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China slams US ‘provocation’ in Taiwan Strait, pledges further drills
BEIJING (Reuters) – China criticised the United States on Thursday for causing “trouble and provocation” after the U.S. Navy sailed its first warship through the sensitive Taiwan Strait since presidential and parliamentary…
Taiwan again reports Chinese carrier group in Taiwan Strait as election looms
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s military sent forces to watch a Chinese naval formation, led by the aircraft carrier Shandong, sailing through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, Taiwan’s defence ministry said, as Beijing…
Australian warship sails through Taiwan Strait
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan said on Friday that an Australian warship had sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the sensitive and narrow waterway that separates the democratically governed island from China. The island’s…
China says sends fighter jets to warn US Navy plane in Taiwan Strait
BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Thursday it had sent fighter jets to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew through the Taiwan Strait. China claims sovereignty over democratically-governed Taiwan,…
US, Canadian warships transit Taiwan Strait in latest joint mission
TAIPEI (Reuters) -A U.S. and a Canadian warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, the U.S. Navy said, marking the second such joint mission since June and coinciding with the leaders…
U.S. could offer armed troops to commercial vessels in Strait of Hormuz- officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States could soon offer to put armed sailors and Marines on commercial ships traveling through the Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, amid…
Taiwan reports Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through strait
TAIPEI (Reuters) -A Chinese aircraft carrier group led by the vessel Shandong sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, Taiwan’s defence ministry said, amid heightened military tension over the island Beijing…
US, Canadian navies stage rare joint mission through Taiwan Strait
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A U.S. and a Canadian warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, the U.S. Navy said, in a rare joint mission in the sensitive waterway at a time…
Taiwan reports Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through strait
TAIPEI (Reuters) -The Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Saturday accompanied by two other ships, Taiwan’s defence ministry said, in the latest uptick in military tensions over the…
China’s foreign minister: Both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to China
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Friday that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to China, and that it is right and proper for China to uphold its…
Analysis-Taiwan braces for new China pressure tactic in disputed strait
By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan officials and defence analysts are bracing for intensifying pressure on the “median line” that has for decades helped keep the peace in…
EU lawmakers condemn China’s live-fire exercises in Taiwan Strait
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Members of the European Parliament backed a resolution on Thursday that condemned China’s live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait and called for closer ties between the European Union and…
US Naval Vessels Transit Through Taiwan Strait As Chinese Military Looks On
US Naval Vessels Transit Through Taiwan Strait As Chinese Military Looks On Micaela Burrow on August 29, 2022 Two U.S. Navy warships transited through the Taiwan Strait under close watch from the…
Taiwan says 17 Chinese fighters crossed Strait median line
TAIPEI – A total of 17 Chinese fighter jets flew across the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said, amid continued military drills near to the island.…
Chinese Military Conducts Large Attack Simulation In Taiwan Strait
Chinese Military Conducts Large Attack Simulation In Taiwan Strait Micaela Burrow on August 6, 2022 The Chinese military conducted a simulated invasion of Taiwan on Saturday, the Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense…
Taiwan slams ‘provocative’ China for sending fighters across Taiwan Strait
By Yimou Lee and Martin Quin Pollard TAIPEI/BEIJING – Chinese fighter jets crossed the median line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday in what the island’s government slammed as a provocation,…
Chinese Military Stalks US Destroyer In Taiwan Strait
Chinese Military Stalks US Destroyer In Taiwan Strait Philip Lenczycki on April 27, 2022 Chinese military forces reportedly stalked a U.S. Navy destroyer as it passed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday,…
China says U.S. warship sailing in Taiwan Strait ‘provocative’
TAIPEI -A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Saturday, part of what the U.S. military calls routine activity but which China described as “provocative”. The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet…
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