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The Taiwan frigate deal was a huge political scandal, both in Taiwan and France. [25] Eight people involved in the contract died in unusual and possibly suspicious circumstances. [26] Arms dealer Andrew Wang fled Taiwan to the UK after the body of presumptive whistleblower Captain Yin Ching-feng was found floating in the sea. [27]
China is readying forces that could seize Taiwan in a future attack, analysts and officials say. Any military operation is likely to rely partly on China's militarized police.
The Keelung campaign (August 1884–April 1885) was a controversial military campaign undertaken by French forces in northern Formosa during the Sino-French War.After making a botched attack on Keelung in August 1884, the French landed an expeditionary corps of 2,000 men and captured the port in October 1884.
The Battle of Kuningtou [4] or Battle of Guningtou (Chinese: 古寧頭之役; pinyin: Gǔníngtóu zhī yì; Wade–Giles: Ku 3-ning 2-t’ou 2 chih 1 i 4), also known as the Battle of Kinmen (金門戰役; Jīnmén Zhànyì), was fought over Kinmen in the Taiwan Strait during the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan must focus on seizing a port to bring in tanks and supplies. Commercial or industrial ports are prime targets that would allow for rapid offloading. Taiwan may have ...
CANBERRA/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Chinese military drills in the straits of Taiwan in 2023 practiced manoeuvres key to an invasion of the island, although an actual attack was not imminent or inevitable ...
China regains control of Taiwan and the Pescadores. Resumption of the Chinese Civil War; Republic of China (1945–present) Chinese Civil War (second phase) (1945–1949) Republic of China. Kuomintang; ROC Armed Forces; Chinese Communist Party. Pre-PLA troops and militia; People's Liberation Army; Defeat. Chinese Communist Party takeover of ...
The US Navy commando unit that killed Osama Bin Laden has spent more than a year training to help Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, according to a new report. SEAL Team Six training for ...