Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) has said it has detected nine Chinese military aircraft, four naval vessels and two ships operating around its territorial waters.
The MND wrote in a social media post that 8 sorties of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, 8 People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels...
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) reported a significant uptick in Chinese military activity around the island, detecting 30 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, seven PLA Navy (PLAN) vessels, and one Chinese official ship operating near its territorial waters as of 6 am.
According to an MND post on X,...
Japan raised objections Saturday after China advised its citizens to avoid visiting Japan, as a feud over the new Japanese leader’s remarks on Taiwan showed no signs of dying down.
The government in Tokyo lodged a protest and its top spokesperson, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, urged China to take...
China's factory output and retail sales grew at their weakest pace in over a year in October, piling pressure on policymakers to revamp the $19 trillion export-driven economy as mounting supply and demand strains threaten to further curtail growth.
For decades, officials charged with keeping the world's second-largest economy humming...
Infuriated by comments about Taiwan by Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, China has unleashed a stream of vitriol, including a threat by a Chinese diplomat to cut off the leader’s “filthy head.”
The abuse abruptly ended a honeymoon between Ms. Takaichi, in office for less than a month, and...
Fears over dependency on Chinese technology have reached an unlikely corner of the West: the previously serene and efficient world of Scandinavian public transportation.
European nations have become increasingly worried that their vast amounts of Chinese-built infrastructure could be weaponized — tampered with, immobilized or even commandeered — if tensions were to rise with...
In recent weeks China has released a series of statements, articles and photos, that analysts say signal an escalation in the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s approach to Taiwan.
Beijing claims Taiwan as a province and has vowed to annex it under what it terms “reunification”. China’s military is not believed to be...
Taiwan detected six sorties of Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels operating around the island this morning. In a statement released by the Ministry of National Defence, two of the six sorties crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line and entered the island’s southwestern air defence identification zone (ADIZ).
It...
China’s manufacturing activity expanded less than forecast in October, a private survey showed, adding to worrying signs about the economy’s momentum as the year winds down.
The RatingDog China General Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index slipped to 50.6 from 51.2 in September, according to a statement released on Monday, staying just above the 50...
Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) has accused Chinese vessels of employing at least eight covert tactics to enter restricted maritime zones near Kinmen County, raising concerns over China’s escalating maritime pressure campaign. NSB Director-General Tsai Ming-yen told the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee that recent images showed...
