Beijing/Taipei: China on Tuesday ratcheted up tensions in the Taiwan Strait by launching massive joint military exercises, consisting of multiple forces around beleaguered Taiwan, prompting Taipei to ...

China could find a "pretext" to stage new war games around Taiwan this year, coinciding with sensitive dates such as the ...

Beijing's pretext could include "special occasions" such as diplomatic events or incidents related to Taiwan's sovereignty, Hsieh Ching-chin, the deputy head of its Coast Guard Administration ...

TAIPEI-China could find a “pretext” to stage new war games around Taiwan in 2025, coinciding with sensitive dates such as the anniversary in May of a year since President Lai Ching-te took ...

Taiwan’s coast guard said Tuesday it had arrested a Chinese man in a rubber boat trying to “illegally” enter one of its outlying islands, as Beijing staged large-scale military drills.

Taiwan's Coast Guard said an illegal entry attempt by a Chinese man in a raft, followed by the incursion of Chinese coast ...

TAIPEI - China could find a "pretext" to stage new war games around Taiwan this year, coinciding with sensitive dates such as the anniversary in May of a year since President Lai Ching-te took ...

a senior Taiwan coast guard official said. China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, regularly holds exercises around the island, including one begun on Tuesday it said ...

Taiwan Coast Guard Warns of China Using 'Pretext' to Launch War Games This Year By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - China could find a "pretext" to stage new war games around Taiwan ...