Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday the island is determined to defend its sovereignty and boost its defence in the face of China's increasing expansion, after Beijing fired rockets towards the island as part of military drills.

China's military held large-scale drills around Taiwan this week in a warning to the island's leadership and its U.S. supporter.

China fired rockets into waters off northern and southern Taiwan on Tuesday and deployed new amphibious assault ships alongside bomber aircraft and destroyers on the second day of its most extensive war games,

The second day of the large-scale war games, called “Justice Mission 2025,” saw the Chinese military encircle Taiwan on Tuesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has hailed his country’s technological progress in areas such as artificial intelligence and semiconductors.

China's People's Liberation Army is staging a second day of large-scale military drills around Taiwan. It's unleashing live-fire exercises as part of what it calls "Justice Mission 2025."

China launches largest military drills ever around Taiwan as war tensions spike following record $11.1 billion U.S. arms sale to the island nation.

China’s decision to bring serious firepower to bear for military drills in the waters off Taiwan this week has deep roots both in the past several weeks and the past several decades.

President Donald Trump brushed off China’s latest round of large-scale military exercises around Taiwan, telling reporters "nothing worries me" and describing Beijing’s activity as longstanding — comments that landed as Taiwan put its forces on alert and Beijing framed the drills as a warning to “external” powers.

China conducts two-day military exercises around Taiwan with rockets, bombers and assault ships as House Select Committee on China warns of deliberate escalation by Beijing.