China launched fighter jets and other aircraft over the Taiwan Strait on Monday as part of military drills aimed at sending a "warning" to the self-ruled island. Here, AFP looks at the critical ...

This week, the usual protagonists once again played their assigned roles in the five-decade stylized drama set in the Taiwan Strait: Taiwan’s president vowed to stand up to a bullying mainland.

Japan has sent a destroyer through the Taiwan Strait for the first time, Japanese media reported, amid increasing military ...

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The narrow strait that separates Taiwan from China is a frequent source of tension. Taiwan reports Chinese warplanes and warships operating there on a daily basis, as Beijing seeks to assert its ...

Comparing the current crisis to the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis from 1995-96, Japan’s attitude toward China, the U.S., and other like-minded countries has changed significantly.

TAIPEI (Reuters) -A French naval ship passed through the Taiwan Strait, the island's defence ministry said on Tuesday, in the latest mission through the strategic waterway by a Western country.

political parties across the opposite side of the Taiwan Strait have responded, albeit in a routine fashion. The timing of ...

Taiwan and the United States say the Taiwan Strait is an international waterway. “The decision has not been taken yet,” the commander of the naval task group, Rear Admiral Axel Schulz ...

A Japanese warship has sailed through the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China for the first time, prompting Beijing to lodge complaints with Tokyo. The JS Sazanami, a naval destroyer ...