Tension between Japan and China has escalated over the new Japanese leader's suggestion Tokyo could intervene militarily if Beijing attacks Taiwan.

The book contains specific instructions to stock up on supplies, prepare go-bags, and to establish emergency meeting points with family members.

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The prime minister of tiny Tuvalu said on Tuesday that his country treasures its "special relationship" with Taiwan, making a visit to Taipei at a time of growing geopolitical competition in the Pacific between China and the United States.

China may conquer Taiwan through energy blockade and gray-zone tactics rather than military invasion, new defense study reveals. Beijing's strategy targets fuel imports.

US and Taiwan military officials have warned that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could implement a blockade within “a matter of hours” and need only “minimal conversion time” prior to an attack on Taiwan, a report released yesterday by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said.

Taiwan will begin distributing millions of civil defence handbooks to households across the island this week, in an unprecedented effort to prepare residents for potential emergencies, including the possibility of a Chinese attack.