The Chinese military said Tuesday it had launched joint exercises involving its army, navy, air force and rocket force around Taiwan as a “stern warning,” days after US defense chief Pete Hegseth vowed to counter “China’s aggression” on his first visit to Asia.

Washington maintains a decades-old policy of "strategic ambiguity" on whether it would come to Taiwan's defense, which could mean being dragged into the U.S.'s first hot war with another nuclear ...

China has conducted military drills around Taiwan for a second day focusing on the Taiwan Strait separating the self-governing island democracy from China that is a crucial conduit for international t