By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, March 14 (Reuters) - Taiwan can well afford a $40 billion special defence budget given its booming ...

The sudden and unusual lull has stoked uncertainty about what Beijing is doing while the world focuses on war in the Middle ...

When Chinese warplanes suddenly stopped flying near Taiwan for nearly two weeks, the silence was both striking and deeply puzzling.

By Yimou Lee TAIPEI, March 5 (Reuters) - Chinese air force activity around Taiwan has fallen sharply in recent weeks, with no ...

The falloff in flights started earlier, but the latest drop has been particularly dramatic. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry issues daily reports on Chinese air force and naval activity around the island.

For years, China has flown military jets near Taiwan almost daily. Then they suddenly stopped, leaving analysts to wonder why.

Taiwan builds a drone industry free of Chinese components, exporting over 123,000 units in 2025 to countries including Czech Republic and Poland.

China announced a seven percent boost to its defence budget for 2026 on Thursday as it steadily increases spending to counter ...

The world looks at the PLA maneuvers and thinks of World War 3. Taiwanese, for the most part, think: “same old, same old.” ...

Taiwan has observed a significant drop in Chinese military aircraft near its airspace. For nine of the last ten days, no ...

HONG KONG(AP) — For a second day, China's military on Tuesday dispatched air, navy and missile units to conduct joint live-fire drills around the island of Taiwan, which Beijing called a “stern ...