Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
October 2025 - Taiwan Special Weapons News
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- U.S. planning new rules to expedite defense tech transfers: Business group CNA 22 Oct 2025 -- The U.S. government is expected to release new guidelines to help expedite transfers of defense technology to its partners, including Taiwan, the head of the US-Taiwan Business Council said Tuesday.
- U.S. assures Taiwan its interests will not be harmed in China talks: FM Lin CNA 22 Oct 2025 -- Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said Wednesday that the United States has given Taiwan the assurance that its interests will not be harmed when U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (習近平) meet next week.
- Mainland slams DPP authorities' ban on public servants attending commemorations marking 80th anniversary of Taiwan's restoration to China Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- Asked to comment on Taiwan regional authorities' ban on public servants taking part in the Chinese mainland's commemorative events marking the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's restoration to China, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday said that such actions completely abandon the national interest, and have and will increasingly draw opposition and contempt from residents of Taiwan.
- Next year may see the highest total value of US arms sales to Taiwan? Spokesperson slams DPP's begging for illusory 'protection' Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- Recently, the so-called "defense industry conference" was held between the US and Taiwan island. Rupert Hammond-Chambers, "president of the US-Taiwan Business Council," claimed that after Taiwan passes the "special budget for arms procurement," there will be more large-scale arms sales cases, and next year may see the highest total value of US arms sales to Taiwan. In response, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said that China consistently, clearly and firmly oppose US arms sales to China's Taiwan region.
- 1992 Consensus serves as anchor for cross-Straits peace, stability: Taiwan Affairs Office on false claims by Taiwan's mainland affairs council that local mainstream public opinion opposes it Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- Facts in the development of cross-Straits relations have repeatedly demonstrated that the 1992 Consensus serves as the anchor for peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits, stated a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday, in response to false claims by the island's Mainland Affairs Council that mainstream public opinion in Taiwan opposes the 1992 Consensus and does not accept the mainland's preset political preconditions for cross-Straits dialogue and consultation.
- DPP authorities' false narratives of so-called 'mainland threat,' 'democracy vs. authoritarianism' completely distort the truth: mainland official Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- Commenting on a recent report by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities in Taiwan, which claimed that the Chinese mainland remains the region's "primary external threat," a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday stated that such false narratives of so-called "mainland threat" completely distort the truth.
- Mainland spokesperson responds to US President claims that the US will 'get along well' with China on Taiwan question Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- In response to US President Donald Trump's latest remarks on the Taiwan question, claiming that Chinese mainland doesn't want to "attack" Taiwan, and the US and China will "get along very well" as it pertains to Taiwan and others, Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday that Taiwan is China's Taiwan.
- Taiwan Affairs Office refutes intimidation accusations over report saying five businesses involved in Taiwan military's psychological warfare Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- In response to a question regarding the recent report by Riyuetantian, a social media account affiliated with China Media Group, that five businesses from Taiwan are involved in the Taiwan military's psychological warfare unit, and Taiwan's "mainland affairs council" claimed it was an intimidation from the mainland, Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that the relevant authorities' lawful crackdown on the DPP authorities' and "Taiwan independence" separatist forces' online activities aimed at "seeking independence" is a just and necessary move to safeguard national security and the legitimate rights and interests of people and enterprises.
- Chinese mainland official slams US defense start-up founder's claim of China 'going to move on Taiwan' in 2027 Global Times 22 Oct 2025 -- Taiwan media reported that a US defense start-up founder Palmer Luckey recently claimed that the Chinese mainland might be "going to move on Taiwan" in 2027, and that Taiwan should be turned into "a very prickly porcupine." Asked to comment on such claims on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office said that Taiwan is China's Taiwan, and China will never allow the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to collude with external forces and turn the island into a "hell."
- Taiwan renews call for Interpol inclusion at police chiefs conference CNA 21 Oct 2025 -- Taiwan's absence from the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) continues to create obstacles to international crime-fighting, Taiwanese officials said during an international police chiefs conference in the United States.
- Taiwan must harden defenses; China invasion in 2027 unlikely: U.S. expert CNA 21 Oct 2025 -- Taiwan should strengthen its defenses and improve monitoring of China after the decline under former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), but Beijing is unlikely to launch a full-scale invasion in 2027, a U.S expert on cross-strait ties said in Taipei Tuesday.
