Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has called for deeper cooperation with democratic partners in the development and production of unmanned systems. The initiative forms part of Taiwan’s effort to expand distributed UAV capabilities and strengthen a defence-industrial supply chain less dependent on China. Source: Taiwanese official statements and corroborating international reporting.
Taiwan remained a central security issue in recent US–China discussions, with Washington maintaining its existing position and Beijing continuing to object to US military support and arms transfers to the island. Taiwan also continued to report routine PLA air and naval activity around the island, without evidence of a newly verified large-scale exercise during the…
News Date: 22–26 September 2026 Beijing continues to place US military support and arms transfers to Taiwan among the central security disputes in the US–China relationship. Chinese naval and air activity around Taiwan continues, although no newly verified large-scale PLA exercise has emerged during the latest review period. Source: Chinese, US and Taiwanese official reporting…