The best way to deter China from attacking Taiwan is to encourage Taiwan to invest in its own ability to make China pay if it ever resorts to force.
Tensions mount between China and Taiwan
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-Wen responded defiantly to President Xi Jinping’s vow to reunify with China, saying the island will not be forced to bow to China and will bolster military defenses.
Taiwan’s defiance of China raises the central question of our age
The problem of Taiwan is as fraught and complex as any in the world but in her speech today President Tsai made it all rather simple. The island of 23 million people, after many ups and downs, has …
Tensions rise after Taiwanese president says China’s plans offer no ‘free or democratic way of life’
In a speech during a Taiwanese National Day parade on Sunday, President Tsai Ing-Wen said that Taiwan will not bow to Chinese military pressure, hoping for an ease in tensions between the two …
Taiwan crisis is a critical test of American resolve in Asia
There’s little doubt that the recent PLA Air Force intrusions into Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone are intended as threats. But they also seem designed not to provoke an actual crisis.
India courts chip-makers with Taiwan and Quad on its side, as it takes on China
But for the plan to work, India must first address its governance issues, chip-making inexperience and the costs involved to take on Chinese firms, analysts say.
Taiwan won’t ‘bow to China’ and will fortify its defenses, says president as military tensions mount
On Taiwan’s national day, President Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen stated that the country will reject all efforts from China to ‘re-unify’ the two states.
Tony Abbott’s speech in Taiwan will be ‘a simple joke’ to China, says former ambassador
Former ambassador to China Geoff Raby says Tony Abbott’s recent speech in Taiwan will be seen “as a simple joke” in China. Mr Raby said the comments are unlikely to delay a thawing in …
China-Taiwan tensions: We will not bow to Beijing pressure, says leader
President Tsai Ing-wen says Taiwan will not bow to pressure from China and will continue its democratic way of life, as tensions over the island continue. “The more we achieve, the greater the …
China denounces ‘insane’ Australian ex-PM Abbott for Taiwan remarks
China’s embassy in Australia said former Prime Minister Tony Abbott was a “pitiful” politician on Saturday after he denounced Chinese pressure against Taiwan during a visit to the island. Abbott …