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  • US and Taiwan flags fly outside the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) in Taoyuan on March 30.

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    US weapons or China’s friendship? Trump’s Iran war volatility reignites debate for Taiwan

  • Soldiers march along a street during the Han Kuang military exercise in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on July 26, 2023.

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    As Taiwan steels its defenses against China, some are hatching escape plans

  • A soldier looks on near a launching station of the Patriot system as the Taiwan military demonstrates combat readiness ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays in an annual exercise in Taichung, Taiwan, on January 8, 2025.

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    The US is re-evaluating the threat of Chinese military action in Taiwan

  • A J-15 Chinese fighter jet prepares to take off from the Shandong aircraft carrier during a combat readiness patrol on April 9, 2023.

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    For nearly two weeks, Chinese fighter jets stopped buzzing Taiwan. No one seems to know why.

  • China’s President Xi Jinping attends a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Tiananmen Square on September 03, 2025, in Beijing, China.

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  • Night view of Taipei 101 and the Taipei skyline in the distance behind vegetation and a mountain trail from Taipei Mountains in Taipei, Taiwan, on December 14, 2021.

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  • Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their meeting on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea on October 31, 2025.

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  • The book cover of Taiwan's civil defence handbook at a printing house in Taoyuan, Taiwan on November 14, 2025.

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    Taiwan rolls out handbook on how to prepare for natural disasters – and a Chinese invasion

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  • Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind shakes hands with Taiwan's outgoing leader Tsai Ing-wen at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan on May 15, 2024.

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  • Photo taken in Hualien, eastern Taiwan, on April 5, 2024, shows fallen rocks on a road leading to Taroko National Park, following a powerful earthquake on April 3. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

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    Taiwan’s Taroko National Park closed ‘until further notice’ following earthquake

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  • The Flight MF883 waits to take off at the Fuzhou Changle International Airport in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 22, 2023. Direct flights between Taiwan and Fuzhou resumed on Monday after being suspended for over three years due to the pandemic. (Photo by Lin Shanchuan/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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