Trump, Xi and danger for Taiwan
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Lt. Gen. Sun Li-fang details Taiwan's defense plans against Chinese gray-zone operations and potential naval blockade threats from the PLA.
China has announced a new holiday called the Commemoration Day of Taiwan's Restoration, as part of its claims over the self-ruled island.
Foxconn’s $1.37B AI compute push signals a shift from manufacturing to infrastructure with major geopolitical stakes.
“Polycrisis” reports that both the U.S. and China are preparing for the unification attempt in 2027. The report says Beijing has instructed the People’s Liberation Army to be militarily “ready for Taiwan” by then while U.S. Indo-Pacific Command anticipates a Taiwan conflict window within the same timeframe.
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Taiwan wary China's new economic plan could include sensitive frontline islands, sources say
Taiwan is warily watching whether China could seek to try and exert economic control over sensitive frontline Taiwanese islands in a key development plan being discussed in Beijing this week, officials familiar with the matter said.
Cheng Li-wun’s surprise election as leader of the KMT party is also likely to widen domestic political divisions
General He Weidong was a member of the ruling Politburo and a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. He was also a longtime personal friend of Xi’s. He’s now joined dozens of other disgraced – and disempowered – military commanders caught up in a decade-long “anti-corruption” purge of the Communist Party’s ranks.
China will hold a celebration of the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's "retrocession" to Chinese rule, the government said on Wednesday, while sources told Reuters it was scheduled for this weekend in Beijing's Great Hall of the People.