China & Taiwan Update
About this product line
The China & Taiwan Update provides a running intelligence estimate of the Chinese Communist Party paths to controlling Taiwan and detailed insight relevant cross–Taiwan Strait developments. ISW launched the China & Taiwan update in April 2023 and publishes it weekly. The update includes supporting maps and geospatial intelligence products produced by ISW’s Geospatial Intelligence Team.
ISW and the American Enterprise Institute also jointly publish a strategic planning series on the requirements for a Coalition Defense of Taiwan.
China & Taiwan Update
Research
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Sep 4, 2026
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Sep 1, 2026
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Aug 28, 2026
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Aug 25, 2026
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Aug 24, 2026
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PRC Survey Vessel Activity Around Taiwan, August 13-24, 2026
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Aug 21, 2026
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Aug 21, 2026
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PRC Construction at Antelope Reef, June-August 2026
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Aug 21, 2026
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New PRC Military and Monitoring Infrastructure in South China Sea, August 2026
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Aug 21, 2026
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PRC-Philippine Disputes Around Scarborough Shoal, August 21, 2026
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Aug 18, 2026
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Aug 18, 2026
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Selected PRC Vessel Activities Around Palau, May-June 2026
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Aug 14, 2026
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Aug 14, 2026
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PRC Efforts to Expand Jurisdiction Around Taiwan, August 6-12, 2026
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Aug 7, 2026
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Aug 1, 2026
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PRC Response to Philippine Filing of Scarborough Shoal Nautical Chart, July 31-August 1, 2026
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Jul 31, 2026
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Philippine Extended Continental Shelf UN Claim, July 2026
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Jul 31, 2026
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Jul 31, 2026
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PRC Conducts First Fisheries Survey East of Taiwan to Assert Jurisdiction, July 17-23, 2026
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Jul 31, 2026
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PRC-Philippine Confrontation around Scarborough Shoal, July 23-24, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026
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PRC-Philippines Violent Confrontation at Second Thomas Shoal, July 20, 2026
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Jul 17, 2026
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Jul 17, 2026
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PRC Academics Claimed the Philippines’ Batanes Islands Rightfully blonged to the PRC on June 30, 2026
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Jul 17, 2026
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PRC Claims in the South China Sea, 2016-2026
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Jul 10, 2026
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Jul 10, 2026
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China Coast Guard Normalizes Continuous Presence East of Taiwan, June 1-July 9, 2026
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Jul 10, 2026
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The PRC launched either a JL-2 or JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) into the South Pacific on July 6, 2026
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Jul 2, 2026
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Jul 2, 2026
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PRC-Australia Competition in Oceania, June 2026
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Jun 26, 2026
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PRC Survey Vessel Activity Around Taiwan, August 13-24, 2026
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PRC Construction at Antelope Reef, June-August 2026
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New PRC Military and Monitoring Infrastructure in South China Sea, August 2026
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PRC-Philippine Disputes Around Scarborough Shoal, August 21, 2026
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FAQ
ISW does not receive any classified material from any source, uses only publicly available information, and draws extensively on local language and Western reporting and social media as well as commercially available satellite imagery and other geospatial data as the basis for these reports. References to all sources used are provided in the endnotes of each update.
ISW does not gather information from human sources. References to all sources used are provided in the endnotes of each update.
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