Taiwan election candidate risks China’s anger with planned US trip

China has issued warnings or engaged in military posturing during all of Taiwan’s presidential elections since the country democratised in the mid-1990s, but they have usually failed to sway voters away from the Democratic Progressive party, to which Lai and Tsai belong and which refuses to define Taiwan as part of China.

Upgrading Mirage 2000-5s has benefits

If the air force can extend the service lives of old combat jets and procure the air-launched Storm Shadow stealth cruise missile, which has an excellent performance record in the Ukraine War, the ...