Hsiao Bikhim

Chinese Efforts to Intimidate Taiwan Continue During Hsiao Bikhim’s Trip to Europe

Brian Hioe
An incident involving the following of Taiwanese Vice President-elect Hsiao Bikhim’s motorcade by a vehicle driven by a Chinese military attache in Prague last week proves revealing. The Chinese military attache was following Hsiao in a vehicle, as a means of harassment, and was stopped by Czech police due to his following Hsiao’s motorcade...
April 2024Cross StraitEnglishInternationalRegional Tensions5 min read

What Do the Vice Presidential Choices Indicate About 2024 Elections?

Brian Hioe
Controversy has broken out about the DPP and TPP vice presidential candidates regarding allegations about whether they hold US citizenship. In particular, the DPP is fielding former representative to the US, Hsiao Bikhim, as its vice presidential candidate. On the other hand, the TPP is fielding legislator Cynthia Wu as its vice presidential candidate. The KMT is fielding pan-Blue firebrand and media personality Jaw Shaw-kong as their vice presidential candidate, though he has not become embroiled in any citizenship controversy...
December 2023EnglishPolitics7 min read