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...
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...
China has updated its list of Taiwanese independence advocates that it sanctions. In particular, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) announced last month that it has opened a new mailbox for individuals to report tips on what are termed “Taiwanese independence hired thugs”. According to the TAO, it has received 323 reports to date. Eleven individuals are listed as “hired thugs”...
One of Taiwan's largest banks, Cathay United, has come under fire over core technologies in its new credit card system being developed by a company alleged to have China ties. The company in question, AnyTech, frames itself as a Singaporean company that had set up a subsidiary in Taiwan. However, the company is accused of having close ties with Huawei and being backed by Chinese capital, including China’s Ministry of Finance...
China has spent years trying to win over Taiwan without force using media, culture and economic incentives to shift public opinion. However, rather than drawing Taiwan closer, these efforts have backfired. Taiwanese identity has grown stronger, and trust in China has declined...
The Taiwanese government is considering responses to South Africa ordering it to move its representative office out of the capital of Pretoria. In particular, the Taiwanese government has suggested that it may end official cooperation on projects with the South African government or raise visa requirements for South African travelers to Taiwan...
