China opens new air routes running close to Taiwanese islands Taiwan decries move as flight safety risk Routes are near Taiwan-controlled Kinmen and Matsu islands China says flight paths to improve ...

John Feng is Newsweek's contributing editor for Asia based in Taichung, Taiwan. His focus is on East Asian politics. He has covered foreign policy and defense matters, especially in relation to ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s defense ministry on Tuesday detailed the surge in Chinese warplane activity around the island during war games the previous day, saying it had detected a record 153 Chinese ...

A Taiwanese defence minister said the country was running an 'exchange' with the US to 'figure out how to improve' its military - SAM YEH/AFP The United States has positioned troops on a tiny island ...

China's could seize of some of Taiwan's most vulnerable islands within the next six months, war analysts warn. An aggressive, short-of-war campaign could force the islands into a quarantine.

Japan’s defense minister, visiting a military base close to Taiwan, said plans to deploy missiles to the post would move forward as tensions smolder between Tokyo and Beijing over the East Asian ...