This incident follows a recent pattern of escalated manoeuvres by China around Taiwan, raising concerns over regional stability ...

Taiwan’s Ministry of Defence (MND) on Monday detected seven aircraft from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and seven vessels from the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) near its territory. The MND ...

A Knox-class frigate, also known as the Chi Yang-class (濟陽級) in Taiwan, which was purchased from the US and has been in use by the navy for nearly three decades, is to be decommissioned soon, a ...

Taiwanese receive information daily about the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) threat from the Ministry of National Defense and news sources. One area that needs better understanding is which forces ...

Even when deployed alongside U.S., British, Australian, or other allied naval powers, the Chinese A2/AD threat to surface ...

The latest development in a growing trend for ‘military boardgames’ gives players the chance to ‘defend’ Taiwan.

China's new Type 055 destroyer rivals the capabilities of the US's aging Ticonderoga class and may exceed it in threatening ...

Taiwan ’s government says China is redoubling efforts to undermine confidence in the self-governing island’s democracy and close ties with the United States through the ...

This article is one of many in a series in which Breaking Defense reporters look back on the most significant (and ...

Toshi Yoshihara, Mao’s Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China’s Navy, Georgetown University Press, 2023. 176 pages, $34.95.

In fact, Taiwan’s military spending has grown significantly since the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) assumed office in ...