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China’s Military Drills Continue Off Taiwan
Japan’s leader on Friday called for China to stop its military exercises around Taiwan, a day after five of the Chinese missiles launched during the drills landed in waters claimed by Japan for its exclusive economic use. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called for “an immediate halt” to the exercises, which he said were having “a…
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Chinese Missiles Strike Seas Off Taiwan, and Some Land Near Japan
At least 11 Chinese missiles struck seas north, south and east of Taiwan on Thursday, less than 24 hours after Speaker Nancy Pelosi celebrated the island as a bulwark of democracy next to autocratic China. The People’s Liberation Army declared its missiles “all precisely hit their targets,” even as Japan said five landed in its…
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As China Plans Drills Circling Taiwan, U.S. Officials Fear a Squeeze Play
WASHINGTON — For years the deliberate “strategic ambiguity” in Washington’s China policy has left unclear how the United States would respond to a full-scale, amphibious invasion of Taiwan. But an equally hard question — maybe harder, in the minds of many senior White House and defense officials — is how to respond to a slow…
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Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Ends, China Gears Up for Military Drills: Latest Updates
Video Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, met with Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, in a series of high profile meetings. Ms. Pelosi was presented with an award given to those who have made outstanding contributions to Taiwan.CreditCredit…Taiwan Presidential Office, via Reuters After weeks of silence ahead of a high-stakes visit to Taiwan, Speaker Nancy…
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Nancy Pelosi Expected to Visit Taiwan: Live Updates
The United States has sent a steady stream of senior officials to show solidarity with Taiwan, while President Biden has said that he would act to defend Taiwan in the event of a conflict.Credit…Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times TAIPEI, Taiwan — Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to arrive in Taiwan on Tuesday,…
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U.S. Warns China Not to Turn Pelosi’s Expected Trip to Taiwan Into a ‘Crisis’
WASHINGTON — The United States warned China on Monday not to respond to an expected visit to Taiwan by Speaker Nancy Pelosi with military provocations even as American officials sought to reassure Beijing that such a trip would not be the first of its kind and would not represent any change in policy toward the…
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A Pelosi Trip to Taiwan Would Test China’s Appetite for Confrontation
Soon after Beijing’s last big confrontation with Washington over Taiwan, Xi Jinping, then a rising official in a Chinese province that faces the disputed island, joined a reserve artillery division, and later had himself photographed in military greens, cap turned backward as he peered through the sights of an antiaircraft gun. Looking tough toward the…
