'Rare passage is a direct deterrent' to the Japanese military bases along the coast, former PLA instructor says PLA warships transited sensitive international waterways off southwestern Japan twice this week,

By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. command for the Indo-Pacific region on Tuesday stressed the importance of Taiwan passing its stalled

The aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed through the Taiwan Strait this week, the first Chinese carrier transit reported by Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense since the Fujian made a similar trip in December.

China may not need to invade Taiwan to spark a global economic crisis, experts warn, citing the island's dominance in advanced semiconductor production.

China praised the island nations of the Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar after they denied President Lai Ching-te permission to fly over their territories.

Taiwan has made impressive strides in enhancing its resilience to Chinese military and economic coercion, but an increasingly polarized political environment threatens to stall and even reverse such progress. This is the picture that emerged after a week ...

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BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters) - China said a group of its naval vessels, including a destroyer, passed through a waterway between two islands administered by the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday as it returned home after testing far-seas capabilities.