The Somali Civil Aviation Authority has begun blocking Taiwanese passport holders from entering Somalia, citing “One China” and UN Resolution 2758. This proves an unusual move...
Writer Lung Ying-Tai has emphasized that for Taiwan, "there can be no democracy without first ensuring peace." In recent years, Lung has consistently identified herself as "anti-war," advocating for Taiwan to avoid conflict and seek peace. Similarly, in 2023, four scholars in Taiwan started an advocacy for a "Ukraine-Russia armistice agreement"（烏俄停戰談判）, "opposing a US-China war"（反對美中戰爭）, and "maintaining an equally friendly diplomatic relationship with great powers"（與大國維持友好等距外交）—all under the banner of an anti-war stance...
A new security measure introduced by KMT legislator Chen Yeong-kang aims to shift security powers to the legislature from the executive. Consequently, the proposal has been criticized by the DPP as an attempt to arrogate further powers from the executive branch of government and to bring this under the control of the KMT-controlled legislature–specifically those powers pertaining to defense...
A series of scandals have broken out regarding Chinese espionage cases at high levels of the DPP. Though several cases have now been reported, the highest profile has been that of a former assistant of National Security Council secretary-general Joseph Wu. It, of course, raises concerns that an assistant of Taiwan’s top national security official was implicated in Chinese espionage...
Beijing insists that reunification with Taiwan is inevitable. It presents the project as a peaceful return to a shared destiny, a family reuniting after decades apart. This language is polished and emotionally coded, designed to suggest that force will never be necessary...
Cambodia has sent 179 Taiwanese fraud suspects to China. This is thought to be a gesture of goodwill by Cambodia to China, as a gesture of recognizing China’s claims of sovereignty over Taiwan...
A legal proposal by 18 DPP legislators would raise the number of years required for Hongkongers to obtain permanent residency in Taiwan to six years...
The KMT has been criticized over proposals, which mostly stem from Kinmen legislator Chen Yu-jen, to establish a free trade zone in Taiwan’s outlying islands. This would take place through amending Article 18-1 of the Offshore Islands Development Act...
Unsurprisingly, the tariffs that US President Donald Trump has threatened the world with have led to strong reactions in Taiwan. In particular, Trump originally suggested that Taiwan would face 32% tariffs, having previously lashed out at Taiwan for “stealing” the US semiconductor industry and suggesting that Taiwan should pay the US for its defense...
A controversy has again broken out regarding the pro-unification left in Taiwan. In particular, this scandal revolves around the strong stance that pro-unification left groups have taken in defense of “Yaya in Taiwan”, the Chinese Douyin influencer who expressed support for the military unification of Taiwan and China. Defense for Yaya has largely been framed as defense of freedom of speech–and against the DPP’s curbs on freedoms of speech in the name of security...
