Taiwan Strait

China Sends Ships and Planes Toward Taiwan Despite Rising Criticism

China sent more warships and aircraft into waters and airspace near Taiwan on Friday, defying international criticism of its military exercises and demonstrating the country’s confidence, as well as its growing appetite for confrontation. In addition to its muscle flexing, China also threw several diplomatic punches aimed at laying out the global cost of what […]

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Why Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Is Raising U.S.-China Tensions

Follow our live coverage of Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit. Taiwan, an island of 23 million people 80 miles off the coast of China, has long been a point of tension between Washington and Beijing. Now those tensions are at a new high, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi having held a series of high-profile meetings there on […]

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