Demonstrations took place concurrent with ROC National Day celebrations today on Ketagalan Boulevard, with several hundred demonstrators gathering to listen to speeches, sing songs, and to burn a straw effigy dressed in Qing dynasty clothing representative of the “corpse” of the Republic of China...
As we see in Panama's breaking of diplomatic ties with Taiwan or the kidnapping of Lee Ming-Che, does China think international bullying of Taiwan is effective? What is the end goal? We can assume the CCP's eventual end goal is "reunification", but it is difficult to comprehend how political and economic bullying will win over the hearts and minds of the Taiwanese people...
Renewed contestation has erupted regarding Taiwan’s name, with China lodging protest over the renaming of Taiwan’s de facto embassy organization in Japan from the “Interchange Association (Japan)” to the “Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association”. Is this a sign that the Tsai administration plans on pushing for greater use of the name "Taiwan" internationally in the near future?...
A meeting between New Power Party legislator Freddy Lim with the Dalai Lama took place recently, raising questions of whether Taiwan would be open to a visit by the Dalai Lama....
Taiwan’s continued territorial claims over disputed South China Seas islands also claimed by Japan may lead to eventual backlash against Taiwan, despite current efforts by Tsai Ing-Wen to build ties with Japan...
One day after Tsai Ing-Wen’s inauguration, we may perhaps look back in further detail upon one of the events which prompted controversy—the musical performance which preceded Tsai’s inauguration speech...
