Bharat Express

Taiwan

Lai declared that Taiwan will never back down in the face of Chinese threats

Both Taiwan and the United States have stated that Lai's transits, which included a stop in San Francisco on his way back Wednesday, are usual

Lai will meet the chair of the Virginia-based American Institute in Taiwan, a U.S. government-run non-profit that maintains unofficial relations with Taiwan

Taiwan's democratically elected government opposes China's claim to sovereignty, claiming that only the people of the island can decide their fate

The Chinese military has performed two large drills surrounding Taiwan

Some of the planes violated the Taiwan Strait median line, an unofficial buffer that separates the two sides, and came within 24 nautical miles of Taiwan's coasts

Last month, Beijing has sent 318 military aircraft and 142 naval ships around Taiwan.

The sale will help improve the recipient's security and contribute to the region's political stability, military balance, and economic progress

Taiwanese Ministry of National Defence stated that they noted Russian frigates “sailing from south to north in the waters off our eastern coast” as of 11 pm local time (15:00 GMT).

"We hope that we can break some barriers in order to have better political ties with each other," Taiwan's Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu