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By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, June 11 (Reuters) - Taiwan will not tolerate Chinese efforts to create a false impression of having jurisdiction over its waters, the island's coast guard said, vowing to "expel" any challengers after China ended a patrol off its eastern shores.

Two leading House Republicans are meeting with Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition leader this week as she travels to Washington at a time when China is scrutinizing the Trump administration's posture toward the self-ruled island it views as its own.

Taiwan is considering broader AI chip export controls on China, including possible criminal penalties for smuggling advanced Nvidia-based hardware.

Taiwan’s defense budget, military personnel numbers and resilience are challenges to its ability to meet national defense goals, the US Naval Institute said in a report published on Tuesday. In response to the perception of a growing military threat posed by China,

Wednesday marked the first time it has fired the precision weapon on the west coast, in central Taiwan‘s Taichung.

Taiwan’s military fired rockets in China’s direction from “shoot-and-scoot” mobile launchers on Wednesday in a demonstration of how it might try to repel a Chinese attack.

The island staged the first use of Himars on the Taiwan Strait as part of invasion-defense drills.

Taiwan is weighing stricter export controls on advanced AI chips to China, including potential criminal penalties for unauthorized shipments. The proposed rules could limit sales of leading edge chips from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE:TSM) to a wider range of Chinese customers.

Taiwan fired the mobile Himars rocket system in China’s direction for the first time from its western coast - Cheng Yu-chen/AFP Taiwan has fired dozens of rockets from an American missile system in China’s direction for the first time.