The barges have road spans longer than football fields that could enable rapid deployment beyond heavily defended beaches.

Jiqi Beach Recreation Area in Fengbin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. The traditional assumption has been that China would need to seize a few well-known beaches on Taiwan’s western coast.

Taiwan has detected 24 Chinese military aircraft near the island as a Canadian warship passed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence says. The Chinese ...

Taiwan has dispatched its military in response to "live-fire" drills by China off the self-ruled island. Taipei's defence ministry confirmed the move, condemning the Chinese exercises as dangerous ...

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Bloomberg News/Alexander Kubitza/Zuma Press Two months ago Beijing practiced sealing off the First Island Chain, which runs from Japan south to Taiwan, the Philippines and ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A gas explosion at a department store in Taiwan on Thursday killed four people and injured 26, fire authorities said. The blast occurred at the food court on the 12th ...