Over the past two weeks, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has detected an unusually low number of Chinese military flights around
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On Thursday, China’s ceremonial legislature approved a sweeping new law to promote what it refers to as “ethnic unity.” The law calls on all sectors
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In 2004, Taiwan’s executive branch, under the leadership of newly reelected President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), proposed a massive special budget for arms
The KMT Shows Its Hand in Defense Budget Fight
For months, Taiwan’s main opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has played the role of obstructor, repeatedly refusing to consider the ruling
Taiwan’s China-Born Lawmaker on Her Brand of ‘Cognitive Warfare’ Against China
Li Chen-Hsiu (李貞秀) didn’t follow the usual path into Taiwanese politics. She was born in China, but left in 1993 after marrying a man from Taiwan. For
How BYD’s Meteoric Rise Has Reshaped Germany-China Relations
In 2016, when Wolfgang Egger left Volkswagen to join BYD, an up-and-coming electric vehicle maker in Shenzhen, Germany still far outpaced China in
AOC, Trump, and a Week of Bad Answers on Taiwan
As Taiwan broke for the lunar new year holiday this week, the United States’ leading populists were busy undermining the longstanding pillars of
Elbridge Colby’s ‘Tough Love’ for Taiwan
There was a moment of levity at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, when George Yin (尹麗喬), a researcher from National Taiwan University rose
Global Support for Jimmy Lai Surges in Wake of 20-Year Sentence
Over the course of pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai’s (黎智英) marathon trial in Hong Kong, advocacy from foreign leaders on his behalf was intermittent,
Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years in Hong Kong National Security Trial
Jimmy Lai (黎智英), the media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner, was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison, marking the end of the high-profile trial
Nvidia’s H200 Is Headed to Chinese Military Firms
Chinese regulators have reportedly approved the first shipments of the H200, the flagship AI chip from Nvidia’s previous generation that had been
The Xi Loyalist Hosting the KMT’s China Delegation
When a delegation from Taiwan’s main opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) travels to Beijing this week, they will be received by a relatively