One morning in August 1980, Gene Haislip drove to the airport in Bogota and boarded an old twin-engine DC-3 destined for Barranquilla, a port city on
Taiwan’s Legislature Passes Reduced Special Defense Budget
Taiwan’s opposition-dominated legislature on Friday approved a special defense budget worth 780 billion New Taiwan dollars ($24.8 billion), rejecting
Taiwan Defense Budget Deadlock Continues Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit
Taiwan’s legislature emerged from its fourth round of cross-party defense budget negotiations on Wednesday without any substantive progress toward a
Report: China’s ‘Harmonization Plan’ Erases Tibetan Language
The Chinese government is mandating the use of Mandarin in kindergartens in an effort to force Tibetans to assimilate, Human Rights Watch said in a
Former TSMC Engineer Gets 10 Years for Chip Secrets Theft
A court in Taiwan sentenced Chen Li-ming (陳力銘), a former TSMC employee, to 10 years in prison for leaking corporate secrets on Monday. The case marks
KMT Heavyweight Explains Why Taiwan’s Opposition Won’t Budge on Defense Spending
Prominent Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) media personality Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) has a proposal for members of his party who are tired of blockading
Defense Budget Delays Are ‘Disaster’ for Taiwan’s Drone Industry
Further delays in the approval of Taiwan’s special defense budget would be a “disaster” for the country’s domestic drone production, Max Lo (羅正方),
Ko Wen-je’s Political Future Dim After Corruption Conviction
In May 2023, Taiwan’s legislature approved a series of amendments to the country’s elections law, barring citizens convicted of certain crimes from
KMT Says Cheng-Xi Summit Will Let Taiwan ‘Lie Flat’
In a promotional video released by Taiwan’s Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) this past Sunday, a young man sleeps on the grass, limbs splayed
The Grievances Behind Cheng Li-wun’s Rise to Power
In many ways, Mr. Wu (吳) is a walking advertisement for everything that Taiwan has achieved in the last several decades. He grew up in the waning days
Beijing Codifies Repression of Overseas Activists
Earlier this month, China’s legislature approved a new law aimed at promoting what it refers to as “ethnic unity.” The law’s primary focus is
Are the U.S. and China Living in 1914? (Book Review)
In his 1908 essay, “Leo Tolstoy as the Mirror of the Russian Revolution,” Vladimir Lenin concluded that while Tolstoy was unmatched in portraying the