The likeliest scenario for 2026 is not a full-fledged conflict, but an increase in China’s political, economic and military pressure against Taiwan

Heavyweights clash as election of hawkish PM Sanae Takaichi and US policy unpredictability change calculus in region

Both sides of the Taiwan Strait are girding for would be the most difficult seaborne invasion since World War II.

Taiwan will be “friendly to countries that are friendly to us," Foreign Minister Lin Chia-Lung said. He said that a declaration signed earlier this year by 72 members of the Israeli parliament in support of Taiwan’s inclusion in key international organizations is an example of Israel's support.

China has issued a strong condemnation of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent remarks on Taiwan, calling them a “serious violation” of the one-China principle and “blatant interference” in China’s internal affairs.

President Lai Ching-te rejected Beijing’s latest push to get the self-governing island to come under Chinese control under a system of autonomy it uses for Hong Kong and Macau.

Some worry that US President Trump may “sell out” Taiwan to broker a more favourable trade deal with China. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Taiwan must be allowed full and equal participation when China hosts APEC next year, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday, after Taipei complained that Beijing had "added a lot of conditions" to its attendance.

With a clear view of China's skyscraper-studded coastline, Taiwanese coastguard captain Huang Heng-chun steers his patrol boat through choppy waters around a group of islands controlled by Taipei.The Taiwanese boats also have water cannon and a 20-millimetre static machine gun,