Taiwan’s main opposition party elects new leader in a race clouded by claims of China meddling
Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party has chosen Cheng Li-wun as its new chairperson. Cheng, the only female candidate, defeated former Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin and four others on Saturday.
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China Designates Taiwan Liberation Day, Sparking Cross-Strait Tensions
On October 25, 1945, the administrative authority over Taiwan, a former Japanese colony and defeated power in World War II, was transferred to the Chinese Nationalist Party government, a member of the victorious Allied powers.
China’s reunification rhetoric vs Taiwan’s democratic defiance: What’s driving the latest flashpoint
China’s push for reunification and Taiwan’s defence of democracy reveal enduring strategic, historical and ideological divides shaping the Taiwan Strait conflict. Read here