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China flexes its military muscles around Taiwan
Updated : 6 months ago IST
In 2025 the PLA conducted 5,317 sorties - a daily average of 15 - around Taiwan. Of these, Chinese military aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line 3,867 times and entered Taiwan's self-declared air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
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Chinese military threat grows, according to Pentagon report
Updated : 6 months ago IST
On 23 December 2025, the US Pentagon issued the latest edition of its annual report examining the status of the PLA. The document, "Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2025", was the 25th edition to appear. It covers developments through the start of 2
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'Provocative, threat to regional stability': Taipei decries as China condu
Updated : 6 months ago IST
After the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)'s Eastern Theatre Command conducted drills in the water to the east of Taiwan in an all-dimensional force projection, Taiwan's Minister of National Defence, Wellington Koo, said on Tuesday that the PLA's provocative actions threaten regiona
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Quad Ambassadors reaffirm grouping's role for "free and open" Indo-Pacific
Updated : 6 months ago IST
US Ambassador to China, David Perdue, on Tuesday reaffirmed the Quad's role in maintaining a "free and open" Indo-Pacific during a meeting with Quad ambassadors in Beijing, highlighting the strength of the US-Australia-India-Japan partnership amid ongoing large-scale Chinese military exer
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US lawmakers flag national security risks as global firms fuel China's chi
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
A US House investigation found that American, Japanese and Dutch semiconductor equipment firms significantly aided China's chip industry, raising national security concerns. Lawmakers warned that sales to Chinese state and military-linked entities threaten US technological leadership and cal
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Taiwan detects 9 sorties of Chinese aircraft, 7 naval vessels around itsel
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Of the nine, five sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern and southwestern ADIZ.
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Taiwan detects heightened Chinese military activity around its territory
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Taiwan detected the presence of 7 PLAN vessels operating around its territory along with 13 sorties of PLA aircraft, the Ministry of National Defence (MND) shared on Tuesday.
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Taiwan records 9 PLA aircraft sorties, 7 PLAN vessels around its territory
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected nine sorties of Chinese Military Aircraft and seven naval vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6:00 am (local time) on Saturday.
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Taiwan records increase in Chinese military activity with 33 PLA aircraft
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Taiwan's Ministry of Defence detected 33 sorties of Chinese Military Aircraft and seven naval vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6:00 am (local time) on Friday.
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"Not conducive to regional peace": US critiques China's use of radar on Ja
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The US has for the first time criticized the Chinese military's use of radar on Japanese fighter jets last week, as Tokyo refuted Beijing's claims it had given sufficient advance notice of military drills near Japan, The Japan Times reported.
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Taiwan records 7 PLAN vessels, 2 sorties of PLA aircraft around its territ
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) recorded 2 sorties of PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels operating around its territory on Sunday.
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Taiwan reports increase in Chinese military activity around its territory
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence on Saturday recorded an increase of Chinese military activities around its territory since Friday, with 29 sorties by PLA aircraft and six PLAN vessels operating around its territory as of 6 am today.
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