The U.S. Navy has released a video of what it called an "unsafe interaction" in the Taiwan Strait, in which a Chinese warship crossed in front of a U.S. destroyer in the sensitive waterway, a risky incident amid deteriorating Sino-U.S. ties.

Xi’s appointees to China’s top military decision-making and command body boast combat experience and Taiwan expertise. While this doesn’t necessarily portend a confrontation in the Taiwan Strait, it does point to a more military-focused approach to the Taiwan issue.

The US navy said two cruisers, the USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville, had passed through waters ‘beyond the territorial sea of any coastal state’. The People’s Liberation Army described the trip by the Ticonderoga-class cruisers as “showing off”.

On day 1 of exercises that will last until Sunday, the PLA lobs ballistic missiles over the island and breaches its airspace. The tactics are part of a strategy to strike fear and panic across the Taiwan Strait, analyst says

China has suspended natural sand exports, while also blocking imports of citrus fruits, chilled white scallops, frozen mackerel, confectionery, biscuits and bread. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied repeated warnings from Beijing and met President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday in Taipei.

Beijing has repeatedly threatened forceful measures if Pelosi, the most senior US politician to visit Taiwan since 1997, went ahead with the plan. Opinion in the US is divided over the visit, with some warning it raises the risk of igniting a conflict between China and the US. Jet that took Nancy Pelosi to Malaysia skirts South China Sea after leaving ...

Chinese warplanes buzz Taiwan Strait dividing line. Expected U.S. House speaker's visit has enraged Beijing. Beijing insists self-ruled Taiwan is part of China.

China has repeatedly said the US House Speaker should not visit the island, with one observer suggesting ‘even stronger warnings’ have been given in private. Pelosi has not confirmed whether she will visit Taiwan, but if she does she will be the highest ranked US official to do so since 1997.

PLA increases military exercises around the island, many coinciding with visits by US politicians. Mainland China is preparing to ‘pre-emptively strike a potential adversary’, defence expert says

PLA holds joint combat-readiness exercise near island to deter collusion with the United States. Beijing say there would be heavy consequences for supporting Taiwanese independence.