Data Cutoff: June 25, 2025 The China–Taiwan Weekly Update is a joint product from the Institute for the Study of War and the American Enterprise Institute. The update supports the ISW–AEI ...

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -China and Taiwan have clashed over their competing interpretations of history in an escalating war of words over what Beijing views as provocations from Taiwan's ...

China and Taiwan have been spying on each other for over 70 years, and it was most intense in the 1950s. In the 1960s the situation got rather chaotic in China because of a major famine and the ...

Concerns about spying in Taiwan and China date back to the Chinese civil war, after which the defeated Chinese Nationalist Party, or the Kuomintang, fled to Taiwan in 1949.

Taiwan has long been a tense flashpoint between Washington and Beijing. By law, the U.S. is required to help Taiwan defend itself. But there is now a debate about whether Taiwan is spending enough ...

Casting Taiwan as a “provocateur” is not only analytically flawed, but risks legitimizing Beijing’s aggression.

SOMETIMES THE only answer to China’s frequent threats to invade Taiwan is dark humour. At the National Palace Museum in Taipei guides tell visitors that the collection of imperial treasures ...

Friction remains high after major Chinese military drills around Taiwan last week.

Taiwan’s government wants the island and its citizens to become more resilient and ready for a potential Chinese invasion or blockade. It's a threat the government is increasingly willing to ...

The Chinese military has conducted large-scale drills around Taiwan as it again warned the self-ruled island against seeking formal independence.

China’s coercive campaign against Taiwan has escalated in recent years. Beijing’s approach has evolved from putting political and economic pressure on the island’s leadership and now ...

The U.S.-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia—without Ukraine's participation—give a glimpse at how Trump may handle a crisis over Taiwan.