Taiwan

President of Taiwan or the R.O.C.?

When Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te (賴清德) speaks, he has an audience of three. Like any leader, he speaks to the citizens of his country,

On the night of November 24, 2022, in the middle of a Covid lockdown, a fire in Urumqi killed nine people. State media said zero-Covid measures had

Ukraine has had great success in sinking Russian navy ships in the Black Sea using drone boats filled with explosives. At the Taiwan International

After signing a multi-million-dollar deal with Taiwan’s government-backed Chunghwa Telecom last year, Eutalsat OneWeb’s low orbit satellite service

When Taiwan’s defense ministry reports the largest ever Chinese fleet has been deployed to the region, but then that fleet is absent from the

In 2023, Taiwan’s Matsu Islands were almost cut off from the main island after the two fiberoptic cables that connect them were severed. They were

At the end of November, the Taiwan-friendly government of Lithuania expelled three Chinese representatives. China condemned the action and has

Trump has picked David Perdue to be the U.S.’s next Ambassador to China. Perdue was a senator from Georgia between 2015 and 2021, serving on the

1. U.S.: Taiwanese President Visits Guam and Hawaii, Taiwan Officials Hold Discussions With Trump Administration Taiwanese President

Taiwan ranks highest in Asia for gender equality. In politics, Taiwan far exceeds the U.S. on metrics of gender balance, boasting a two-term female

It is increasingly the political norm in the United States to understand Taiwan in the context of a realist “new Cold War” framework. But the

The Taiwanese military needs more manpower — or rather, womanpower. Taiwan’s population is declining as its geopolitical situation becomes