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Taipei Pride celebrates queer diversity despite its challenges
Asia’s LGBT capital ended its pride week with a hugely successful parade. The movement faces its challenges though.
Chinese military leaders talk tough on U.S. and Taiwan but offer small olive branch
The annual Xiangshan security and military conference in Beijing runs from October 29 to October 31. China’s military representatives are talking tough on Taiwan but signaling willingness to resume exchanges with their American counterparts.
Island elegy: Coming to terms with Taiwan’s potential demise
An unwinnable war and unification by force may be coming to Taiwan. How are its people to process the prospect of national demise? Chinese history may offer some lessons.
Apple contractor Foxconn hit with tax and land-use probe in China
The Taiwanese government came to the defense of Foxconn, the company that makes most of the world’s iPhones, with some saying the move from Beijing constitutes election interference.
The American dentist who turned Sun Yat-sen off Marxism
Sun Yat-sen’s interpretation of “The Social Interpretation of History” — a self-published book with only 2,000 copies printed at the time — had crucial implications for the young Republic of China.
What the U.S. must learn from Taiwan to rebuild a computer chip business
The U.S. needs more than an advanced chip factory. It’s going to need a whole ecosystem.
The China Agenda for October 9–15 — U.S. senators in China and Taiwan’s National Day
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of October 9–15.
‘The Chinese want to make sure Taiwan’s pilots are stressed out’
The latest military exercises and gray-zone warfare around Taiwan come at a time of high political importance for China, the U.S., and Taiwan, and Beijing is not messing around.
Taiwan’s opposition candidate outlines tougher new strategy against China
Hou Yu-ih, the Kuomintang candidate for president of the Republic of China, visited the U.S., where he signaled a tougher line on China than his party has previously taken with his 3D Strategy: The first “D” stands for “deterrence.”
China sends a record 103 warplanes to Taiwan
Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense reported a “recent new high” of over 100 Chinese aircraft around the island. It’s the second record-breaking military drill that China has conducted near Taiwan in the past week.
The China Agenda for September 18–24 — UNGA, Hou You-yi in the U.S.
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of September 18–24.
Letting Taiwanese cuisine speak for itself
In a new cookbook, journalist Clarissa Wei seeks to retell the story of Taiwan’s distinct cuisine for a world that often misinterprets it.
China issues economic integration plan for Taiwan while displaying military might
Beijing is brandishing the stick of naval and air power in the South China Sea, and has now unveiled a new carrot: a plan for closely integrating Taiwan’s economy with that of Fujian Province. So far, the Taiwanese are unimpressed.
China puts naval might on display near Taiwan after U.S.-Canada joint mission
Beijing has dispatched an unusually large naval formation, following a flurry of U.S.-led military exercises in the region, including a transit of the Taiwan Strait by a U.S. destroyer and Canadian frigate over the weekend.
The China Agenda for September 10–17 — ARM IPO and hearing on ‘China’s threat to U.S. financial stability’
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of September 10–17.
‘Is China running the UN?’
No — but it is dictating the UN’s Taiwan policy, argues Chris Horton from Taipei. And he has the faxes to prove it.
China’s new map draws outrage from its neighbors
The latest edition of China’s official national map lays claim to almost all of the South China Sea and contested areas along its land border with India. Cue fierce backlash from neighboring countries.
America’s convenient territories: How Washington is preparing to duel Beijing in the Pacific
China is constructing artificial islands in international waters, but the U.S. is also building its presence in far-flung American territories in the Western Pacific way beyond the “logo map” of the lower 48 states. Laurel Schwartz checked in with elected officials from the region.
Beijing responds to Taiwan VP’s U.S. trip with military drills
Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te made a stopover in the U.S. last week. His trip was intentionally low-profile, but it nonetheless angered Beijing.
Taiwan’s third-party presidential candidate wants to challenge the political establishment. But can he win?
Ko Wen-je of the Taiwan People’s Party, currently polling second behind William Lai in the race to become Taiwan’s next leader, has rallied supporters around domestic issues that bypass traditional “green” and “blue” divides.
