Cross Strait

Attack on Akio Yaita Shows China’s Extraterritorial State Violence

Brian Hioe
Political commentator and former journalist Akio Yaita was attacked earlier this week by a Chinese man. The attack occurred while Yaita was speaking at a conference organized by the Spring Rain Culture and Education Foundation, which was occurring at a hotel in Taichung, the Tempus Hotel. Yaita was speaking on Indo-Pacific security and cross-strait relations. The attack occurred in the hotel lobby...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJuly 2026Politics4 min read

Tricontinental Institute Letter Claims that Taiwan is Part of China…Because of a Land Bridge During the Ice Age

Brian Hioe
A recent letter published in Vijay Prashad’s Tricontinental Institute written by Chen Meei-shia, a professor of public health at National Cheng Kung University, proves a bizarre exercise in cognitive dissonance. The letter begins by claiming Taiwan to be part of China…on the basis of that the two were connected by a land bridge during the Ice Age...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJune 2026PoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial Movements4 min read

A Return to “One China” for Cheng Li-wun?

Brian Hioe
Recent comments in an online interview by KMT chair Cheng Li-wun, shortly after her travels to the US and China, prove bizarre. Specifically, Cheng doubled down on the view that Taiwan and China both belong to “One China.” Cheng claimed that this is the “status quo” and that the DPP is seeking to establish a “new ‘two-state’ theory,” while suggesting that there was no other alternative to her view. Otherwise, Cheng continued to double down on the 1992 Consensus as the bedrock for cross-strait relations...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJanuary 2026Politics4 min read