Actions by Trump Indicate Taiwan and Hong Kong Used Only to Score Points Against China

Brian Hioe

Attempts by China to Poach Taiwan’s Diplomatic Allies Likely to Continue into Tsai’s Second Term

Brian Hioe

Chinese Military Increases Activity Around Taiwan During COVID-19 Pandemic

Brian Hioe

Social Media Row Over Taiwan’s Mask Donations to Singapore Leads to Confusion, Backlash

Brian Hioe

Challenges Across the Strait: Maintaining Taiwan’s Autonomy

Wei (Azim) Hung

International

Incidents Highlight Chinese Pressure on Taiwan in Entertainment Industry and in International Organizations

Brian Hioe
Two recent incidents highlight Taiwan’s marginalization from the international community as a result of Chinese pressure. The first incident took place after Axios reported last week that the World Bank had attempted to compel Taiwanese staff members to obtain Chinese passports, as a condition of maintaining their employment. In the second incident, Taiwanese streaming personality Potter King found himself blocked from his Weibo account earlier this week after making a video in which he appeared with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen and referred to her as “President”... Read More
Cross StraitDecember 2019EnglishInternational0 Comments 06 min read

Questions Remain Unanswered About Secretive Refugee Medical Deal Between Taiwan and Australia

Brian Hioe
A 2017 deal inked between Taiwan and Australia for Taiwan to provide medical treatment for refugees stranded on Nauru that the Australian government refuses to admit was again in the news last month after Buzzfeed News obtained the text of the Memorandum of Understanding inked between the two countries regarding the agreement... Read More
December 2019EnglishInternationalRegional Tensions1 Comment 07 min read

Rochester, Beijing, and the Suppression of Taiwan and Hong Kong

Adam K. Dedman
Last week, the University of Rochester in the United States was found to have moved the Republic of China flag, formerly exhibited side by side with other international flags in alphabetical order, next to the flag of Hong Kong in the university’s Hirst Lounge where flags representing countries from its student body are displayed... Read More
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalNovember 20190 Comments 09 min read

China’s New Economic Incentives Offered to Taiwan Are a Repeat of Old Tactics

Brian Hioe
The Chinese government announcing 26 new measures aimed at attracting Taiwanese firms is clearly a measure aimed at influencing Taiwanese elections, with just over sixty days left before January 2020 elections. However, what may be noteworthy is to what extent the Chinese government is falling back on tactics it has tried before in the past to influence elections, rather than coming up with new tactics... Read More
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalNovember 20190 Comments 06 min read

Detention of Taiwanese Pro-Unification Advocate in China for Over 420 Days Raises Worrying Possibilities

Brian Hioe
The revelation that Taiwanese academic Tsai Chin-shu has been detained by China for over 420 days should be highly worrying. That Tsai was detained for over 400 days with no information coming to light about his imprisonment suggests a higher number of Taiwanese currently detained by the Chinese government than was previously known. Likewise, Tsai was a known advocate of unification with China, suggesting that China will not only target pro-independence activists for arbitrary detention... Read More
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalSeptember 20190 Comments 08 min read