Taiwan puts $40 billion toward buying US weapons and building a defense dome

Taiwan’s president has announced a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, including to build an air defense system ...
USNI News

Taiwan Rolls Out $40B Defense Supplemental to Fund Air Defense, Asymmetric Capabilities

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te outlined his administration’s proposal for a $40 billion defense supplemental this week that ...

China’s shadow navy trains to take Taiwan

A Reuters visual investigation of China's annual naval exercises off the Chinese coast opposite Taiwan shows how Beijing's ...

US naval operations chief maintains ambiguity, ‘not surprised’ by Takaichi’s remarks; US aims to exploit crisis to tighten control over ally, says expert

Amid the fierce tension flared up between China and Japan because of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent ...

China's Civilian Shadow Navy Practices for Invasion of Taiwan

TAIPEI (Reuters) -China is rehearsing for a potential invasion of Taiwan using a shadow navy of civilian cargo ships and ...
Taipei Times

Taiwan boosting defenses along the east coast

The army’s Hualien Defense Command is taking measures to bolster defenses along the east coast of Taiwan proper amid a growing threat from China, a source said on Sunday. The command is to conduct six ...
AsiaOne

New Zealand navy ship made rare transit through Taiwan Strait this month

The New Zealand navy's largest ship, the oiler HMNZS Aotearoa, made a rare transit through the sensitive Taiwan Strait ...