Type-03 medium-range surface-to-air guided missiles are expected to be stationed at Camp Yonaguni during fiscal 2030, Japan’s defense minister said.

The island at the center of the artificial intelligence boom—and increasingly the global economy—lies on geological and geopolitical fault lines. Taiwan, the producer of most of the world’s advanced semiconductors,

TAIPEI, Feb 15 (Reuters) - China is the real threat to security and is hypocritically claiming to uphold U.N. principles of peace, Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Sunday in a rebuff to comments by China's top diplomat at the Munich Security Conference.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he is discussing potential arms sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and that has raised concerns.

The purges carry real implications for China’s domestic politics and short-term military readiness, but their relevance to Beijing’s Taiwan policy is limited.

China reaffirms the one-China principle, highlights cross-strait ties, and stresses the need for peaceful reunification.

Beijing has intensified its rhetoric surrounding Taiwan, asserting its claim over the island which remains a central point of tension globally. Xi Jinping has confidently stated that reunification is not just a goal but an inevitability.

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China called Taiwan’s leader Lai Ching-te a “war instigator” on Thursday after he warned in an interview that Beijing would target countries in the region should it seize control of the self-ruled island.