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.
During stops through the United States this week, Taiwan’s vice president and current front-runner for the island’s upcoming presidential election sought to portray himself as a pragmatic successor to Tsai Ing-wen.
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of August 14–20.
This is what’s on the diplomatic, political, and business agenda for the week of August 7–13.
Taiwan’s national civil defense teams are tasked with supporting the military during wartime, and disaster prevention and relief during peacetime. Critics say they're woefully unprepared.
South Korea’s conservative president, Yoon Suk-yeol, is bolstering the alliance with America and embracing Japan despite Seoul's historic disputes with Tokyo. These moves aren't winning him friends in China.
This week on Sinica, Kaiser is joined by Maggie Lewis and Paul Heer, who were members of the Council on Foreign Relations’s task force on U.S.-Taiwan policy and produced a report titled “U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era: Responding to a More Assertive China.” Both also wrote dissents about some of its findings and recommendations.
Discussion about "Wave Makers" — a TV show that follows the fictitious lives of Taiwanese political staffers working on an election — has largely been censored on Chinese social media, but that hasn't stopped some people from openly talking about it.
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