The Taiwan-built submarine “Narwhal” is currently undergoing the Harbour Acceptance Trial (HAT), but it has recently been reported that there are still more than 70 deficiencies to be improved and need to be retested, which will also affect the subsequent Sea Acceptance Test (SAT), which may even be postponed to the first quarter of next…
Spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning Two German warships are reported to have crossed the Taiwan Strait in mid-September, that’s the first German naval ship to cross the Taiwan Strait in 22 years. In this regard. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today (9th Sept) that it resolutely opposes the provocation of relevant…
Ko Wen-je（柯文哲）, former mayor of Taipei City and chairman of the Taiwan People’s Party, was detained with incommunicado by the Taipei District Court because of the Core Pacific City case （京華城）. The People’s Party held a rally on Jinan Road next to the Legislative Yuan this evening, to support Ko Wen-je and to shout that…
Maria Zakharova, Spokeswoman of Russia Foreign Ministry Taiwan President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said in an exclusive interview with TV on Sunday (01/09) that if China wants to safeguard its territorial sovereignty, it should recover the land occupied by Russia, refuting China’s statement that “recovering Taiwan is to safeguard territorial sovereignty”. The UK’s newspaper “Guardian” pointed…
by Edgardo Castro, Associate Editor As maritime security concerns escalate in the Asia-Pacific region, the need for enhanced cooperation between regional naval forces becomes increasingly critical. Taiwan, situated just a short distance from the Philippines, shares not only a geographical proximity but also common interests in maintaining peace and stability in the surrounding waters. Given…
In its 2025-year budget, the ROC’s Mainland Affairs Council has significantly increased its donations to the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), from TW$184.355 million last year to TW$259.57 million, an increase of 40.80%. Hsu, Yu-Chen (許宇甄), the Kuomintang’s legislator pointed out that, it is necessary to face squarely the current deadlock between the two sides of…
Taiwan’s Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said during his visit to Taiwan’s China Ship Building Corporation, (CSBC) yesterday (06/09) that the submarine plan and budget have been approved a few days ago, and a total of seven new-type submarines have been planned to be built. Yesterday, Cho Jung-tai accompanied by Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai （陳其邁）, DPP Legislators Lai Jui-Lung…
According to the analysis of Taiwan’s national security Bureau (NSB) which is reported by Taiwan media, China has adopted a two-handed strategy in the context of strategic competition with Western countries led by United States and internal economic deterioration, playing the role of a peacemaker on the one hand, and aggressiveness on the other hand,…
Yang Chih-yuan (楊智淵), vice chairman of Taiwan’s National Party (台灣民族黨), was arrested by authorities in China in August 2022 and detained than two years, and it was a news that he was sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of “separatism” recently. The ROC‘s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said that both the government and…
The Ministry of National Defense said that since 03/09, it has successively obtained various types of fighter aircrafts, helicopters and unmanned aircraft of the Mainland China, and cooperated with the ground force of amphibious ships and roll-on/roll-off ships(RORO) to engage in joint landing practice in the waters near Dacheng Bay in Dongshan, Fujian (福建東山大埕灣). It is…