The latest object of maritime contention between Taiwan and China has been an abandoned maritime freighter that is currently near the Yehliu Geopark...
In spite of appearances otherwise, Coast Guard cooperation continues between Taiwan and China, specifically with regard to rescue efforts by the Taiwanese Coast Guard directed at Chinese vessels in distress. This occurs despite efforts by the CCP to depict the Taiwanese Coast Guard as harassing Chinese fishing vessels...
The Taiwanese Coast Guard Administration has called for 6,000 volunteers to participate in maritime patrols, as a means of countering China’s grey-zone tactics. This proves an interesting move at a time when there have been calls for greater transparency from the CGA to deal with grey-zone activity...
Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council has issued a travel warning for China, lifting the alert level to “Orange.” This means that the Mainland Affairs Council only recommends non-essential travel to China at present...
Over the weekend, Chinese courts announced new legal guidelines that include the death penalty for supporters of Taiwanese independence. These individuals are termed “diehard Taiwanese independence separatists,” with the death penalty specified for “ringleaders” of Taiwanese independence...
Perhaps uniquely of the parties currently vying in the Taiwanese elections, the TPP faces a significant challenge of its own–the gaffe-prone nature of its candidates and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je’s reputation for misogyny...
Chinese nationalist essayist and blogger Zhou Xiaoping recently proposed a resolution at a session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for China to draw up a list of “Taiwanese separatists” to be killed during a “Special Military Operation” to take Taiwan. Zhou later claimed that the resolution had been adopted, though this could have been a way for Zhou to claim his own political relevance...
China has again set records with drills directed at Taiwan, carrying out “strike drills” around Taiwan in the past week. This is in response to US president Joe Biden signing the Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act into law. Part of the provisions of the law authorized 12 billion USD in loans for Taiwan to purchase arms across six years, between 2023 and 2027, with 2 billion USD per year...