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Taiwan Strait
![The Historic Xi-Ma Meeting: The Bigger Picture The Historic Xi-Ma Meeting: The Bigger Picture](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-11-09_15-15-36.jpg)
The Historic Xi-Ma Meeting: The Bigger Picture
By Dingding Chen
Many analysts have focused on the potential political calculations behind the meeting between Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou. Time to look at the bigger picture.
![US to Support Taiwan in South China Sea Per 2016 Defense Budget Bill US to Support Taiwan in South China Sea Per 2016 Defense Budget Bill](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-02_15-18-43.jpg)
US to Support Taiwan in South China Sea Per 2016 Defense Budget Bill
By Ankit Panda
U.S. support for Taiwan will extend into the South China Sea.
![Taiwan Practices Repelling PLA Invasion as China Conducts Firing Drills in Taiwan Strait Taiwan Practices Repelling PLA Invasion as China Conducts Firing Drills in Taiwan Strait](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-08-13_13-30-35.jpg)
Taiwan Practices Repelling PLA Invasion as China Conducts Firing Drills in Taiwan Strait
By Shannon Tiezzi
While Taiwan holds its major annual military exercise, China's PLA will conduct live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait.
![Taiwan Unveils New Long-Endurance Drone, New Weapons at Defense Trade Show Taiwan Unveils New Long-Endurance Drone, New Weapons at Defense Trade Show](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-08-13_13-30-36.jpg)
Taiwan Unveils New Long-Endurance Drone, New Weapons at Defense Trade Show
By J. Michael Cole
Taiwan showcases new weapons systems, including an indigenously produced long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle
![China’s Elegant, Flawed, Grand Strategy China’s Elegant, Flawed, Grand Strategy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-25_05-05-49.jpg)
China’s Elegant, Flawed, Grand Strategy
By Leon Whyte
Elegant in theory, Beijing’s grand strategy is triggering an Asian security dilemma.
![Beijing’s Games in the Taiwan Strait Beijing’s Games in the Taiwan Strait](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-07-09_14-50-26.jpg)
Beijing’s Games in the Taiwan Strait
By Jakub Piasecki
Tensions rise as Taipei protests Beijing’s new national security law in the run-up to Taiwan’s 2016 election.
![China's 2015 Defense White Paper: Don't Forget Taiwan China's 2015 Defense White Paper: Don't Forget Taiwan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-27_00-51-06.jpg)
China's 2015 Defense White Paper: Don't Forget Taiwan
By Ankit Panda
The PLA may be shifting its focus to the seas, but Taiwan is still its primary war-fighting scenario.
![The Question That Is Never Asked: What Do the Taiwanese Want? The Question That Is Never Asked: What Do the Taiwanese Want?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-12_19-25-18.jpg)
The Question That Is Never Asked: What Do the Taiwanese Want?
By J. Michael Cole
When debating Taiwan's fate, consider what the Taiwanese want.
![What the Pentagon Thinks of China’s Military What the Pentagon Thinks of China’s Military](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-10_16-52-04.jpg)
What the Pentagon Thinks of China’s Military
By Ankit Panda
The U.S. Department of Defense's 2015 report on China's military offers a detailed look into the PLA.
![The Great Chinese Lie About Taiwan The Great Chinese Lie About Taiwan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-10_17-18-29.jpg)
The Great Chinese Lie About Taiwan
By J. Michael Cole
Taiwan wants many things. War isn't on that list.
![US Marine F-18s Land at Taiwan Air Base, Beijing Protests US Marine F-18s Land at Taiwan Air Base, Beijing Protests](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-02_14-48-25.jpg)
US Marine F-18s Land at Taiwan Air Base, Beijing Protests
By J. Michael Cole
Beijing is not happy that two U.S. F-18s conducted emergency landings in Taiwan.
![Is Taiwan out of Vogue in Washington DC? Is Taiwan out of Vogue in Washington DC?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-18_19-14-32.jpg)
Is Taiwan out of Vogue in Washington DC?
By J. Michael Cole
Why don't we hear much about Taiwan in Washington D.C. anymore?