The Formal Emergence of Taiwan?
China and Taiwan have been in a complicated relationship since 1949. As of today, the People’s Republic of China is recognized by the UN but Taiwan (Republic of China). In this article, I’d like...
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Taiwan stands up to Xi
Taiwan can seem like the third rail of international diplomacy. If a country wants a good relationship with China, Beijing has effectively stated, it cannot have a meaningful relationship with Taiwan. Just this week,...
Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-Wen wins the second term in a landslide victory
Taiwanese re-elected President Tsai Ing-wen by a landslide on Saturday, a stern rebuke to China which has tried both military threats and economic inducements to get the island to accept its rule and potentially...
How does a Taiwan election work?
Taiwan holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday. Taiwan was under martial law until 1987 and did not hold its first direct presidential election until 1996, a culmination of decades of struggle for democracy...
Upcoming Presidential elections in Taiwan 2020: Another Populist wave
General Elections in Taiwan are never limited to its domestic affairs, it has aggregated manifold in recent times with the intense involvement of Great Powers and multiple stakeholders immensely concerned with it. The two...
Growing relations between the United States and Taiwan agonizes China
China is becoming increasingly paranoid about the growing relations between the United States and Taiwan. Already in the middle of a trade war with the US, China “cannot accept” the growth in the two...
PRC Engagement in Latin America and Implications for Taiwan and the United States
The Dominican Republic’s May 2018 change in diplomatic relations from Taiwan (Republic of China, ROC) to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), in the context of similar changes since March 2016, by the governments...
US, Chinese defence chiefs talk cooperation despite tensions
Beijing US Defense Secretary James Mattis met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing today, aiming to find areas of cooperation despite a mounting military rivalry between the two superpowers. On his first ever visit China, the...
BREAKING: At delicate moment, U.S. weighs warship passage through Taiwan Strait
The United States is considering sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait, U.S. officials say, in a move that could provoke a sharp reaction from Beijing at a time when Sino-U.S. ties are under...
TIMELINE: Australia’s deteriorating relationship with China
Senior Australian government ministers accused China on Tuesday of exerting undue pressure on Qantas Airways Ltd to change its website to refer to Taiwan as a Chinese territory. The comments will likely stoke tensions...
