China, Taiwan and In War
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Taiwan's army on Thursday displayed the fire power of its first U.S.-sourced M1A2T Abrams tanks - a traditional weapon that analysts say will need to be increasingly protected against drones in any future battle given lessons from the Ukraine war.
Taiwan launched its largest ever military drills on Wednesday, starting with simulated attacks on its command systems and infrastructure ahead of a Chinese invasion, senior defence officials said.
Taiwan has launched its annual military exercises to counter threats from China, including “gray zone tactics” that stop short of open warfare
This came after Defense Priorities, a US think tank, on Wednesday released a report calling on the US to withdraw all 500 US military training personnel stationed in Taiwan to avoid appearing “provocative” to China and contravening “past commitments not to base US forces on the island.”
A bipartisan group of US senators has introduced new legislation to strengthen Taiwan’s undersea cable resilience and counter China’s grey zone tactics. The bills seek to improve maritime security and defend Taiwan’s international standing amid increasing geopolitical pressure from Beijing.
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A bipartisan bill aimed at protecting Taiwan's undersea communication cables from Chinese "grey zone tactics" was introduced in the US Senate yesterday, Taipei Times reported.
Most typhoons come ashore on the island’s sparsely populated east coast, but Danas scraped its crowded western edge. Nearly 300,000 households had no power on Monday.
Taipei Zoo’s female panda Yuanzai, the first giant panda of her species ever born in Taiwan, celebrated her 12th birthday Sunday morning with dozens of fans filming her eating an ice cake.
The Taipei City Government’s Department of Information and Tourism (DOIT) invited two of the Philippines’ most influential travel content creators to experience and promote Taipei.
Momentum is building in Taiwan to lessen its business dependency on China, its biggest trading partner. Doing so will not be easy.