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.

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.

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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.

The Taiwan issue was not brought up in that meeting.

“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.”

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.

Yen Chen-shen, professor at National Chengchi University in Taiwan, concurred, saying Taiwan and Eswatini's partnership remains intact and will withstand Beijing's interference.

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Giménez (R-Fla.), who also serves on the House select committee, denounced China’s military actions against Taiwan.

Shipping containers at the harbor in Keelung, Taiwan, on Dec. 8, 2020.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has never ruled Taiwan, but it has said it aims to absorb the island and has not ruled out doing so by force.

Does this signal a delay in Beijing’s timeline to take Taiwan? High-stakes talks at the White House failed to reach a consensus. After meeting with Vice President J.D.

On Dec. 2, Trump signed the Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act into law, requiring the U.S. State Department to review and update its guidelines for U.S. engagements with Taiwan at least once every five years.

Commentary With Chinese leader Xi Jinping directing the Chinese military to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027, a potential invasion of Taiwan is on the minds of many world leaders.

Trump signed the Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act on Dec. 2, requiring the State Department to regularly review and update guidelines on official U.S.–Taiwan interactions.

"If China were to impose a blockade around Taiwan, and the U.S. tried to free Taiwan from such a predicament, the dispatch of Chinese warships into the Taiwan Strait under such circumstances could constitute an existence-threatening situation," he told

In Beijing, Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Chinese regime’s foreign ministry, reiterated opposition to any form of official exchanges between Taiwan and the United States when asked about the U.S. delegation’s trip to Taiwan.

Taiwan is responding to China’s latest military drills around the island. It condemns the Chinese regime's actions as a threat to regional security. China is quietly expanding the factories that build its nuclear weapons.

There were also discussions about potential military action against Taiwan by China.

“Even attacking Taiwan is a political objective, not simply a territorial issue,” he said.

"For Taiwan, the most important thing is to deepen our ties with these countries."

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.

Taiwan has detected a resumption of large-scale Chinese military drills in the Taiwan Strait, including 26 sorties between March 14 and March 15.

It also reaffirmed that Washington does not support unilateral changes to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.