This month marks 45 years since the enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) by the United States Congress. A bipartisan effort, longtime Taiwan
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Havana Syndrome, TikTok and CCP Spies: The Shocking Truths You’re Not Being Told
If you don’t know about something, you cannot presciently vote about it. You can guess. You can approximate. But ultimately you are taking a shot in
Thought Xi Jinping’s China Couldn’t Go Lower? Try Funeral Crashing
Funeral crashers. We’ve all heard of them — the “mourners” who turn up at ceremonies to mark the passing of people they have never met just to
The Microchip Pipeline: Hong Kong’s Hidden Role in Ukrainian Deaths
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a so-far failed attempt to amalgamate it by force under Moscow rule. Whether the intention was to
Free Market to Fire Sale: Why Article 23 Is Assured Destruction for Hong Kong’s Economy
“Laam chau” (攬炒), a form of mutually assured destruction, has been a subtext in the battle between pro-democracy demonstrators and their
Searching for a Supervillain in Jimmy Lai Trial, the Chinese Communist Party Discovers Itself
When China decided it would transform democracy into a crime in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, it immediately went hunting for a
TikTok Tightrope: Why the U.S. Should Ban All Social Media Apps From Non-Democracies
U.S. President Joe Biden became one of his country’s 170 million TikTok users in February and, then, in March, promised to sign legislation into law
Jimmy Lai Trial Torture Victim Pops Hong Kong’s PR Fantasy
From the second alleged torture victim Andy Li (李宇軒) took to the witness stand in the trial of media magnate Jimmy Lai (黎智英) last week, Hong Kong
Beijing Anger-ometer, March 2024: Car Wars and Coast Guard Clashes as Biden Boosts Allies
Planes, trains and automobiles: Transport is at the forefront of China President Xi Jinping’s mind as he doubles down on “new industrialization” and
Taiwan Should Use the Coming Deal With India as a New Way Forward for Migrant Rights
Factories, farms and homes in Taiwan will soon play host to migrant workers from a new country: India. Taiwan’s labor ministry announced on February
Box Office Flop: The World Watches as the Jimmy Lai Show Trial Bombs
There are many things that Xi Jinping-era Beijing has proven terrible at: diplomatic human resource management, property markets, forced labor-free
Free Market Fall: Hong Kong’s Investment in Security and Its Dire Economic Returns
China is often held to be an exception to the rule that economic performance and human rights are inextricably bound. In fact, it proves the rule: Its