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TAIPEI, Taiwan — As the Senate contemplates sending large sums of security assistance to Taiwan, independent defense analysts here are urging U.S. lawmakers to maximize their leverage at a sensitive time in cross-strait relations.

Defense analysts and former military officials in Taiwan say the island democracy is not prepared for a Chinese invasion.

“Strategic ambiguity” – the policy that has underpinned the West’s defence of Taiwan for half a century or more – rests on another ambiguity: Taiwan’s status in international law. And that status matters because it could help us answer three questions:

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has visited Taiwan in defiance of strong opposition from mainland China, and it is shaping up to have far-reaching implications for trade.

KMT lawmakers try to block bill they say could be used to overturn ex-President Chen Shui-bian’s corruption conviction.

Will Xi Jinping just chalk up Biden's latest remarks as an accidental straying from "strategic ambiguity"?

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The man accused of opening fire inside a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods, California, on Sunday is believed to have been driven by hatred for Taiwanese people and the political belief that Taiwan is a part of China, highlighting the increasingly fraught geopolitical situation in the Taiwan…

China wants to strengthen ties with Russia, but given the complex love-hate relationship between the two powers, it's not clear how that will play out in Ukraine.