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Senior former US officials arrive in Taiwan

Taiwan Ministry of National Defense:5 PLA aircraft (Y-8 ASW and J-16*4 ) entered Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on Apr. 13, 2021

China urges US to refrain from playing with fire on Taiwan issue

Taiwan Ministry of National Defense:25 PLA aircraft (Y-8 ASW*2, KJ-500 AEW&C, J-10*4, J-16*14 and H-6K*4) entered Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on Apr. 12, 2021

Congress calls for additional sanctions against Beijing and for strengthening ties with Taiwan

New guidelines issued for government interaction with Taiwan counterparts "to encourage U.S. government engagement with Taiwan that reflects our deepening unofficial relationship," according to @StateDeptSpox

Replying to @steveholland1 on concern about whether China might invade Taiwan, @PressSec says: "We're not looking with confrontation with China" and have expressed concern about its actions which are "potentially destabilizing

12 Chinese fighter jets lurking nearby "did not impact" Taiwan Strait transit: 7th Fleet

US Navy 7th Fleet destroyer Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John Mc Cain (DDG 56) transited Taiwan Strait on April 7

Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C.:15 PLA aircraft (J-10*8, J-16*4, Y-8 ASW and KJ-500 AEW&C ) entered Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on Apr. 7, 2021

In a briefing with foreign media in Taiwan, @MOFA_Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said Taiwan will fight until the end if China launched an attack. He said the US saw a danger that this could happen amid mounting Chinese military pressure

China says carrier group exercising near Taiwan, drills will become regular

10 Y-8 ASW, KJ-500 AEW and C, J-16 * 4 & J-10 * 4 planes from the PLA of China entered southwestern Taiwan ADIZ on April 5, 2021. ROCAF deployed planes patrol & air defense missile systems to observe the activities

A Chinese PLA Y-8 ASW aircraft entered southwest Taiwan's ADIZ on the afternoon of April 3, 2021. ROCAF deployed patrol aircraft

Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C.:One PLA Y-8 RECCE entered Taiwan's southwest ADIZ in the morning of Apr. 4, 2021

Taroko 408 vehicle derailed in Hualien "Clear Water Tunnel", 48 people had no signs of life (40 people were waiting for the prosecutor's examination at the scene, 7 people were transferred to the funeral home by the shuttle bus to Xincheng Railway Station, and 1 person was sent to the hospital He was later declared dead), 66 people were sent to hospitals (8 from Mennonite Hospital, 9 from Hualien Hospital, 28 from Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, 12 from National Army Hualien General Hospital, 5 from Suao Veterans Hospital, Luodong Boai Hospital 4 people) There are no trapped persons in the carriage.

A train crash in Taiwan has left at least 36 people without vital signs, the Transportation Ministry says, and many passengers remain trapped

36 suspected dead in Taiwan train derailment: railway police

A packed train has derailed in a tunnel in Taiwan at the start of a long holiday weekend with authorities saying at least four passengers appear to be dead and dozens of others injured. President Tsai has ordered hospitals to prepare for a mass casualty event

Taiwan Railway Authority said the initial inspection points the cause of the accident to a construction car that wasn't parked properly nearby, and the car slipped down towards the train track and hit the train which was passing by

Taiwan has decided to purchase 1 upgraded version of Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) surface-to-air missiles, the Air Force said on Wednesday, as the island ramps up its forces to guard against a growing threat from China

BBC's China Correspondent John Sudworth has left Beijing after intense criticism from Chinese govt & citizens of outlet's recent coverage

Biden and Suga to note Taiwan Strait in April joint statement

US Navy MQ-4C Triton AE5C76 active near Taiwan

10 KJ-500 AEW and C, Y-8 ASW, J-16 * 4 and J-10 * 4 planes from the PLA of China entered southwestern Taiwan's ADIZ on March 29. ROCAF deployed patrol aircraft & air defense missile systems to observe activities

Flight of Chinese aircraft in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean

"We now largely use land-based missile forces to track them. We are considering the war of attrition issue," Deputy Defence Minister Chang Che-ping said in parliament

Reuters: Taiwan's defence minister said in October that Taiwan had spent almost $900 million so far in 2020 on scrambling its air force against Chinese incursions, describing the pressure they are facing as "great"

Reuters: Taiwan's air force is no longer scrambling each time Chinese aircraft encroach on its air defence identification zone but tracks the intruders with ground based missiles instead to help save resources, a senior official said on Monday

China: The MinDéf broadcast 1 video of the flight of the PLA air force in the ADIZ of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Taiwan's MinDéf reported 1 violation of its air defense zone by 20 PLA planes, including 4 Xian H-6K bombers