A State Department spokesman said China’s military activities and rhetoric toward Taiwan and others in the region “increase tensions unnecessarily.”

The meeting comes at a time amid escalating tensions with the China holding large-scale military exercises around Taiwan in an intimidation move

Chinese President Xi Jinping will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on a state visit starting on Sunday, signalling Beijing's intent to strengthen ties with Seoul amidst strained relations with Japan over Taiwan.

China conducts two-day military exercises around Taiwan with rockets, bombers and assault ships as House Select Committee on China warns of deliberate escalation by Beijing.

China’s military announced Monday it was mobilizing army, navy, air and rocket units around Taiwan for “major military drills” aimed at sending a “serious warning” against any push for Taiwanese independence and “external” forcing interfering with the island.

China has warned it will respond "forcefully" as tensions between Beijing and Taiwan soar. In a statement posted on the Chinese embassy to the US’s X, the country’s foreign minister Wang Yi said: “In the face of repeated provocation from the ‘Taiwan independence’ forces and the large-scale arms sales of the United States to Taiwan,

China launches biggest military encirclement of Taiwan in 8 months with live-fire drills, rockets and warships in massive 'Justice Mission 2025' exercise.

China has launched large-scale joint live-fire military drills around Taiwan, escalating tensions in the region weeks after the United States approved an $11 billion arms package for Taipei. The drills,