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Air raid sirens wailed across Taipei on Thursday as large-scale drills were carried out as part of the annual Han Kuang ...
Members of drone crew communicate during an air raid drill in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, July 17, 2025 as Taiwan carried out ...
People take shelter during an air raid drill coinciding with the Han Kuang military exercises in Taipei on July 17, 2025. The annual civilian drill is being held in cities across Taiwan this week, ...
This year’s drills are ten days, twice as long as before. The timing is no accident. Tensions with Beijing remain high. While ...
The third day of 'Urban Resilience' exercises- featuring air raid alerts, public evacuation manoeuvres, and disaster relief ...
In April, then Senator Francis Tolentino accused the Chinese Embassy in Manila of running a “hidden and sinister” disinformation campaign to sway public opinion and discredit critics of Beijing’s ...
Senior Colonel Jiang Bin, the spokesman for China's Ministry of National Defence, said the drills were "nothing but a bluffing and self-deceiving trick played by the [ruling] authorities to hijack ...
Recent incidents including live-fire exercises by Chinese naval vessels off the Australian coast also lifted tensions, as Beijing continues to project its power into the Indo-Pacific. "In terms of the ...
Taiwan is wary of increasing pressure from Beijing and this year it has beefed up its defence drills and is training citizens ...
Less than six months into U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, his administration’s foreign policy has generated ...
Taipei is due to come to a standstill as the capital of Taiwan holds one of its largest-ever civil defence exercises against ...