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UK Defence Secretary John Healey says Britain is prepared to fight alongside allies like Australia in the Pacific "if conflict breaks out over Taiwan." Source: The Telegraph

China lodges protest with Japan over Taiwan region official's visit

Taiwan's main opposition will protest on Friday, the eve of unprecedented recall elections targeting its lawmakers that could tip the balance of power to President Lai Ching-te's ruling party

Yhdysvaltain Euroopan komentokeskuksen kenraali Alexus G. Grynkewich totesi, että Naton on varauduttava mahdollisiin samanaikaisiin konflikteihin Venäjän ja Kiinan kanssa, mahdollisesti vuoteen 2027 mennessä. Grynkewich mainitsi myös Naton pyrkimykset toimittaa lisää Patriot-järjestelmiä Ukrainalle. - Stars and Stripes

Taipei holds air raid drill to prepare for Chinese attack

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to make first trip to Asia, for ASEAN meeting in Malaysia: U.S. State Department

Han Kuang, the annual major military exercise of the Republic of China Armed Forces, is set to begin next week. With approximately 22,000 reservists to be mobilized, the most in the drill's history, check out TSM’s visualization highlighting Taiwan’s Reserve Command districts and bases:

China's military vows to boost combat readiness after Taiwan president says that Taiwan is a country

Beijing to Taipei: How can we “invade” Taiwan when it’s already part of China “Though the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have not yet been fully reunified, the historical and legal fact that compatriots on both sides belong to one China…never changed.”

British warship HMS Spey bravely navigated through the Taiwanese strait in order to reinforce freedom of navigation, despite protests by the Chinese Government

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says the threat of China "conquering Taiwan" is real and "could be imminent"

Taiwan will hold a national referendum on restarting a nuclear reactor that it shut down just last week, potentially opening up a pathway to reverse the government's anti-nuclear policy

'Ignorant' to call Taiwan a country, China says responding to Taipei's foreign minister

29 PLA aircraft, 6 PLAN vessels and 2 official ships operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 25 out of 29 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern ADIZ.

President of Taiwan: Taiwan does not seek retaliatory tariffs against the US. Instead, we’ll start talking from bilateral 'zero tariffs.' To ensure Taiwan's competitiveness, we'll increase US imports and adopt other measures. Working together, we'll usher in a golden age of shared prosperity

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 10 km WNW of Yujing, Taiwan

The CCG has published a map of their current movements around Taiwan carried out "according to the One-China Principle"

Spokesperson for the East China Sea Branch of the Chinese Coast Guard has announced the CCG is conducting "law enforcement patrols" surrounding Taiwan including "pre-inspection, arrest, interception and seizure, and other subject exercises."

Taiwan detects 19 Chinese warships, Shandong aircraft carrier group around island - AFP

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says his country and Japan share a “warrior ethos” in tackling Chinese aggression across the Taiwan Strait

Yhdysvaltain ulkoministeri Marco Rubio sanoi eilen, että Yhdysvaltain presidentti Donald Trump vastustaa kaikkia Taiwanin "status quon" muuttamista väkisin tai kiristyksen avulla ja aikoo säilyttää tämän politiikan.

Taiwan's P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft capture photos of a Chinese Wing Loong-10 operating in the area

Chinese Foreign Ministry: We oppose any form of official exchanges between Taiwan and countries with which we have diplomatic relations.

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te warned of deepening effort by mainland China to infiltrate the island, and said Taipei has no choice but to take more pro-active actions using the anti-Infiltration Law. He ordered a review of the Military Trial Law/military trials among other measures. Restoring military trials would allow the judiciary and prosecutors to handle cases in which military officers commit crimes such as rebellion, leaking confidential information and aiding the enemy, Per President Lai.

Kiina sanoo tekevänsä kaikkensa toteuttaakseen "rauhanomaisen yhdistymisen" Taiwanin kanssa, kun se ilmoitti viime viikolla, ettei saaresta koskaan tulisi "maa".

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 4 km ESE of Yujing, Taiwan

Trump on relocating chips manufacturing to the US: "It will at least give us a position where we have in this very very important business, we would have a very big part of it in the US if something should happen with Taiwan."

President Donald Trump said he didn’t want to comment when asked whether it was the policy of his administration to prevent China from taking control of Taiwan by force

China is seriously concerned by reports that the Trump administration has released $5.3 billion in previously frozen foreign aid, including $870 million designated for military assistance for Taiwan

Taiwan deployed troops after China announced live ammunition exercises off the island