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The guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) transits the Philippine Sea, June 18, 2016. The U.S. Navy is sailing the USS Chancellorsville and the USS Antietam warships through the Taiwan Strait Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in the first such transit

The U.S. sails warships through the Taiwan Strait for first time since Pelosi's visit

10:56am August 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

The USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville are conducting a routine transit, the U.S. 7th Fleet said. It comes at a time when tensions have kept the waterway particularly busy.

U.S. Democrat Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, left, and Democratic House member John Garamendi of California, second left, back, arrive with their wives at the parliament building in Taipei, on Aug. 15, 2022.

China announces new drills around Taiwan as a U.S. delegation visits the island

4:53am August 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The visit comes less than two weeks after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, which prompted days of threatening military exercises by China.

Taiwan Air Force Mirage fighter jets taxi on a runway at an airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Friday. China says it summoned European diplomats in the country to protest statements issued by the Group of Seven nations and the European Union criticizing threa

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China halts climate and military dialogue with the U.S. over Pelosi's Taiwan visit

10:22am August 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

Tensions are rising rapidly as China retaliates against Nancy Pelosi's visit. The White House summoned China's ambassador to protest what it called China's "irresponsible" actions since the visit.

The seashore on southwest Japan's Yonaguni island.

On Japan's Yonaguni island, fears of being on the front line of a Taiwan conflict

8:28am August 05, 2022

by Anthony Kuhn

Japan's westernmost island lies in sight of Taiwan, less than 70 miles away. On Thursday, a Chinese missile landed near Yonaguni. Japan has been strengthening defenses across its southwest islands.

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Chinese soldiers wearing masks guard the entrance to the military museum in Beijing on Aug. 1. China says military exercises by its navy, air force and other departments are underway in six zones surrounding Taiwan.

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China fires waves of missiles over the Taiwan Strait, raising tensions in the region

11:10am August 04, 2022

by Emily Feng

China has fired several waves of missiles, hitting targets in the waters that encircle the island of Taiwan, after a visit from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi triggered a tense military standoff.

A plane carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her delegation departs Taipei on Wednesday.

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Pelosi's Taiwan trip leaves Asian countries nervously awaiting China's response

6:43pm August 03, 2022

by Julie McCarthy

From the Philippines to Singapore, countries are worried the status quo could turn from tension to conflict. Southeast Asia especially feels the strain of living in the shadow of U.S.-China rivalry.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center left, and Taiwanese President President Tsai Ing-wen arrive for a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the U.S. will not abandon Taiwan as China protests

1:36am August 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

Pelosi's trip has heightened U.S.-China tensions more than visits by other members of Congress because of her high-level position as leader of the House of Representatives.

President Bill Clinton holds up his hands indicating no more questions as he and Chinese President Jiang Zemin hold a joint press conference in 1997 in Washington, D.C. Clinton confirmed that he agreed to lift a ban on the export of nuclear power technolo

What 3 past Taiwan Strait crises can teach us about U.S.-China tensions today

10:18pm August 02, 2022

Both the U.S. and China stepped up military activity in the region ahead of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit. Here's what is different now from crises in the Taiwan Strait decades ago.

This photo from Malaysia's Department of Information, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, waves to media as she tours the parliament house in Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022.

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Pelosi arrives in Malaysia as tensions rise over possible Taiwan visit

2:59am August 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

Local media in Taiwan reported the U.S. House speaker will arrive in Taipei on Tuesday night, becoming the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to visit in more than 25 years.

A security guard stands near a sculpture of the Chinese Communist Party flag at the Museum of the Communist Party of China on May 26, 2022, in Beijing. China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday, off its coast opposite Taiwan.

China announces military exercises as Pelosi's possible trip to Taiwan looms

10:45am July 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

China said it was conducting military exercises off its coast after warning U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to scrap possible plans to visit Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory.