Taiwan holds high-stakes recall elections
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Military Times on MSNTaiwan’s Han Kuang drills demonstrate its quills are growing sharperTaiwan has made significant but insufficient progress in building a military capable of deterring a cross-strait invasion.
Taiwan is gearing up for another election – this time to unseat “pro-China” lawmakers. The vote could break the political gridlock the island is in, with disagreements turning into brawls in the parliament,
MOFA welcomes the EU’s continued urging for China to maintain the “status quo” and refrain from unilaterally altering it via threat of force, Hsiao said, adding that Taiwan would continue to work with like-minded EU partners to foster peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.
Taiwan's government said on Wednesday that a trade delegation led by the vice premier was in Washington, D.C., for a new round of in-person negotiations with U.S. officials this week. U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed imposing tariffs of as much as 32% on Taiwan.
China has embraced an “anaconda strategy” to slowly ramp up pressure on Taiwan, making continued U.S. support a lynchpin of the island’s autonomy.
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A second Taiwanese carrier plans to fly to Asia from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Unlike Starlux, debuting in 2026, these flights have a strange catch.
As they kicked off the largest joint military exercises in Australia’s history with a press conference in Sydney earlier this month, U.S. commanders gave a simple explanation for why 35,000 troops from 19 nations were simulating high-tech warfare.
The ROC military’s annual exercise is changing to reflect the PLA’s evolving tactics. There is no longer a clear distinction between the frontlines and rear areas in a Taiwan Strait conflict.
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Countries like Taiwan are dominating in chipmaking because they value "high-quality" manufacturing, an ethos that "doesn’t exist in North America," Graphcore CEO Nigel Toon told #FortuneAISingapore.