Earlier this month, with the approval of the US Democratic Party’s 2024 platform, the policy document included the “Six Assurances” to Taiwan for the first time...
There was much discussion about the implications for Taiwan in the wake of the first US presidential debate, which took place late last month between Joe Biden of the Democratic Party and Donald Trump of the Republican Party. Biden is the current US president, while Trump is the former president, but Trump is running for reelection...
KMT presidential candidate Hou You-yi recently traveled to the US. Taiwanese presidential candidates traditionally travel to the US ahead of elections. This is not only to meet with US government officials and conduct meetings, but to meet with wealthy members of the Taiwanese diaspora that live in the US, so as to solicit campaign funds. TPP presidential candidate Ko visited the US in April, while independent presidential candidate Terry Gou visited both in April and in late July. Ko has announced another trip for October. DPP presidential candidate William Lai visited the US in September...
Recent comments by US House of Representatives member Seth Moulton suggested that the US should destroy TSMC facilities in the event of a Chinese invasion. Moulton’s comments were later seized on, mostly by pan-Blue media, to suggest the unreliability of the US as an ally. Since then, Moulton has claimed that the comments were selectively clipped...
The possibility of the US establishing an arms stockpile in Taiwan under the provisions of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act has been increasingly discussed in Taiwan. In particular, proponents of such measures and opponents of such measures often divide between the pan-Blue and pan-Green camps...
Comments by US Senator Josh Hawley made at the Heritage Foundation last month linked Taiwan’s fate to that of Ukraine, though in the context of calling for the US to decrease support for Ukraine and increase support for Taiwan. Hawley’s comments prove revealing about current views among American Republicans, particularly those of the MAGA camp, about the geopolitical role played by the US with regard to Taiwan and Ukraine...
A piece in The Atlantic in December by Damir Marusic, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, proves yet another example of when soi-disant western experts parachute into Taiwan and conclude they know Taiwan better than Taiwanese in a matter of days....
Political controversy has broken out about plans by the US to sell Volcano mines to Taiwan, primarily in the form of attacks on the notion by the pan-Blue camp. The proposed purchase of the Volcano mine system is for a 180 million USD arms purchase agreement...
Controversy has erupted in Taiwan over the construction of TSMC factories in the US. It is claimed that, as part of this controversy, this represents the company shifting operations to the US away from Taiwan and this represents the abandonment of Taiwan....
Votes are still being counted for the US midterm elections, with many races still being up in the air. At present, Democrats have taken the Senate, while Republicans may end up controlling the House of Representatives...