Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vowed to keep increasing the island’s defense spending and display its resolve to fight, as Beijing intensifies drills showcasing its ability to use military force against Taipei.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te pledged to strengthen the island’s defenses in the face of escalating Chinese threats, saying in a New Year’s address on Wednesday that

The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) on Sunday issued a warning to Taiwanese travellers visiting China to exercise caution while taking photos, adding that specific postures and positions could lead to their arrest by Chinese authorities,

Hong Kong think tank predicts Taiwanese leader William Lai will steer clear of provoking Beijing as he fights political battles at home.

China has reportedly launched an effort to attract young people from Taiwan to join heavily subsidised tours to Xinjiang, hoping to divert attention from the region’s severe human rights abuses, Radio Free Asia reported.

Post-Covid China has become more open to foreign tourists than it has ever been in decades, with Europe so far the main target of Beijing's expanding unilateral visa-free entrance scheme. That is, except Sweden,

The Americans had treated Taipei as the rightful capital of all China ever since Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s defeated forces had fled to the island province as Mao’s Red Army stormed to victory in 1949.

China is preparing paramilitary forces with amphibious and urban warfare training, possibly for a future invasion of Taiwan, military experts told BI.

Taiwan conducted its first-ever tabletop exercise simulating war with China. Chinese military threats prompted Taiwan's 3-hour war game inside the Presidential Office. Taiwan's VP Hsiao Bi-Khim and NSC chief Joseph Wu led simulated military escalation.

A new board game set against the backdrop of armed conflict around Taiwan is set to be released in January 2025, amid renewed threats from Beijing,