Earlier this month, with the approval of the US Democratic Party’s 2024 platform, the policy document included the “Six Assurances” to Taiwan for the first time...
When pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted United States presidential contender Kamala Harris's speech at a campaign rally in Michigan this month, many undecided voters may have expected her to offer a few words about the country's diplomatic and financial support for the war on Gaza...
There was much discussion about the implications for Taiwan in the wake of the first US presidential debate, which took place late last month between Joe Biden of the Democratic Party and Donald Trump of the Republican Party. Biden is the current US president, while Trump is the former president, but Trump is running for reelection...
The US House approved 8 billion USD in foreign aid for Taiwan last week. This came as part of a package that contained an overall 95 billion USD in foreign aid, which included 60.8 billion USD for Ukraine and 26 billion USD for Israel...
Votes are still being counted for the US midterm elections, with many races still being up in the air. At present, Democrats have taken the Senate, while Republicans may end up controlling the House of Representatives...
The US midterm elections took place on Tuesday. Votes are still being counted several days later. Projections have Republicans winning the House, but possibly the Democrats holding the Senate. At press time, 46 Senate seats have been called for Democrats, while 48 seats have been called for Republicans. Likewise, 184 seats in the House of Representatives have been called for Democrats, while 207 have been called for Republicans...
The Biden administration surprised over the weekend, issuing a statement on Taiwan on Sunday in response to an incursion of Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone by thirteen Chinese warplanes on Saturday. The statement expressed “concern” regarding “the pattern of ongoing PRC attempts to intimidate its neighbors, including Taiwan"...
On January 9, outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that all restrictions on official contacts with Taiwanese officials were terminated. Applause radiated from Taipei. Joseph Wu, writing for Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, thanked the Secretary and Congress for the lifting of restrictions on the US-Taiwan relationship...
The presidential inauguration of Joe Biden took place earlier today. The inauguration took place after several turbulent weeks that saw some Republican members of Congress attempt to invalidate the results of 2020 presidential elections, an attempted invasion of the US Capitol to prevent the confirmation of the electoral vote by Trump supporters, and the impeachment of then-president Donald Trump after the US Capitol storming...
A planned visit to Taiwan by America’s ambassador to the UN, Kelly Craft, was abruptly canceled earlier today. Diplomatic visits by other members of the Trump administration, including a planned visit by American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Belgium, were also canceled...
