Why Taiwan Is At the Center Of the Spat Between China and Japan

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi set off a diplomatic firestorm with China in November when she speculated over the ...

Taiwan Plans First Weapons Purchases for T-Dome to Counter China

Taiwan plans to buy its first weapons for a major air-defense system announced less than two months ago, underscoring ...

Taiwan announces $40 billion budget for weapons purchases as U.S. pressures island to increase defense spending

The budget will be allocated over eight years as part of the island's strategy to deter a China's threats of invasion ...

Taiwan puts $40 billion toward building a defense dome and buying US weapons

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te has announced a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, including to build a Taiwan ...

Taiwan seeks tariffs cut to 15% in US trade deal

Taiwan is aiming for tariffs on its exports to the United States to be cut to 15% from 20% now, though help in training U.S.

Taiwan airline seeks role in ‘whole of society’ defense with surveillance flights to counter China

Flying over the blue waters off Taiwan’s east coast, a light aircraft equipped with a powerful U.S.-made radar slung under ...
Defense News

Taiwan’s military reform is failing where it matters most

Taiwanese soldiers pose for a photo at the Songshan military airbase in Taipei on March 21. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images) One year after the conscription reform implementation, Taiwan’s military ...

Taiwan says it has discussed with US arms purchases for extra defence budget

Taiwan has already held preliminary talks with the United States about what weapons it wants to buy as part of a $40 billion ...