- Chinese FM responds to US President's latest remarks on Taiwan question, planned China visit Global Times 21 Oct 2025 -- When asked to comment on US President Donald Trump's remarks on the Taiwan question on Monday, and indicated that he remained confident in his relationship with Chinese leader and said he will visit China early next year, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said China's position on the Taiwan question has been consistent and clear: Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and the Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair.
- Taiwan official urges U.S. to help with 'T-Dome' defense network CNA 21 Oct 2025 -- A Taiwanese defense official on Monday called for the United States to assist with Taiwan's efforts to integrate its defense and information systems under its new "T-Dome" initiative.
- Ted Cruz again proposes allowing Taiwan servicemen to wear uniforms in U.S. CNA 21 Oct 2025 -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on Monday reintroduced a bill that would allow Taiwanese diplomats and military personnel to display the Taiwan flag and wear uniforms while in the United States on official business.
- Taiwan keeping close tabs on upcoming Trump-Xi meeting: Official CNA 21 Oct 2025 -- A senior Taiwanese foreign affairs official said Tuesday that Taipei is in close contact with Washington to make sure its interests are protected, ahead of a meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), which is expected to include the Taiwan issue.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 21 Oct 2025
- Chinese FM urges Paraguay to make correct political decision, calls ties with Taiwan authorities 'dead-end' Global Times 20 Oct 2025 -- Paraguayan First Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies Hugo Meza once again openly called for "a serious and broad debate" to explore possible diplomatic and trade ties between Paraguay and China, noting the issue concerns Paraguay's long-term interests. In response, Chinese FM spokesperson said on Monday that maintaining so-called "diplomatic ties" with Taiwan authorities will lead nowhere, urging the governments of the very few individual countries, including Paraguay, to make the right political decision at an early date that serves the fundamental and long-term interests of their people.
- Taiwan to receive 1st Harpoon missile defense systems around New Year CNA 20 Oct 2025 -- Taiwan is expected to receive its first shipment of the Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems (HCDS) it purchased from the United States at the turn of the year, allowing the planned "littoral combatant command" to achieve critical capability, Navy Chief of Staff Chiu Chun-jung (邱俊榮) said Monday.
- KMT chair-elect Cheng Li-wun willing to meet Xi 'for peace' CNA 20 Oct 2025 -- After emerging as the Kuomintang's (KMT) chair-elect on Saturday amid doubts over her ties to China, Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) said she is willing to do everything to promote peace across the Taiwan Strait, including meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平).
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 20 Oct 2025
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 19 Oct 2025
- Xi congratulates Cheng Li-wun on election as KMT chairperson PRC MND 19 Oct 2025 -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Sunday congratulated Cheng Li-wun on being elected chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 18 Oct 2025
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 17 Oct 2025
- Arming Taiwan is an extremely dangerous act of "gambling": Defense Spokesperson PRC MND 17 Oct 2025 -- "The U.S. playing 'Taiwan card' is no different from playing with fire, and arming Taiwan is an extremely dangerous 'gambling' act and will surely pay a heavy price for it," said Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for China's defense ministry, at a regular press briefing on Friday.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 16 Oct 2025
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 15 Oct 2025
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 14 Oct 2025
- "Taiwan independence" forces' so-called indigenous submarine no match for PLA: Defense Spokesperson PRC MND 10 Oct 2025 -- "The 'Taiwan independence' forces' so-called 'indigenous' submarine, an exorbitantly costly patchwork assembled at great expense, would be no match for the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)," said Senior Colonel Jiang Bin, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense (MND), at a press briefing on Friday.
- China sharpening forces for possible future attack, Taiwanese report says Radio Free Asia 09 Oct 2025 -- China is growing more aggressive in its military activities near Taiwan and also in its online efforts to weaken Taiwanese trust in government, the island's defense ministry said on Thursday.
- UK Think Tank Says Leaked Documents Show Russia Is Helping China Prepare To Seize Taiwan FE/RL 01 Oct 2025 -- A recently released 800-page cache of contracts and correspondence shows that Russia is helping China prepare its military for a potential invasion of Taiwan, according to an independent think tank that received the files and had them independently verified.
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