Raymond Greene, director of the American Institute in Taiwan, promised to help Taiwan’s defend itself. China then flew 66 warplanes near the island in an apparent show of force.
Songs, pandas and praise for Xi: how China courts young Taiwanese
They aim to immerse Taiwanese high-schoolers and university students in Chinese culture and to foster their sense of Chinese nationalism. Before 2020 several thousand Taiwanese students went to China each summer for internships and exchanges.
China Sends Record Number of Warplanes Across Key Boundary Line With Taiwan
The latest incursions across a U.S.-drawn median in the strait, a line Beijing has never recognized, come as Taiwan’s new President considers travel to the U.S.
Taiwan to strengthen civil defence to prepare against China threat
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and threatens to subjugate it with military force if Taipei refuses to submit to Beijing’s control indefinitely. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has in recent years replaced his predecessor’s more patient approach with a campaign of political, economic and military pressure aimed at coercing Taiwan.
Taiwanese investments expand horizons in Vietnam
According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, in 2023, Taiwanese investment capital in Vietnam reached $2.2 billion, a fourfold increase compared to that in 2022. Cumulatively, Taiwan …
What China’s Historic Firing of Two Defense Ministers Means for Taiwan | Opinion
The purge of the defense ministers is almost certainly a sign that Xi is increasing his control over the officer corps. It’s not hard to figure out what comes next.
Firms Weigh Removing Taiwan Staff From China After Death Penalty Threat
Beijing condemns Taiwan’s Lai as a “separatist” and staged war games shortly after his May inauguration. Taiwan has complained of ramped up Chinese pressure since Lai won the election in January, …
What happens to AI progress if China invades Taiwan? A chat with ‘Chip War’ expert Chris Miller.
He says chip designers such as Nvidia are in a precarious position — even as they’re on top of the world.
A prominent think tank says China could take control of Taiwan without even launching an invasion — here’s how
China could take control of Taiwan without even launching an invasion, a think tank report says. The report says that China could use a “quarantine” of Taiwan to exert control over the island. The …
China tells Taiwanese to visit ‘in high spirits’, despite execution threat
Most Taiwanese can visit China with no need to worry and can come “in high spirits”, the Chinese government said, condemning Taiwan for warning its citizens not to go following a threat from Beijing …