John Feng

Officials in Tokyo and Washington have skirted around the topic of a collective defense of Taiwan following remarks by Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso.

The response from China's Foreign Ministry came after Japan's deputy PM said Tokyo and Washington would need to jointly defend Taiwan in the event of an attack.

A buoyant Taipei says Washington sees it as a "model democracy," while an analyst argues Beijing faces the "uncomfortable" truth of deepening U.S.-Taiwan ties.

During a speech in Tokyo on Monday, Taro Aso suggested that an invasion of Taiwan by China would be an "existential threat" to Japan and its outlying islands.

China has spent millions cultivating soft power, but its strident tone plus recent sanctions that reached every single EU member state may have cemented a shift in attitudes toward Beijing.

Researchers have noted the alarming nature of the discovery, but said China could be playing a "shell game" strategy to disguise its true strike capabilities.

The Chinese Communist Party emerged from a grassroots movement 10 years after the end of Imperial China. A century later, it is the largest ruling party in the world.

China has evolved from Mao Zedong's socialist revolution into a formidable nuclear power on the world stage.

"Only socialism could save China. Only socialism with Chinese characteristics can develop China," President Xi Jinping declared amid celebrations in Beijing.

As state-run media seek to create a spotless image for the Communist Party centennial, coverage of the Florida collapse outweighs reporting on local tragedies.

As the Communist Part of China marks its 100-year anniversary this week, officials continue to describe Taiwan as a "core interest."

Japan's deputy defense minister further irked China on Monday when he called on Tokyo and Washington to jointly "protect Taiwan as a democratic country."

The White House said noted its "growing concerns about China's aggressions" toward Taipei.

Franz Gayl, the Pentagon civil servant warning against war with China, told Newsweek he turned to Communist Party tabloid Global Times to address "American foreign policy decision makers."

China's Ministry of National Defense said the recent warplane activity near Taiwan was necessary to safeguard "national sovereignty."

Japan has reported unprecedented levels of Chinese coast guard activity in June near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

Rumors about the state security minister's high-profile defection to the United States had been circulating in America's conservative circles for several weeks.

Chinese state security official Dong Jingwei reportedly took part in a Shanghai Pact secretaries meeting on Wednesday, while U.S. government sources told Newsweek that rumors about his alleged defection were untrue.

President Xi Jinping praised the first astronauts to occupy the Chinese space station's core module Tianhe, during a real-time conversation via video link on Wednesday.

Canada led 44 UN member states in a joint statement censuring China for human rights violations in Xinjiang, but Beijing received a supportive counterstatement from 65 countries.

A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed through the sensitive waters of the Taiwan Strait for a sixth time under the Biden administration on Tuesday, drawing fresh criticism from China.

Rumors about the Chinese intelligence official's alleged defection to the United States began circulating earlier this month.

United Nations official Michelle Bachelet said she was seeking "meaningful access" to Xinjiang amid continued reports of "serious human rights violations."

National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Beijing risked being shunned by the international community if it failed to cooperate in the next phase of the WHO's efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus.

After the U.S. expedited its donation of vaccines to Taiwan over the weekend, China's Foreign Ministry called it a "political maneuver" that interferes in its "internal affairs."

China's record-breaking air defense zone incursion of 28 aircraft on Tuesday followed a rebuke by the G7, likely pushed by President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

Having already sent rovers to the moon and Mars, China will have a permanent human presence in space when astronauts occupy its completed space station next year.

The first of four crewed missions to the Chinese space station was successfully launched early Thursday as the nation's deep-space ambitions took another meaningful step forward.

Despite hesitation among European leaders to overtly challenge China, President Joe Biden ends his eight-day trip to Europe having secured back-to-back statements calling out Beijing's policies in a wide range of sectors.

Joe Biden's post-summit statement with the EU addressed the "systemic rivalry" with China and touched on issues ranging from human rights in Xinjiang and Hong Kong to security in the Taiwan Strait.