The Associated Press has learned that the Taiwanese government has called off a plan for its president to transit through the United States on his way to Latin America.

China’s military is not a real army - it’s the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party. Ideology is paramount and corruption is endemic.

STEVEN CHU is Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and of Energy Science and Engineering at Stanford University and served as U.S. Secretary of Energy from 2009 to 2013. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997.

Taiwanese voters rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist Party, in a recall election Saturday, dampening hopes for the ruling party to flip the balance of power in the self-ruled island’s legislature.

Down a sandy, dirt road on the outskirts of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory lies one of the US and Australia’s most important military assets – but there’s a catch.

Taiwan's foreign ministry spokesperson told Newsweek there was "no such thing as a postponement, cancellation, or the U.S. side refusing a transit stop."

Taiwan, a small island off China’s southeastern coast, has become one of the world’s most critical geopolitical flashpoints. Though modest in size, its strategic importance is immense, placing it at the center of rising tensions between China and the United States.

A frantic arms race between the US and China is underway in the Pacific while the fate of Taiwan hangs in the balance.