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.

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.

Former president and foreign ministers have made trips to Europe as other nations handle contacts more flexibly

Wealthy, democratic and strategically located off the Chinese coast, Taiwan has long been the most volatile issue between the US and China. The US has helped arm Taiwan and, under President Joe Biden,

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.

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,