Taiwan's capital Taipei came to a standstill on Thursday as the island held one of its largest-ever civil defence exercises ...

China accuses Taiwan of ‘hyping up’ military threat ahead of elections. Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary polls on January 13 are expected to shape the island’s relations with Beijing.

Dawn is yet to break in Taipei as two dozen armed troops take their positions inside the city’s Songshan Airport. They are ...

This year’s military exercises, unprecedented in length and scale, are designed to prepare people for the prospect of Chinese ...

The new position paper reaffirms China’s threat to use armed force to bring Taiwan under its control as the military drills – held in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to ...

Taiwan’s Vice President Hsiao makes a strong diplomatic statement, affirming that Taiwan will not provoke China but stands ...

But it remains unclear whether the Chinese military can really carry out a full-scale, large military operation in Taiwan. China's military hasn’t been involved in a major conflict since 1979.

Beijing — China on Wednesday reaffirmed its threat to use military force to bring self-governing Taiwan under its control, amid threatening Chinese military exercises that have raised tensions ...

Ms Pelosi last week became the highest-ranking US official to visit Taiwan in decades despite stark threats from China, which tries to keep Taipei isolated on the world stage.

Mr Lai played up the distinction between authoritarian governments and democracies such as Taiwan and the US, noting Russia’s military co-operation with both China and North Korea, including the ...

Weeks before Taiwan holds elections for its president and legislature, China renewed its threat to use military force to annex the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory.

Homepage; World; China renews threat against Taiwan as island holds military exercise Taiwanese Mirage 2000 fighter jets taxi along a runway during a drill at an airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan (AP) ...