Lieutenant General Sun Li-fang details Taiwan's defense plans against Chinese gray-zone operations and potential naval blockade threats from the PLA.

China "absolutely will not" rule out using force over Taiwan, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, striking a much tougher tone than a series of articles in state media this week that pledged benign rule if the island comes over to Beijing.

China has announced a new holiday called the Commemoration Day of Taiwan's Restoration, as part of its claims over the self-ruled island.

While leadership says new Loyalty Hall name highlights army ethos, opposition accuses DPP of politicising military and rewriting history.

“Polycrisis” reports that both the U.S. and China are preparing for the unification attempt in 2027. The report says Beijing has instructed the People’s Liberation Army to be militarily “ready for Taiwan” by then while U.S. Indo-Pacific Command anticipates a Taiwan conflict window within the same timeframe.

Taiwan is warily watching whether China could seek to try and exert economic control over sensitive frontline Taiwanese islands in a key development plan being discussed in Beijing this week, officials familiar with the matter said.

Cheng Li-wun’s surprise election as leader of the KMT party is also likely to widen domestic political divisions

General He Weidong was a member of the ruling Politburo and a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission. He was also a longtime personal friend of Xi’s. He’s now joined dozens of other disgraced – and disempowered – military commanders caught up in a decade-long “anti-corruption” purge of the Communist Party’s ranks.