With two days to go until Japan’s lower house election on February 8, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s gamble to dissolve parliament has
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Taiwan Tech Update: February 4, 2026
Semiconductors and Artificial Intelligence Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said
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
Taiwan Diplomacy Power Rankings: November 2025 to January 2026
KMT in China Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) went to China on December 28 for the Taipei-Shanghai Twin-City
The Chinese Citizen Poised to Enter Taiwan’s Parliament
Taiwan’s smaller opposition party, the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), is poised to undertake a major legislative reshuffle in February because its six
Pope Leo Might Be Striking a New Balance on Cross-Strait Relations
Pope Leo XIV appeared to speak to the brewing cross-strait crisis earlier this month in his first address to the Vatican diplomatic corps since he
The Brewing Fight Over Free Speech in Taiwan
Under Taiwanese law, calling someone “retarded” (智障) in public can cost you 50,000 New Taiwan dollars (around $1,600). The penalty for saying they
How Taipei 101 Became a Symbol of Democratic Unity
Before Alain Robert, the French climber who calls himself “Spider-Man,” climbed to the top of Taipei 101 on Christmas Day in 2004, the skyscraper’s
Taiwan People’s Party Chair Leads Delegation to Washington
A delegation led by Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌), the opposition Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) chair, left Taipei on January 11, heading to Washington to meet
Don’t Let Willingness to Fight Polls Mislead You About Taiwan’s Resolve
Russia underestimated Ukraine’s willingness to fight in 2022. This was in part due to public opinion polls that were conducted covertly for Russian
No, Trump Didn’t Say Xi Can Invade Taiwan
U.S. President Donald Trump said that Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) “considers [Taiwan] to be a part of China, and that’s up to him what he’s
New Year, Same Political Crisis for Taiwan
Sticking to a simple New Year’s resolution under normal circumstances is hard enough. Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s (賴清德) resolution is not











