The specter of “rising tensions” or in Taiwan or ever-worsening relations with China as a product of ramped up cross-strait anxiety is a trope of reporting about Taiwan which urgently needs to go away...
With recent reports that China is preparing to vet Taiwanese businesses that conduct trade with China in order to filter out “pro-independence” businesses, we might step back to evaluate China’s claims...
Recent news that KMT chairperson Hung Hsiu-Chu will be visiting China next month, with a likely meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping to take place, is not surprising...
The saga of DMG Entertainment seeking to acquire Taiwan’s Eastern Broadcasting Company would seem to have become more complicated in recent days with reports that DMG is seeking former gangster turned pro-unification politician “White Wolf” Chang An-Lo, who committed political assassinations for the KMT in the past, to act as its representative in Taiwan...
China’s recent bullying of Taiwan in the Paralympics is yet another incident in which an international sports event became a matter of contesting national identity for Taiwan...