On April 7, 1989, pro-democracy activist Nylon Cheng a.k.a. Cheng Nan-jung self-immolated to protest anti-sedition laws that were used to silence dissent. A temporary exhibit in Taipei looks back on his sacrifice.
Chinese students on college campuses in Florida won’t be able to WeChat home from now on.
As expected, not much came out of the highly-anticipated meeting between the leaders of China, France, and the EU in Beijing today. But France did walk away with some lucrative business deals.
This week on Sinica, something different: Kaiser asks over a dozen scholars of various facets of China studies to talk about their work and make some recommendations! You’ll hear from a variety of scholars, from MA students to tenured professors, talking about a bewildering range of fascinating work they’re doing.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is meeting U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in LA today. Will there be fierce words or crickets from Beijing tonight?
A trip to China by Malaysia’s new prime minister may bear a lot of economic fruit, but Kuala Lumpur will have to navigate Beijing’s growing tensions with the U.S. and shared territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
China and Japan are talking again, but relations will probably deteriorate over Beijing’s growing military presence in disputed territories, Tokyo’s crackdown on advanced chipmaking gear, and a detained Japanese businessman.
Beijing's recent mediation of global conflicts is part of a broader strategy to chip away at U.S. hegemony. It just might work.
On March 26, the Central American country Honduras became the latest nation to abandon Taiwan to establish diplomatic ties with China. Three days later, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen got on a plane bound for Guatemala and Belize.