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, by HIOE Brian, LIU Wen, Tempest
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan has set off a diplomatic firestorm between the U.S. and China. It also triggered China to engage in massive military exercises in the Taiwan Straits, while the U.S. carried out its own military exercises amidst its increased power projection in (…)
, by FEFFER John
In her effort to change the status quo with, Nancy Pelosi might get just the war that she wants to prevent.
When I visited Taiwan in the early 2000s, I was struck by how politically vibrant the country was: the accessibility of the leadership, the intensity of the civil society, the diversity (…)
, by HIOE Brian
JACOBIN’S LATEST confused foray into commenting on Taiwan proves to be a video on its YouTube channel, the Jacobin Show, featuring Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad. Following on the heels of an article that labeled individuals that brought up the exclusion of Taiwanese voices from a conversation (…)
, by TAKAHASHI Kōsuke
It’s the first time China has fired ballistic missiles into Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
Japan’s Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo said on August 4 that the Chinese military launched five ballistic missiles into Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) during a massive military drill aimed at (…)
Eric Chan is a senior strategist at the United States Air Force and non-resident research fellow at the Global Taiwan Institute. Even if the views expressed in this interview are his own and are not intended to represent those of his affiliate organizations, as stressed by The Diplomate, his (…)
, by HIOE Brian
Nancy Pelosi’s visit to our island has put the world on edge. But for ordinary Taiwanese people, life has to carry on
It’s no secret why Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has been such big news. As speaker of the US House of Representatives, she is in direct succession to the presidency after the (…)
, by WEI Clarissa
(CNN)As news of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s arrival in Taiwan has lit up the headlines, I’ve been hit by a virtual tidal wave of messages from well-meaning acquaintances in the West who are genuinely worried for my safety.
Meanwhile, the biggest drama in my Taiwanese family’s group chat (…)
, by HIOE Brian
AS OF LATE, the Chinese government has begun stressing territorial claims over the Taiwan Straits in both statements by government spokespersons and in meetings with US government officials. The claim, then, is that the Taiwan Straits are not international waters, but are part of China’s (…)
, by HIOE Brian
RECENT COMMENTS by Chinese government spokespersons, such as Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin, have asserted that the Taiwan Straits are not international waters but are instead part of China’s exclusive economic zone. Reportedly, Chinese government officials have (…)
, by RODRIGUEZ Gabriel
US policy on Taiwan is simultaneously escalatory and muddled, with Joe Biden making belligerent statements that are then contradicted by his own aides. Enough horseplay: the US must stop behaving recklessly and seek a diplomatic solution to the Taiwan crisis.
n May 30, a group of thirty (…)
, by Travis S.
Since the beginning of the year (as of this writing), there have been 216 mass shootings in the U.S.—defined as incidents where four or more people get shot. The shooting that targeted schoolchildren in Uvalde, Texas, was incident number 213, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The one that (…)
, by Van Der WEES Gerrit
The Chinese Communist Party’s position on Taiwan is far from consistent. Just look at Chairman Mao’s initial stance.
In his April 20 phone call with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe is reported to have stated that “Taiwan is a part of China and no one (…)
, by HIOE Brian
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden met with Chinese president Xi Jinping today in a virtual meeting. This was one of the most high-profile meetings between the leaders of the world’s two superpowers since Biden took office, with Xi having not left China in around two years. As a result, Xi was not in (…)
, by HIOE Brian
IT IS POSSIBLE that Taiwan will soon have a surplus of vaccines on its hands. As international consensus has increasingly moved towards the view that booster shots will be necessary, the Tsai administration has made preparations to secure booster shots for Taiwan.
At present, Taiwan has 78.55% (…)
, by HIOE Brian
Tensions seem to be on the rise in the Taiwan Strait again. In the five days following Chinese National Day on October 1st, the founding holiday of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), around 150 warplanes were deployed into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) by the People’s (…)
, by KWAN Rhoda
“You can’t completely express Taiwanese culture with Mandarin - something is bound to be lost in translation,” says one advocate for the local language.
Before he first left Hong Kong for Taiwan in 2016, former research assistant professor Frank Wong began learning Taiwanese. His reasoning (…)
, by HIOE Brian
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden again created confusion regarding the US position on Taiwan today during a town hall held by CNN. In response to a question about whether he would vow to protect Taiwan and what he would do to compete with China militarily, following Chinese tests of a hypersonic missile, (…)
, by HIOE Brian
46 DIED IN a building fire in Kaohsiung yesterday, with at least 41 injured. A total of 55 were taken to the hospital, with 14 found to have no signs of life, while 32 bodies were found on-site by firefighters. The fire is the deadliest in the history of Kaohsiung.
Rescuers continue to search (…)
, by HIOE Brian
NICARAGUA HAS announced that it will be severing relations with Taiwan, following a televised speech by Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign Affairs Denis Moncada. During the speech, Moncada asserted that there is only one China, which is the PRC, and that this includes Taiwan.
Nicaragua breaking (…)
, by HIOE Brian
EFFORTS TO VACCINATE undocumented migrant workers or migrant workers who have left their employers and overstayed their visas in Taiwan are likely to encounter difficulties after police arrested a migrant worker from the Philippines who had overstayed her visa. This took place after she went to (…)
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