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China's escalating "gray zone" tactics against Taiwan, involving economic disruption, cyber operations and potential blockades, continue to pressure the island without triggering outright conflict.
China sent dozens of warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers, toward Taiwan, the island's Defense Ministry said Saturday, marking a forceful display days before the democracy plans to hold ...
China's military exercises are part of a sustained pressure campaign against Taiwan stretching back to 2022, said Sklenka, adding that once-rare incursions into Taiwan's air defence identification ...
June 21, 2024 at 4:09 PM. China ’s military could isolate Taiwan, cripple its economy, and make the democratic island succumb to the will of Beijing’s ruling Communist Party without ever ...
Wei Fenghe. The 2022 Chinese military exercises around Taiwan ( traditional Chinese: 2022年環臺軍事演練; simplified Chinese: 2022年环台军事演练) were a series of military exercises by the People's Republic of China (PRC) that encircled Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC). They initially lasted from 4–7 August 2022 and ...
In the context of Cold War confrontation between capitalist countries and communist countries worldwide, the mutual defense treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China was intended to secure the island of Taiwan from potential invasion by the People's Republic of China in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War on mainland China.
3,873 killed. 5,175 captured [ 3] The Battle of Kuningtou[ 4] or Battle of Guningtou ( Chinese: 古寧頭之役; pinyin: Gǔníngtóu zhī yì; Wade–Giles: Ku3-ning2-t’ou2 chih1 i4 ), also known as the Battle of Kinmen ( 金門戰役; Jīnmén Zhànyì ), was fought over Kinmen in the Taiwan Strait during the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
Biden angered China in 2022 by saying U.S forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, a deviation from a long-held U.S. position of "strategic ambiguity".