While support from the United States is welcome news for Taiwan, Trump's words raise a real question: Does Xi actually know the cost of invading Taiwan?

“Taiwan contributes to every layer of the U.S. AI hardware stack. We are more than just essential. We are a trustworthy partner,” she said. Taiwan also welcomes the chance to take part in Pax Silica—a U.S.

To simplify, the U.S. strategy is to make China think that the United States will defend Taiwan and make Taiwan think that it won’t.

neglected to provide Taiwan with the fair, impartial, and reasonable treatment that Taiwan is entitled to as a WTO member,” the ministry added.

In Munich, the United States and China presented sharply contrasting visions for global security, including their approaches to Europe and the Taiwan Strait.

–Taiwan chips deal on Jan. 15, which is expected to go a long way in reshoring American semiconductor manufacturing.

TECO’s office in San Francisco is responsible for managing governmental and people-to-people exchanges between Taiwan and Northern California as well as the states of Utah and Nevada.

The Europeans are hard-pressed looking after themselves, much less to help with Taiwan, even if they wanted to. Taiwan No ‘Sure Thing’ for Beijing Xi would be rolling the dice if he were to move against Taiwan.

However, this focus on Chinese military capabilities is about what China can do to Taiwan. As important is what Taiwan can do to China, especially to a PLA invasion force crossing the Taiwan Strait.

TAIPEI, Taiwan—The Taiwan government has accused the Chinese communist regime of engaging in transnational repression after a Chinese state-run newspaper in Hong Kong published an article targeting Taiwanese Interior Minister Liu Shyh-fang and her nephew

Gaslighting teaches allies to treat engagement with Taiwan as a “risk management” exercise rather than a matter of democratic principle. It encourages a culture of euphemism: Don’t say “Taiwan,” say “the Taiwan issue.”

TAIPEI, Taiwan—U.S. President Donald Trump signed new bipartisan legislation on Taiwan into law on Dec. 2, drawing a swift protest from China’s communist regime, which regards Taiwan as part of its territory.

Japan is set to deploy missiles near Taiwan to deter threats from Beijing. Nearly $1 billion dollars in U.S. taxpayer-funded research is linked to collaborations with Chinese labs—more notably, Chinese defense laboratories.

To achieve this goal, the communist regime has ramped up pressure on Taiwan across multiple fronts.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned on Jan. 20 that the world economy faces a single, outsized systemic vulnerability because advanced semiconductor production remains overwhelmingly concentrated in Taiwan, and that a blockade or destruction of the

Undoubtedly, Beijing is making new risk assessments concerning its 2027 plans for Taiwan.

the Taiwan Strait.

Hu Chen-tung, former general manager of Raytheon in Taiwan, told The Epoch Times that Taiwan should actively demonstrate strategic support.

Open warfare ceased after the United States authorized defense of Taiwan with the signing of the 1954 Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty and the 1955 Formosa Resolution. The treaty was replaced by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979.

However, when asked by reporters whether Chinese authorities actually investigated the cable damage or communicated with Taiwan, China's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Peng Qingen did not directly address the inquiries and merely repeated the accusations

Online platforms in Taiwan were instructed to block access to the app from Dec. 4. According to state-run outlet Focus Taiwan, the app remains downloadable in the island but has been rendered effectively unusable.

Neither of these resolutions mentions Taiwan or declares that Taiwan is part of the People’s Republic of China. Therefore, these resolutions have no power to confer upon the PRC any right to represent Taiwan in WHO.

The Chinese regime has increased its military pressure against Taiwan in recent years, including holding war games. Beijing has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control.

(Getty Images) "They will flood Taiwan with messaging that characterizes normal Taiwan-U.S. trade as evidence that we are merely American pawns or puppets, aiming to erode the public's psychological defense against China," Lee explained.

The Taiwan High Prosecutors Office disclosed a national security case on Nov. 17 involving a Chinese citizen accused of running an espionage network in Taiwan under the orders of the Chinese military.

HIMARS has a range of about 186 miles, meaning that Taiwan could hit coastal targets in southern China’s Fujian Province in the event of conflict. China and Taiwan are separated by the Taiwan Strait, a body of water 80 miles wide at its narrowest.

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Communist China, which has long sought to internationally isolate Taiwan and eventually take over the island, has now taken issue with a Taiwan-themed play in France.

Information operations are expected to play a central role in any potential campaign against Taiwan.

A view of the cleanup in a Taiwan town flooded by murky waters from a mountain barrier lake that burst its banks during a typhoon, killing 17 people, on Sept. 24.

“This kind of psychological warfare is ineffective in Taiwan,” Shen wrote, noting that Beijing’s move actually revealed its “collective inferiority complex toward democratic Taiwan.”