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Air raid drills across Taiwan as island practices for a war with China it hopes will never come
This year’s drills are ten days, twice as long as before. The timing is no accident. Tensions with Beijing remain high. While ...
Taiwan Deploys HIMARS, Patriot, Stinger Weapons in China Invasion Exercise
The 41st Han Kuang exercise is taking place against a backdrop of heightened tensions with China, which claims Taiwan as its ...
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ASIA BLOG: The global fallout of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan
By bno - Taipei Office The Taiwan Strait, a narrow body of water separating the self-governing island of Taiwan from China, ...
Taiwan rehearses China invasion protocol, Taipei stands still with sirens, evacuation drill
Taiwan’s capital Taipei will temporarily shut down on Thursday as part of a major civil defence drill aimed at preparing for ...
Sirens and evacuations as Taipei rehearses to counter China invasion threat
Taipei is due to come to a standstill as the capital of Taiwan holds one of its largest-ever civil defence exercises against ...
US weapons systems feature in Taiwan defense drills against China invasion
Taiwan's newly acquired HIMARS and Abrams tanks would raise the costs of a Chinese amphibious landing, a defense analyst says ...
Taiwan’s military takes preparation for Chinese invasion to civilians’ doorsteps
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and threatens to take it by force if Taipei refuses to submit under its control indefinitely. Over the past decade, Beijing has raised the pressure on ...
‘Ugly dose of reality’: Taiwan’s military prepares for escalating China threat
Strategic Analysis Australia Director Michael Shoebridge discusses Taiwan rehearsing for a potential China invasion. “It’s an ...
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A look at the diplomatic dance over Taiwan, as US presses allies for clarity amid China flex
US' policy of ambiguity towards Taiwan may have worked so far, but with the world order shifting and China sending ominous ...
Taiwan to simulate Chinese invasion in major drill
Taiwan will simulate a Chinese blockade and invasion of the democratic island in its annual military and civil defence drills ...
Taiwan's forces are training to ride the subway into war if China invades
Dozens of troops with Stinger missiles, machine guns, and grenade launchers were filmed riding the subway and practicing movement in stations.
China, Taiwan clash over history, Beijing says can't 'invade' what is already its territory
China and Taiwan have clashed over their competing interpretations of history in an escalating war of words over what Beijing views as provocations from Taiwan's government, and said it is impossible ...