Is Taiwan’s upcoming election a choice between war and peace? Ahead of the January elections, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen appeals to voters and urges them to ‘look at Hong Kong and think of Taiwan.’ “I want to ask you all here, does anyone want war? Nobody wants war. Do we want peace? Everyone wants peace. […]
Taiwan’s President is pledging to improve defenses even more amid a growing China threat. The island’s planned military spending for next year hit a fresh record high reaching 2.5 percent of the island’s GDP. “Taiwan must continue to strengthen its self-defence capabilities, demonstrate its determination for self-defense, ensure its national security and interests, and seek […]
Two presidential elections next year could determine the fate of the global status quo: one in the U.S., and the other in Taiwan. A Harvard alumni is running for Taiwan’s presidency. He’s considered even tougher against China than current president Tsai Ing-wen. What’s more, he was projected to be his party’s ruling candidate on Wednesday. […]
China reportedly sent 42 warplanes and eight naval vessels toward Taiwan on Saturday in a retaliatory move against the Taiwanese leader’s meeting with the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in California. Taiwan’s military detected the Chinese aircraft and ships at around 11 a.m. (local time), with 29 aircraft spotted crossing the “northern, […]
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen have a historic meeting. What do the two vow to do as China threatens to retaliate? People all over the world are reacting to Tuesday’s unprecedented arraignment in New York. Media coverage also going on in full strength. We spoke with a journalist, who’s also the […]
Former President Donald Trump on April 4 stood before a New York state judge in lower Manhattan and pleaded not guilty to a litany of felony charges. His appearance Tuesday afternoon coincided with the unsealing of the indictment against him. This comes after the former president was officially indicted on Thursday by a grand jury […]
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is visiting the U.S. while former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou is in China—making him the island’s first current or former leader to cross the Taiwan strait since 1949. Ma visited a COVID-19 exhibition in China’s central Wuhan city. The city is the site of the world’s first COVID-19 outbreak, back in […]
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on March 29 that “external pressure” from China will not stop her from engaging with world leaders after Beijing threatened retaliation if she met U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calf.). “External pressure will not hinder our determination to go to the world,” Tsai told reporters as she left for the United States. […]
TAIPEI/WASHINGTON—Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will make sensitive stopovers in the United States on her way to and from Central America that China’s foreign ministry condemned on Tuesday, but Taipei would not confirm a meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Taiwanese presidents routinely pass through the United States while visiting diplomatic allies in Latin America, […]
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen plans to meet House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the United States. According to a minister, Tsai will stop off in Los Angeles and New York during a trip to Central America later this year. The presidential office claimed “transit arrangements” had been in place for a while without directly mentioning the […]
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has sought to bolster military exchanges with the United States in the face of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) continued provocations against the self-ruled island. “Going forward, Taiwan will step up cooperation with the United States and other democratic partners to confront such global challenges as authoritarian expansionism and climate change,” […]
Taiwan is getting a new intelligence chief. President Tsai Ing-wen appointed a British-educated senior diplomat. It’s part of a broader government reshuffle as the island faces growing military threats from China. Deputy foreign minister Tsai Ming-yen previously served as Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the European Union. He has a doctorate from King’s College London’s […]
Taiwan’s military detected four Chinese aircraft and three naval vessels near the island nation on Jan. 25, Taiwan’s defense ministry said, just two days after President Tsai Ing-wen wrote a letter to Pope Francis. The Chinese military aircraft and naval vessels were detected at around 6 a.m. (local time). Still, there was no trace of […]
Taiwan’s president told German lawmakers on Tuesday that her nation seeks to boost ties with Germany to counter “authoritarian expansionism,” alluding to the security threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Tsai Ing-wen called on democratic countries to jointly uphold regional stability in the face of authoritarian expansion, citing the CCP’s large-scale military drills […]
TAIPEI—Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Saturday after her strategy to frame local elections as showing defiance to China’s rising bellicosity failed to pay off and win public support. The elections for mayors, county chiefs, and local councilors are ostensibly about domestic issues such as the […]
