Concerns that Taiwan could face an imminent Chinese invasion have been stoked by recent comments by Admiral Philip Davidson and Admiral John Aquilino, the outgoing and incoming heads of the US Indo Pacific Command respectively...
Reports by the Liberty Times, quoting an anonymous source, stated earlier this month that the Chinese government was seeking to train Taiwanese young people as influencers in order to popularize pro-China views...
The Ta Kung Pao, a Hong Kong-based pro-Beijing newspaper, reported over the last week that the Chinese government is planning on creating a list of individuals of Taiwanese independence advocates that it will seek to imprison...
Former president Ma Ying-jeou has continued to lash out at current president Tsai Ing-wen, accusing Tsai of undoing his efforts aimed at achieving peace across the Taiwan Straits. In particular, Ma’s latest attack on Tsai took place in the context of a conference held by the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation in Taipei marking the fifth anniversary of the 2015 Ma-Xi meeting earlier this month...
Last week, one observed the Chinese government parading Taiwanese currently imprisoned in China on television, with the claim that they are Taiwanese spies. Televised confessions of guilt were broadcast in order to reinforce this claim...
During National Day, the celebration of the Republic of China’s founding, Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen struck a moderate tone in her state address. Tsai touted Taiwan’s successes fighting COVID-19 and economic growth in spite of the pandemic, while also promising to encourage innovation, and strengthen ties with the international world...
The KMT unexpectedly reversed course on plans to conduct a cross-strait forum with the CCP earlier this week, citing anger over news reports from Chinese state-run media as the reason for doing so...
Political contestation has continued regarding the repatriation of Taiwanese in Wuhan. Two charter jets flew from Wuhan to Taiwan yesterday, repatriating a total of 361 Taiwanese...
In the past month, the Chinese government has increased pressure on Eswatini, one of Taiwan’s few remaining diplomatic allies, in order to compel the small country to cease its diplomatic recognition of the ROC and to instead recognize the PRC. This has primarily taken the form of economic threats against Eswatini...