The extreme precision of the US in its Venezuelan operation shows why nations must be able to execute a complex special surgical strike, according to analysts who said China had long pursued the capability but had yet to master it. In a complex joint endeavour integrating its air force, navy, intelligence agencies and space and…
All eyes are on how Beijing’s “Chinese dream” of eventual Taiwan reunification will unfold at a time when the leader of the United States – Taipei’s top international backer – appears less likely to intervene in case of a cross-strait conflict. In the first of a three-part series, Amber Wang looks at how recent moves…
Taiwan can’t afford to hike its defence budget to more than three percent of GDP, the new leader of the democratic island’s biggest opposition party told AFP, which could derail the government’s spending plans. The Kuomintang party (KMT) controls parliament — and the government’s purse strings — with the help of the Taiwan People’s Party,…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent his congratulations to the newly elected leader of Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang, Cheng Li-wun, calling for joint efforts to promote reunification. Xi said he hoped both the mainland’s ruling Communist Party and the island’s KMT could “strengthen their common political foundation and unite the vast majority of people…