A recent interview by the Director of the Czech Military Intelligence Agency, General Petr Bartovský, with Czech Public Radio stated that China sought to intimidate Taiwanese vice president Hsiao Bikhim during a visit by Hsiao to Prague in March 2024...
Elon Musk waded into commenting on cross-strait relations earlier this week in a Financial Times profile. In the profile, Musk suggests that Taiwan be made into a special administrative region of China, which would have more freedom than Hong Kong. According to Musk, though the proposal “probably won’t make everyone happy”, he thinks that “it’s possible, and I think probably, in fact, that they could have an arrangement that’s more lenient than Hong Kong"...
From the US perspective, sending vaccines to Taiwan can serve as an effective object lesson for the rest of the world: stick with America and you get the world’s best science deployed to combat the pandemic. As such, Taiwan potentially stands to benefit from US vaccine diplomacy...
A number of recent incidents highlight Taiwan’s exclusion from the international community. In particular, reference to even just the name “Taiwan” has sometimes led to strong reactions from China. This occurs at all levels...
The overwhelming loss of DPP candidate Chang Mei-hui to KMT candidate Wei Chia-hsien in a by-election for mayor of Hualien has left many in the pan-Green camp in shock and disbelief...
