Punished for getting caught, or her reputation too tarnished to represent Xinhua abroad, Shi Rong is now in Beijing, and she’s not going any...

The 12 refushished P-3C Orion ASW aircraft that Taiwan has purchased from the US will be the likely platforms for the passive sonobuoys The ...

Maybe it’s only for his business interests, but Tsai Eng-meng has an uncanny ability to look the other way when it would be inconvenient to ...

China, whose navy has an estimated 10,000-100,000 naval mines, could use them to impose a sea blockade against Taiwan in time of conflict Tw...

Beijing co-opted the elite and big business in Hong Kong to create dependence and ensure compliance. With four more years of KMT rule, the s...

Ma’s second term is expected to be much more difficult than his first, largely because Beijing will expect him to pay it back for its help i...

When it comes to democracy in Taiwan, the Chinese government remains as parochial as ever, imposing tight restrictions on the media and Chin...

Even if he was speaking as a private citizen, as an electoral monitor the former AIT director should have avoided saying anything that can b...

It looks like being outside on election day could be too ‘dangerous’ for Chinese tourists A couple of reporters from Reuters parachuted to T...

Through no fault of theirs, international observers arrive here facing a credibility handicap, victims of a political system whose impartial...

The vessel is top-heavy because of its tall superstructure, which raises its ‘center of buoyancy’ and makes it bob around like a cork in hig...

For generational reasons, young voters tend to support the opposition DPP more than they do the KMT. And it is this group that faces extra h...

After several years of delay, the PLA Navy could now able to launch submarine-based ballistic missiles at a near wartime frequency The Minis...

Rather than enter a plane-for-plane arms race with China, Taiwan must adopt an asymmetrical strategy that involves a focus on offensive weap...

The announcement confirms that Taiwan will be the first country outside the US to obtain the world's most advanced combat helicopter, wh...

In a presidential campaign that can only be described as underwhelming, the scandals have failed to convince voters to change their longstan...

China has been developing the GPS-based kit since 2003. Now that the Beidou positioning system is operational, the smart bombs have gotten s...

Creating an all-volunteer force is a hugely expensive endeavor that requires fundamental changes in training and organization. Getting it wr...

Caijing, one of the rare independent publications in China, appears to have run into the limits of Beijing’s willingness to allow coverage o...

With resolution reaching 10 meters next year, the Beidou constellation of orbiters could provide guidance coordinates for a number of milita...