China slams British trade minister’s planned visit to Taiwan, saying the UK mush halt all official exchanges with the self-ruled island.

The United States is planning to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to an air base in northern Australia amid heightened tensions with Beijing.

A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office made the announcement in an apparent reference to Chinese Taipei.

This episode looks at why what China does for the next five years matters, especially at this point in time when the specter of the US is provoking it and drawing it into a war over a host of issues stands tall.

The United States is considering a plan to jointly produce weapons with Chinese Taipei, a business lobby says, as tensions continue between Washington and Beijing over the self-ruled island.

China's defense minister General Wei Fenghe says the country's armed forces are on high alert and ready for war amid mounting tensions with the United States over Chinese Taipei.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Beijing aims to seize Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) "on a much faster timeline" than previously considered.