China has long sought to intimidate Taiwan with its massive navy, air force and the world's largest standing army, but it's mere dinghies that are now causing the most consternation.

Strict controls would be implemented when indigenous drones enter mass production, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said at the legislature in Taipei yesterday, following reports that Taiwan’s Rui Yuan II (銳鳶, Sharp Hawk) contains Chinese-made components.

It is a boost for China’s defence industry, arms exports and the PLA’s confidence – and should encourage Beijing to increase its nuclear stockpile.

China has vowed to unify with Taiwan, which it considers its territory, though the Chinese Communist Party has never ruled there. Beijing, in recent years, ramped up military activities around ...

Taiwan has faced increased military pressure from China, including several rounds of war games, as Beijing seeks to assert its sovereignty claims over the island. Taiwan has bought 29 of Lockheed ...

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confirmed in an interview that talks are under way to regularize warship transits across the Taiwan Strait, a development he hinted could lead to more formal joint military activities between the two neighbors and thus reshape the strategic calculus in the ...

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech on the anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe in Taipei, Taiwan May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File