Small island just off mainland China is home to almost 24 million people, but they’d been bracing for a crisis like COVID-19 for 17 years.
How Taiwan used data and tech to stop the spread of COVID-19
Taiwan is just about 80 miles from mainland China but managed to limit the spread of the coronavirus, keeping infections under 500 and deaths to just seven. Holly Williams looks at the Taiwan model, a …
Taiwan will provide ‘necessary assistance’ to protesters in Hong Kong
Over time, many pro-democracy protesters who fled Hong Kong found safe refuge in Taiwan, especially over the last 12 months. Just yesterday, Hong Kong police fired tear gas and used water cannons …
Taiwan urges China to start dialogue with Hong Kong people
Taiwan urged China on Friday to “sincerely start a dialogue” with people in Hong Kong after China proposed new national security legislation for the former British colony. Taiwan will be more …
China Drops Word ‘Peaceful’ in Latest Push for Taiwan ‘Reunification’
China says Taiwan is its most sensitive and important territorial issue, and has never renounced the use of force to bring what it views as a Chinese province under its control, m …
Now Taiwan has real cause to fear that it is next in line
There was one key word left out when China reaffirmed its commitment to unification with Taiwan at the National People’s Congress. China has been open about wanting to “reunify” with Taiwan. For …
Agile Governance Crushing COVID-19: Taiwan and South Korea
As leadership in global health governance remains in limbo, South Korea and Taiwan stand out with their nimbleness.
China Breaks With Taiwan Precedent, Omitting Call for ‘Peaceful’ Unification
Beijing dropped calls for pursuing peaceful ties or peaceful unification with Taiwan in an annual policy blueprint, breaking with nearly three decades of precedent in a sign that it is taking a …
China to encourage Taiwan’s people to oppose independence
China will encourage the people of Chinese-claimed Taiwan to join it in opposing Taiwan independence and in promoting China’s “reunification”, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday at the opening …
China to Encourage Taiwan’s People to Promote ‘Reunification’
China will encourage the people of Taiwan to join it in opposing the island’s independence and promoting China’s “reunification”, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday, a move likely to worsen …