Taiwan has demonstrated its sea defenses against a potential Chinese attack as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a multitiered strategy to deter an invasion from the mainland KAOHSIUNG ...

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KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan on Thursday demonstrated its sea defenses against a potential Chinese attack as tensions rise with Beijing, part of a multitiered strategy to deter an invasion ...

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday welcomed an announcement by Chinese authorities on their plan to resume group travel to Taiwan for residents of Shanghai and its Fujian Province. “The [Taiwanese] government welcomes Chinese tourists to visit Taiwan,” the MAC said in a statement.

Inhumane’ comments by ‘heartless’ shop boss come as South Korea suffers its deadliest airline disasters ever, ignite angry public backlash.

The Fujian Provincial Government’s “united front” work plan for this year showed a special interest in absorbing young or politically inexperienced Taiwanese to achieve the annexation of Taiwan, said Cheng Cheng-ping (鄭政秉), a professor of finance at the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology.

Another U.S.-aligned democracy in Asia is mired in political gridlock, with Taiwan’s opposition challenging defense spending aimed at fending off China.

Problems in troop recruitment and retention in the Taiwanese military have defense analysts concerned at the island’s ability to defend itself in the event of a Chinese invasion

TAIPEI--Taiwan will dispatch its navy if needed to help the coast guard respond to any suspicious activity near undersea communication cables, Defense Minister Wellington Koo said on Thursday, after a Chinese-linked ship was suspected of damaging one.

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