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

Both sides of the Taiwan Strait are girding for would be the most difficult seaborne invasion since World War II.

Taiwan said the US is working overtime to speed up production of F-16V fighter jets to meet its orders. Taiwan has repeatedly complained of delays in weapons delivery from the US — its most important international backer and arms supplier.

Taiwan does not want China's "one country, two systems" and must uphold its freedom and democracy, and resolve to defend itself, President Lai Ching-te said on Friday (Oct 31), rejecting Beijing's latest push to get the island to come under Chinese control.

Speaking at a dinner hosted Monday by the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Taiwan, Lai reaffirmed the island’s steadfast support for Israel since the Hamas attacks of 2023 that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, despite the absence of formal diplomatic ties between Taipei and Jerusalem.

A smaller intervention cushion poses a challenge for Taiwan's central bank, with its currency forecast to rally further as the artificial intelligence boom drives up demand for local chips.