China has warned the U.S. of its "first red line that cannot be crossed" after a report that President Donald Trump intends to increase arms sales to Taiwan.

China is stepping up its war plans for Taiwan. And the PLA has something up its greasy sleeve that could absolutely wreck the island—without firing a single bullet.

Donald Trump's inability to manage affairs with China is creating an opportunity for the superpower to eventually invade Taiwan without fear of U.S. intervention. That is according to longtime foreign affairs correspondent Simon Tisdale in a column published on June 1 in the Guardian.

The United States plans to ramp up weapons sales to Taipei to a level exceeding President Donald Trump's first term as part of an effort to deter China as it intensifies military pressure on the democratic island,

America reassured nervous Asian friends that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan was “neither imminent nor inevitable”. But in a dramatic shift on May 31st Pete Hegseth, the defence secretary, said the Chinese threat “could be imminent”;

Amid U.S. tariff threats, Taiwan's President Lai commits to buying more U.S. goods. Congressional delegations discuss trade, energy, and defense sales.

President Donald Trump is planning to ramp up weapons sales to Taiwan to a level exceeding the pace set during his first term, Reuters reported, a move that risks escalating military tensions with China at a time the two nations are already locked in difficult talks over tariffs.

Factory activity slowed across much of Asia in May as uncertainty over U.S. tariffs continued to cause steep declines in new orders, purchasing managers surveys show.

Revelations that officials from Taiwan's government watchdog branch, the Control Yuan, used government cars for personal errands has sparked controversy and a protest centered on the political opposition.

Taiwan's central bank said on Sunday that U.S. government debt is "sound" and still favoured by investors, and there are no worries about the U.S. dollar's position as the leading international reserve currency.

Appearing at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a security conference where world leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and Ministers for Defense from Japan, Australia and several other countries were also in attendance, Hegseth issued his most assertive statement on Taiwan to date, warning that threats from China could be “imminent.”