Chris Buckley

Taipei

Correspondent at The New York Times

New York Times reporter covering Taiwan and China from Taipei. 紐約時報記者

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China’s new barges would make invading Taiwan easier and more efficient

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Chris Buckley |Christoph Koettl

By Chris Buckley, Christoph Koettl and Agnes Chang April 16, 2025 — 11.56am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In recent weeks, China has been practising unusual manoeuvres off its southern coast involving three special barges. The vessels have linked up one behind another, forming a long bridge that extends from deeper waters onto the beach. That feat has been a warning to Taiwan.
China’s new barges would make invading Taiwan easier and more efficient

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Chris Buckley |Christoph Koettl

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Chinese linked barges create bridge to Taiwan, raises concerns over potential invasion

3 weeks ago | telegraphindia.com | Chris Buckley |Christoph Koettl

Vessels’ debut suggests that China’s PLA may be a step closer to being able to land tens of thousands of troops and their weapons and vehicles on Taiwan’s shores, experts say Chris Buckley, Christoph Koettl, Agnes Chang Published 03.04.25, 10:46 AM A long-range live-fire drill near the East China Sea on Wednesday Handout via Reuters In recent weeks, China has been practising unusual manoeuvres off its southern coast involving three special barges.
China practica nuevas maniobras que podrían facilitar una invasión a Taiwán

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Chris Buckley |Christoph Koettl
China’s new barges could make a tough task easier - invading Taiwan

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Chris Buckley |Christoph Koettl

In recent weeks, China has been practising unusual manoeuvres off its southern coast involving three special barges. The vessels have linked up one behind another, forming a long bridge that extends from deeper waters onto the beach. That feat has been a warning to Taiwan. The vessels’ debut suggests that China’s People’s Liberation Army may be a step closer to being able to land tens of thousands of troops and their weapons and vehicles on Taiwan’s shores, experts say.
China's New Barges Reveal How it Might Try to Seize Taiwan

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Chris Buckley |Christoph Koettl

"You're then starting to have enough vessels to be able to deliver a battalion on shore quickly," he said. Chinese military planners have closely studied previous wars involving amphibious landings, including Britain's war to retake the Falkland Islands in 1982, and the D-Day landings at Normandy in 1944. China may be some way from having a surefire solution to landing on Taiwan.
China holds military drill around Taiwan

3 weeks ago | telegraphindia.com | Chris Buckley

'This is firm punishment for the Lai Ching-te administration’s rampant ‘pro-independence’ provocations,' Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the Chinese government’s office on Taiwanese affairs, said in a statement Chris Buckley Published 02.04.25, 08:11 AM Representational image Sourced by the Telegraph China launched military exercises pressing in on Taiwan on Tuesday, sending warships and fighter planes in what Beijing said was a warning to the island democracy’s president, Lai Ching-te, after...
China holds military exercises around Taiwan in fresh warning

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Chris Buckley

Apr 2, 2025 – 2.22am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Taipei, Taiwan | China launched military exercises pressing in on Taiwan on Tuesday, sending warships and fighter planes in what Beijing said was a warning to the island-democracy’s president, Lai Ching-te, after he called China a “foreign hostile force”.
China's Military Drills Around Taiwan Are a Warning to Its President

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Chris Buckley

But despite Beijing's fiery language, it was unclear how long the exercises would last, or how close they would approach Taiwan. Military analysts said the exercises appeared intended to intimidate Taiwan, without tipping over into a wider confrontation or crisis. Mr. Lai and his Democratic Progressive Party deny that Taiwan is a part of China - a key premise of Beijing's claim that the island is its territory - and officials in Beijing have already vehemently denounced Mr. Lai's recent speech.
Taiwan President Takes Tougher Stance Toward China

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Chris Buckley |Amy Chang Chien

After Taiwan's president, Lai Ching-te, launched a broad drive this month against what he warned was expanding Chinese subversion and spying, the backlash was swift. Across the Taiwan Strait, Beijing hit back, sending a surge of military planes and ships near the island and warning that he was "playing with fire." In Taiwan, Mr. Lai's opponents accused him of dangerously goading China.