After last Friday’s registration deadline passed and independent candidate Terry Guo (郭台銘) dropped out, there is now a three-way race in the 2024
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Hong Kong & Human Rights, November 2023: Creepy Cops and State Vigilantism
“If you see the police on the bus, absolutely do not think it is weird,” insisted the Mong Kok District police division in a Facebook post on November
Semiconductor Sanctions: What Does the U.S. Mean by ‘National Security Risks’?
When the U.S. updated its export controls on semiconductors at the end of October, the Bureau of Industry and Security document contained the phrase
Dirty Laundry: China’s Home Hygiene Fines and the Truth About Poverty Alleviation ‘Xiconomics’
Where should fining people for not washing their bedsheets be placed in the Chinese Communist Party’s grand catalog of crimes? “Plates not put away
2024 Taiwan Presidential Election Polls: Friday, November 24
It has been a turbulent week for Taiwanese politics. Last-ditch talks between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP)
Chipmakers’ Dilemma: AI Drives Growth, But Draws Industry Deeper Into U.S.-China Contest
The Xi-Biden talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ week in San Francisco have been picked apart from every angle. But notably
Why the U.S. and Its Partners Cannot Afford to Go Soft on Support for Ukraine Now
Matthew Sussex, Australian National University In recent weeks, U.S. President Joe Biden has boldly referred to the United States as the world’s
Now Is the Time for Japan to Join AUKUS
In a report on the Indo-Pacific Tilt, the U.K. House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee stated that there would be greater technology and security
Taiwan’s Democracy Is ‘Messy’ — And It Needs More Mess, Not Less
Outside observers are fond of appending the term “messy” to Taiwanese politics. It’s not always meant as a negative thing, but it’s an odd adjective
New China Agent in U.K. Parliament Unveiled: Foreign Secretary David Cameron
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak talked a good game, at least while auditioning for the country’s top job. Back in July 2022, as a leadership candidate
Human Rights and China, Mid-November, 2023: Blackpink, Burlesque and U.N. Betrayal
In the land where even global K-pop sensation Lisa Manobal of Blackpink can be expunged from the internet after headlining a burlesque extravaganza at
Ko Wen-je Rose Up in Opposition to Ma Ying-jeou, Now Ma Could Help Make Him President. Ko Might Be Able to Pull Off the Apparent Contradiction
After former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) brokered a deal allowing the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) to join forces