China is deploying dozens of ships in its biggest maritime mobilisation around Taiwan in years, Taipei said Tuesday, after Beijing voiced fury at President Lai Ching-te’s recent visit to the United States. Taiwanese forces were on high alert in anticipation of Beijing’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) staging war games in response to Lai’s US stopovers…
Miao Hua, one of the top generals at China’s powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), has been placed under investigation for suspected serious violation of rules, the defence ministry said. He has been suspended from duty, the ministry said on Thursday. The announcement comes a day after the Financial Times reported that Defence Minister Dong Jun…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Sunday it had spotted 35 Chinese military aircraft, including fighters and bombers, flying to the island’s south on the way to exercises in the Pacific, a second day in a row it has reported such activities. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory despite…
(Reuters) – Russia and China held “substantive” defence and military talks to bolster ties, Russia’s defence minister said on Tuesday, as Moscow and Beijing cement a “no limits” partnership and step up criticism of U.S. efforts to extend its influence in Asia. “The military departments of Russia and China are united in their assessments of…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Thursday it had detected a surge of Chinese warplanes flying off its east, west and south coasts in what a security source said was China simulating attacks to prevent foreign forces helping during a conflict. Democratically governed Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory, has complained…