The Trump administration's announcement of plan to sell Taiwan a record $10 billion worth of weapons draws an angry response from China.

China's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, Taiwan's defence ministry said, its first transit of the sensitive waterway since formally entering service last month.

From Hong Kong Jimmy Lai’s trial verdict to China’s high-altitude tank threat, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Is Washington moving away from the formula that has governed the tenuous Taiwan Strait equilibrium for 50 years?

China has issued a sharp warning to the United States, urging Washington to immediately halt arms sales to Taiwan after the U.S. State Department approved an $11 billion weapons package for the island.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Wednesday sternly criticized recent Japanese statements on Taiwan, saying that some in Japan are deliberately distorting facts, refusing to correct wrongdoing,