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The White Wolf of Taiwan
Editor’s note: Last week, an official at the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office told the Associated Press that investigators had searched the headquarters of the Chinese Unity Promotion…
Film Friday: Liminality in Edward Yang’s ‘Taipei Story’
For two high school summers, I sifted through my town historical society’s audio archives — tapes and reels — and digitized them one at a…
Taichung stripped of East Asian Youth Games, Nike’s optimistic China football video, and Dwyane Wade
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature in which China Sports Insider Mark Dreyer looks at the week that was in the China sports world…
U.S. airlines succumb to Beijing’s ‘Orwellian Nonsense’
Speaking of Beijing playing dirty, a push by Beijing to get international airlines to no longer list Taiwan in a way that implied it was…
Taiwan ministry issues statement in simplified Chinese, to the chagrin of mainlanders
The traditional, unsimplified Chinese script, for many in Taiwan, forms a basis for national identity. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan recently made the…
U.S. beefs up official presence in Taiwan
On the morning of June 12, when Donald Trump went to Singapore to broker a deal with North Korea that very much furthers Beijing’s interests in…
China warns Taiwan and the U.S. with live-fire drills
On April 18, China conducted live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait. It was the first time that the Chinese navy has held exercises with live…
Xi reviews massive naval parade, live-fire drill in Taiwan Strait announced
Today’s top stories are numbered below, with the usual collection of links beneath. 1.Xi reviews massive naval parade, live-fire drill in Taiwan Strait announced “The…
Xi talks tough on Taiwan at close of China’s Two Sessions political gathering
After a dramatic oath-swearing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People yesterday, Xi Jinping closed out the 16-day Two Sessions political gathering and kicked off his…
As China makes economic overture, Taiwanese push for independence referendum
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office announced on February 28 a package of economic policies directed at the self-governed island which the People’s Republic of China hopes…
U.S. reinforces its relationship with Taiwan as part of a pushback on Beijing’s influence
Earlier this week, it was reported that the U.S. is seriously pursuing a deepened security and economic partnership with Australia, Japan, and India in order to…
6.4-magnitude earthquake in Taiwan
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan on Tuesday night, killing at least seven people. More than 200 others were injured…
Pentagon issues correction after document labels Taiwan as part of China
Chinese officials aren’t the only ones sensitive about labeling/mislabeling Taiwan as an independent territory/part of mainland China. The U.S. Department of Defense temporarily removed a…
Taiwan retaliates against new flight routes declared by P.R.C.
China Eastern and Xiamen Airlines have cancelled 176 extra flights between the mainland and Taiwan scheduled for the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday — February…
China’s multi-pronged campaign against Taiwanese nationalism
China is both deepening and diversifying the ways it applies pressure to Taiwan. Part of it is the recent crackdown by China’s cyberspace authorities on…
Marriott, Delta, and Zara under fire for websites that call Taiwan a country
Companies are in trouble for referring to Taiwan as country in website menus.
Jangled nerves in Beijing and Taipei
Needles in your toddler’s arms, detention or eviction by a government that does not recognize your rights — these are some but not all of…
Katy Perry’s Chinese fans lament her China ‘ban’
Katy Perry’s Chinese fans lament her China ‘ban’
