China has long sought to intimidate Taiwan with its massive navy, air force and the world's largest standing army, but it's mere dinghies that are now causing the most consternation.

Taiwan's president calls U.S. tariffs "frictions between friends" as trade talks continue, pledging defense strength and tech partnerships.

ORIANA SYLAR MASTRO is a Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and a Nonresident Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Taiwan has long been a tense flashpoint between Washington and Beijing. By law, the U.S. is required to help Taiwan defend itself. But there is now a debate about whether Taiwan is spending enough on defense,

The reported success of Chinese-made fighter jets and air-to-air missiles in the conflict has fed nationalist pride in China, and has renewed warnings to Taiwan.

Barely a week after a high-profile joint statement signaled a pause in trade hostilities, the U.S. and China are disagreeing again.

On Monday in Taipei, Hsieh Ching-chin, deputy head of Taiwan’s coastguard administration, said the pair had left Pingtan in Fujian province, about 70 nautical miles away, using a main tank of fuel and two 20-litre (5.30-gallon) backup containers – a “reasonable” estimate for the crossing.

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