April 2024

China Aims to Frame DPP as Reluctant to Open Up Tours with Partial Resumption

Brian Hioe
China's Taiwan Affairs Office has announced that it is allowing for Chinese travel to resume– except that only tourists from Fujian would be allowed to travel to Taiwan and they would only be allowed to visit Matsu. On the other hand, China has made the resumption of group tours between Taiwan and China contingent on whether ferry travel between Taipei, Taichung, and China’s Pingtan County, as well as other ferry services, is allowed to take place. The Chinese government also called for the resumption of direct flights between Taiwan and 29 Chinese cities....
April 2024Cross StraitEnglishInternational5 min read

No, the DPP is Not About to Remove Chiang Kai-shek Statues En Masse

Brian Hioe
Some feverish media reporting in English, from pan-Blue-leaning media outlets or journalists, has honed in on the prospect of the 760 remaining statues of Chiang Kai-shek being removed from public spaces. This is claimed to be a move likely to provoke China, in that Chiang is seen as a figure associated with China–this despite, of course, that Chiang and the KMT came to Taiwan after their military defeat by the CCP in the Chinese Civil War...
April 2024EnglishPolitics5 min read