DefenceTalkThe United States on Friday announced a $1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the island’s defenses as tensions soar with Beijing, which warned Washington of “counter-measures.” The sale comes a month after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defiantly visited the self-governing democracy, prompting mainland China to launch a show of force that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-approves-1-1-billion-in-arms-for-taiwan-79310/

DefenceTalkTaipei and Beijing have traded barbs over a recent string of drone sorties from the Chinese mainland to an outlying Taiwanese island, as Taiwan’s president Tuesday vowed “strong countermeasures” against such incursions. Photos and video taken by Chinese drones of the Kinmen islands have been circulating on both Taiwanese and Chinese social media, with one […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-china-trade-barbs-over-island-drone-incursions-79252/

DefenceTalkTwo United States warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the American navy said, the first such transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island. In a statement, the US Navy said the passage “demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.” Tensions in the Taiwan Strait soared to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/two-us-navy-warships-transit-through-taiwan-strait-79263/

DefenceTalkA US state governor met Taiwan’s president Monday, days after Washington announced trade talks with Taipei in a show of support following China’s military threats towards the self-ruled island. Eric Holcomb, the Republican governor of Indiana, landed in Taiwan on Sunday for an “economic development trip”. US-China tensions have risen since Beijing staged huge military […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-governor-visits-taiwan-after-china-drills-79225/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused Washington of seeking to prolong the conflict in Ukraine and of fueling conflicts elsewhere in the world, including with the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. “The situation in Ukraine shows that the US is trying to prolong this conflict. And they act in exactly […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-lashes-out-at-us-over-ukraine-taiwan-79203/

DefenceTalkTaiwan’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Beijing is using air and sea drills encircling the island to prepare for an invasion and to change the status quo in the Asia-Pacific region. China launched its largest-ever war games around Taiwan last week in a furious response to a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-fm-says-china-using-drills-to-prepare-for-invasion-79184/

DefenceTalkTaiwan will hold live-fire military drills this week simulating a defence of the island against a Chinese invasion, officials said Monday, as Beijing carries out fresh exercises around its neighbor. The self-ruled, democratic island lives under the constant threat of invasion by China, which sees it as part of Chinese territory to be reclaimed one […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-to-hold-anti-invasion-drills-after-china-exercises-79178/

DefenceTalkChina carried out fresh military drills around Taiwan Monday, Beijing said, defying calls to end its largest-ever exercises encircling the island in the wake of a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Beijing has raged at the trip by Pelosi — the highest-ranking elected US official to visit Taiwan in decades — ripping up […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-holds-fresh-military-drills-around-taiwan-79175/

DefenceTalkChina fired ballistic missiles and deployed fighter jets and warships on Thursday as it held its largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan, a show of force sparked by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island. Pelosi was the highest-profile US official to visit Taiwan in years, defying a series of stark threats from Beijing, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-fires-missiles-around-taiwan-in-major-military-drills-79172/

DefenceTalkSeveral US warships were cruising in waters near Taiwan on Tuesday, US military officials said, amid Chinese anger over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to the island Beijing claims as its territory. As China announced it would hold live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait in response to Pelosi’s visit, the US Navy’s Seventh […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-warships-cruising-near-taiwan-as-pelosi-visits-79169/