Tag: first island chain
Xi Jinping’s Expansionism Has Unified the Democratic World Against Beijing
For years, Beijing's strategy rested on a single assumption: that democratic governments were too fractured...
Lai Ching-te Defends ROC Status Quo, Says No ‘Taiwan Independence’ Issue
In the aftermath of the Trump–Xi meeting last week, Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te addressed the public...
Taiwan Aspires to Become the ‘Asia-Pacific Hub for the Democratic Drone Supply Chain’
Supported by Taiwan’s strong semiconductor and PCB distribution network, Taiwan’s drone industry is working...
Taiwan Hosts Multiple High-Profile International Delegations Amid Rising Global Attention
Recently, Taiwan has received multiple high-profile international delegations, including a bipartisan...
CCP Military Budget Rises 7% Even as China’s Economic Growth Hits a 30-Year Low
The CCP military budget will climb 7 percent in 2026, reaching approximately 1.9 trillion yuan, even...
Trump Signs $1.4B Taiwan Defense Funding in 2026 Appropriations Bill
Li Jingyao U.S. President Trump has signed a comprehensive appropriations bill that includes $1.4...
‘To Lose Taiwan Is to Lose the Pacific’: MacArthur’s Warning Revisited
By Ying Shan, Vision Times Recent headlines declaring that “a Taiwan contingency is a Japan contingency...
Taiwan Boosts Defense Spending as CCP Invasion Warnings Intensify
By Li Zexu As Taiwan moves to strengthen its defenses against growing pressure from Beijing, foreign...
CCP Aircraft Carrier Fujian Transits Taiwan Strait as Military Pressure Intensifies
On Tuesday, Dec. 16, the Chinese Communist Party’s aircraft carrier Fujian transited the Taiwan Strait...
Analysis: Beijing Miscalculates as Japan Draws a Red Line
From Nov. 16 to 18, East Asia witnessed a rapid and dramatic escalation that spread from the sea to diplomacy...
A New Asian Front? US, Japan, and Taiwan Form an Emerging Alliance Against Beijing
On Nov. 18, East Asia’s security landscape shifted in a single day. As China celebrated the Fujian aircraft...
Taiwan’s Strategic Value Highlighted as US Pushes Equal APEC Participation
When asked by reporters on Nov. 6, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State said that the United...