Taiwan's defense special legislation has been deadlocked for months. The dispute started with a name. KMT legislator Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯) insisted the bill be called "Arms Procurem......
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale coordinated military strike against Iran, killing Supreme Leader Khamenei and much of Iran's senior leader......
In early April 2026, a high-stakes rescue operation deep inside Iranian territory unexpectedly ignited a wave of public debate on Chinese social media — not because of the audacity......
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chen Kuan-ting (陳冠廷) took the stage at the "Maritime Defense Unmanned Trends Forum" on April 7 with a clear message: Taiwan must take ......
When China's People's Liberation Army conducted its "Joint Sword" exercises in 2025, senior Taiwanese national security officials disclosed something unusual: one drill component w......
From the fax machine to the internet to artificial intelligence, a recurring hope has run through Western democratic thinking: that technology would eventually make China freer. It......
For the first time in a decade, the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party are set to meet face to face. The world has changed dramatically since their last summ......
Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) will lead a historic party delegation to mainland China from April 7 to April 12. This monumental diplomatic trip marks the first visit by ......
On March 31, President Trump announced plans to end U.S. military operations against Iran within three weeks — with or without a deal. Analysts warn this is less a resolution than ......
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has formally assessed that China has no current plan to invade Taiwan in 2027 and no fixed reunification timetable, effe......
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that Washington is actively negotiating with Iran, a major diplomatic development that Tehran's government has also formally acknowledg......
For commuters and small businesses dependent on logistics in Taiwan, one immediate concern has been fuel costs.Taiwan's state-owned oil firm CPC Corp will raise petrol and diesel p......
Taiwan's Executive Yuan has proposed a special defense budget bill worth approximately USD 38.5 billion (NT$1.25 trillion) to bolster national defense capabilities. Opposition part......
For the past five years, the notion that the People's Liberation Army would invade Taiwan in 2027 had taken on the character of received wisdom in Washington's think tanks and poli......
The ongoing U.S.-Iran military conflict is narrowing Washington's leverage over Beijing while potentially strengthening Chinese President Xi Jinping's strategic confidence toward T......
A pointed sentiment is circulating on American social media: People say they now support a military strike on Iran—on one condition. If President Donald Trump is so committed to ma......
Yusuke Anami (阿南友亮) is a professor at Tohoku University's Graduate School of Law, born in 1972, and holds a doctorate from Keio University's Graduate School of Law. His research fo......
The sweeping purge of China's top military brass has stripped the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of its last institutional brakes, creating a highly volatile environment where a "l......
Recent commentary has questioned the actions of Israel and the United States against Iran and described the threat posed by the Iranian regime as speculative. Such claims overlook ......
Nearly two weeks after the United States and Israel launched large-scale military operations against Iran, the Middle East remains engulfed in conflict, raising severe concerns for......
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that the ongoing military campaign against Iran will end soon because there are few military targets left to hit, but the staggering f......
A prominent Washington think tank is urging Taiwan to transform the Taiwan Strait into an unmanned "hellscape" to deter a potential Chinese invasion. However, domestic political gr......
Taiwan's military has reported a rare and "unusual" lull in Chinese aerial activity, with Beijing's warplanes largely absent from the skies around the island for nine of the past 1......
A proposed NT$1.25 trillion ($38.5 billion) special defense budget remains stalled in Taiwan's legislature, caught in a high-stakes standoff between opposition parties seeking mass......
As Taiwan's legislature prepares to review a crucial special defense budget, political analysts warn the appropriation has evolved beyond a domestic fiscal debate into a critical p......
“If Taiwan's resolve for self-defense is eroded from within, outside help may never arrive.”The warning comes from Tony Hu (胡振東), a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel who sp......
President Donald Trump warned Monday that the U.S. military offensive against Iran could last a month or longer, declaring that American forces will continue operations "no matter ......
On Feb. 11, Taiwan's political gridlock over the Executive Yuan's Special Procurement Act for Enhanced Defense Resilience and Asymmetric Warfare Capabilities finally showed signs o......
A rare aerial confrontation over the Yellow Sea during China's most significant holiday has laid bare the precarious dynamics of the U.S. military presence in Northeast Asia. As st......
Facing a tense nuclear standoff, President Donald Trump has revived his signature "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran, issuing a 10-day ultimatum that has left the Middle East......
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down President Donald Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" as unconstitutional is a victory for common sense, but it serves as a harsh wa......
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) assembled an unprecedented display of military leadership at the Presidential Office to promote his administration's NT$1.25 trillion (about U......
Taiwan's military plans to deploy four-legged robots and unmanned ground vehicles this year as part of a modernization strategy that integrates civilian technology into national de......
Taiwan's military is overhauling its combat readiness training, extending base confrontation exercises to ten days of continuous operations and standardizing reserve call-ups to tw......
Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Phipat Ratchakitprakarn has floated the idea of building a Disneyland theme park in the country's Eastern Economic Corridor ......
Thai military authorities have exposed a sprawling scam complex on the Cambodian border equipped with professional-grade “film sets” designed to mimic police stations and banks fro......
Taiwan's Information, Communications and Electronic Force Command, or ICEFCOM, often referred to as the military's "fourth service branch," has found itself in an unusual spotlight......
A shake-up in the top ranks of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is making Beijing's Taiwan policy harder to read, a Taiwanese defense scholar has warned. Speaking at a Januar......
Taiwan has crossed a critical threshold in its push for defense self-reliance, as its first domestically built submarine, Hai Kun (海鯤號), completed its inaugural underwater dive on ......
Chinese Military Purge Signals Shift in Taiwan Invasion Risk AssessmentBeijing's recent announcement of investigations into Zhang Youxia (張又俠) and Liu Zhenli (劉振立) has sparked inte......
A political earthquake has struck the Chinese Communist Party's military leadership. Xi Jinping has moved against Zhang Youxia (張又俠), a fellow “red second generation” princeling an......
Social Media Links & Editor Tag- ChaseChina's Ministry of Defense recently announced that Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia and Chief of Joint Staff Liu Zhenli......
Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently launched investigations for serious disciplinary violations against Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia (張又俠) and Chief......
Poland has quietly become the world's largest buyer of Taiwanese drones by 2025, with imports accounting for nearly 60% of Taiwan's total drone export value. Taiwan and Poland have......
Taiwan's $39 Billion Defense Plan Targets China's 2035 Military ThreatTaiwan's Executive Yuan approved a draft special budget law in November 2025, allocating an additional NT$1.25......
During a flag-raising ceremony at the Presidential Office on January 1, 2026, Taiwan's Executive Premier Cho Jung-tai pronounced four wishes regarding several key policy disputes t......
Following Chinese live fire military exercises around Taiwan on December 30 that infringed upon the island's territorial waters and impacted 941 international and domestic flights.......
China conducted live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait throughout the day of December 30. In response, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te stated on social media that he h......
The Chinese army's Eastern Theater Commandannounced on December 29 that it would conduct live ammunition joint strike drills around Taiwan from morning to night the following day, ......
A 27-year-old man named Zhang Wen killed three pedestrians and injured at least eleven more during a killing spree near Taipei's Zhongshan metro station on December 19, 2025. Predm......
