The meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing drew the attention of the entire world, as relations between the two leading global powers have the potential either to deepen existing geopolitical tensions or to offer hope for easing the current geopolitical and geo-economic situation.

The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan, and the US expressed concern over the growing frequency of destabilizing activities around Taiwan in a joint statement following their meeting.

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, recently sailed through the Taiwan Strait into the South China Sea as part of sea trials, in what may signal its upcoming formal entry into service.

A British navy ship has transited the Taiwan Strait for the first time since 2021.

Taiwan said Thursday it detected 45 Chinese aircraft near the self-ruled island, the highest number this year.

The Chinese military monitored the passage of a Canadian frigate through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday and has effectively dealt with it, said a spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army.

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reported that over the past day, the island’s armed forces detected 47 aircraft and 12 ships from China’s People’s Liberation Army, along with nine vessels from Chinese government agencies, approaching Taiwan.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Defence has formalized agreements with the US government to acquire as many as 1,000 attack drones from defense contractors AeroVironment and Anduril Industries.

China has revealed plans to hold live-fire military exercises in various parts of the South China Sea on October 24 and 25.