TAIPEI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Taiwanese people are at risk of ‌becoming "numb" ​to China's daily military and other ‌pressure tactics to wear down the island, but the threat is real ​and greater readiness is needed, Defence Minister Wellington Koo said.

Analysts say China’s leader is still focused on reunification

Relations between Taiwan and the US are “rock solid,” and cooperation programs would not change, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday, after Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) in a phone call urged US President Donald Trump to handle arms sales to Taipei “with prudence.”

S, an unmanned vehicle that is considered capable of supplying combat troops, completed its maiden flight over the weekend.

Taiwan’s ties with the United States are “rock solid,” the island’s president said Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on the phone about topics that included the self-ruled island’s future.

Would President Trump commit U.S. forces to defend Taiwan in case of invasion or blockade by China? His trade skirmishes with rivals like China and friends like Canada, on and off support for Ukraine,

Taiwan, for its part, would contribute "elite troops," and Washington might assign personnel in Guam or elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific region to help.

MOSCOW, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that Moscow continues to support Beijing over Taiwan, state news agency TASS reported on Sunday.

China says it is investigating the army’s top general for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. Gen.