Audio has emerged from the campaign trail last year of U.S. President Donald Trump saying he told Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平) that he would bomb
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Ukraine’s ‘Deep’ Drone Strikes Herald New Paradigm for Taiwan
Drones rose out of trucks parked thousands of miles from Ukraine and flew through the air towards nearby Russian air bases. Minutes later, Russian
Andrew Hsia Sets the KMT’s Sights on Europe
With turbulent waters internationally, in the strait and at home, the message for Europe from the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) in Taiwan was that
A Confident Country Doesn’t Worry About Flags
Five girls who posed for a picture in an alley with Taipei 101 in the background might not have expected it would lead to a national news
China’s Influence at Shangri-La Dialogue Wavers
Chinese state media gave a response to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeseth’s Shangri-La Dialogue speech that was swift and loud. But the Chinese
Malaysia’s Retraction of Support for Huawei-Powered Sovereign AI Project Reveals an Upside of Trump’s Technology Policy
Last week, a Malaysian official announced the first ever deployment of DeepSeek and Huawei Ascend-powered AI servers at a national scale outside of
Does Taiwan Need an Air Defense System Like Raven?
There’s a new air defense kid on the block in Ukraine. The Swiss Army knife short-range Raven system, developed by the U.K., has fired over 400
China Says, Are You Sure ‘We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together’?
Clad in a spiked, floor-to-ceiling maroon gown made of 270 meters of curtain fabric, Lady Gaga emerged onto the stage of Singapore’s National Stadium
Are China’s Invasion ‘Barges’ Too Short?
This is one situation where a shallow understanding might actually be helpful. New “invasion barges” or landing platforms caused alarm when they
Trump Has Not Yet Turned to Taiwan
U.S. President Donald Trump has still not told the world what his Taiwan policy is yet. But people in Taipei don’t seem that worried. Trump got off
Pope Leo: A Typical American China Hawk?
During “sede vacante,” the period between Pope Francis’ death and the election of Pope Leo XIV, Beijing took the opportunity to show the world who is
Why China Wants to Talk to Trump
American workers sit at sweatshop benches struggling to sew clothes. In an AI-generated video on Tiktok. On Instagram, a Chinese influencer tells











