This year’s drills are ten days, twice as long as before. The timing is no accident. Tensions with Beijing remain high. While polls suggest most Taiwanese don’t believe an invasion is imminent, the government is preparing with focus and urgency.

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The 41st Han Kuang exercise is taking place against a backdrop of heightened tensions with China, which claims Taiwan as its own and has vowed to unify with it—by force, if necessary. This year's live-fire component is the longest ever, reflecting the seriousness with which Taipei views the threat.

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TAIPEI: Taiwan's trade negotiators were "working around the clock" to strike a tariff deal with the United States, the island's vice president said on Friday (Jul 18), two weeks before Washington's deadline.

A university coach in Taiwan was accused of coercing students into hundreds of blood donations in exchange for graduation credits.

Sirens wailed, roads emptied and people were ordered to stay indoors in Taiwan's capital Taipei on Thursday during an annual air-raid exercise aimed at preparing for any Chinese missile attack.