On February 25, 2022, the day after Russia invaded Ukraine, Taiwan joined Switzerland, Canada, the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, the United
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Taiwan’s New Subs and Torpedoes Can Cripple Invasion Fleet
Once launched, Taiwan's new Mark 48 torpedo will search for its target at a top speed of 102 kilometers per hour over a range of as much as 50
Huge Explosions in Ukraine Are a Warning for Taiwan
As the U.S. prepares to fast-track $500 million worth of missiles to Taiwan, the conflict in Ukraine shows how drones and missiles are increasingly
The Myth of Taiwan’s 105,000 Air Raid Shelters
At an event in Taipei two weeks ago, Sylvia Feng (馮賢賢), the chief editor of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) communications policy for the 2012 and 2016
Joe Biden Has Said the U.S. Wasn’t Trying to ‘Contain’ China, but the Evidence Suggests Otherwise
Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Australian National University During an official visit to Australia in 2016, U.S. President Joe Biden assured America’s
Will China’s New Invasion Plan Survive Actual Combat?
The PLA’s new strategies and tactics look impressive on paper, but they depend partly on weapons that are either top secret or non-existent — and then
China Creating Technological Suckerpunch to Fight Taiwan and U.S.
In July 2021, China tested a ground-breaking hypersonic missile that launched its own air-defense missile as it dived down from space. We look at how
China’s Demographic Crisis Poses Opportunities and Risks for Africa
Lauren Johnston, University of Sydney China will no longer be the world’s most populous nation. India’s population will overtake it this year at an
How China Makes Economic Policy
Mark Greeven, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) A meeting of some of China’s most senior politicians at the end of April
China’s Drones — Sifting Fact From a Lot of Fiction
In our previous two articles, we looked at the evolution of drones and the different types of drones that Taiwan is developing in-house or buying from
Taiwan Prepares to Face Goliath With Its Growing Fleet of Aerial Drones
If China ever invaded Taiwan, hundreds of Taiwanese aerial drones would spread out over the island nation. Some would take on Chinese drones in
There Is No ‘Status Quo’ on the Taiwan Strait
There is no geopolitical “status quo” for Taiwanese people to support, because “things keep changing,” according to Sylvia Feng (馮賢賢), the chief