Trump administration warns China over Taiwan, urging restraint and dialogue to preserve peace across the Taiwan Strait.

With 20 per cent of its shrinking population aged 65 or older in 2025, Taiwan now meets the World Health Organization's definition of a super-aged society.

Chinese war games​ around Taiwan "unnecessarily" spiked tensions in the region, the U.S. State Department said, calling on Beijing to "cease its military pressure."

China’s decision to bring serious firepower to bear for military drills in the waters off Taiwan this week has deep roots both in the past several weeks and the past several decades

China-Taiwan tensions reach new heights as Beijing conducts largest military drills, responding to massive $11 billion U.S. arms package for Taipei.

The drills were an attempt to divert attention away from Beijing's economic troubles, Taiwan's top security agency said.

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected the presence of three sorties of Chinese military aircraft and six naval vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6am (local time) on Saturday. Of the three, a sortie crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's southwestern ADIZ.

Taiwan's air force has grounded its F-16 fleet and suspended training missions on the jet after one of the planes and the pilot went missing earlier this week. The search continues for the pilot and aircraft,