Month: December 2016

For example, there is no embassy of Taiwan in Ottawa, and no Canadian embassy in Taipei. But the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ottawa functions like an embassy, though its ambassador must call himself a “representative,” not an ambassador. ( read original story ...)

Thirty-seven years is a long time to wait for a phone call. That’s how it must have felt to the Taiwanese people when their president, Tsai Ing-wen, had a 10-minute talk with Donald Trump on December 2—the first direct conversation between a Taiwanese ... ( read original story ...)

I want to be clear from the outset that I am not a Donald Trump supporter … far from it. I dislike pretty much everything the U.S. president-elect says and represents. I find his personal behaviour and public belligerence disgraceful. But this past ... ( read original story ...)

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's most provocative foreign policy move since winning the presidency played out against the backdrop of a quintessential Washington activity: lobbying. Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee and a former Senate ... ( read original story ...)

President-elect Donald Trump's phone call with the president of Taiwan last week, initially characterized by Trump transition staffers and Taipei officials as just a small courtesy, has emerged as part of a lobbying strategy by a quintessential Washington ... ( read original story ...)

Matteo Renzi officially stepped down as prime minister on Wednesday, three days after his stinging defeat in a critical referendum, formally... Syrian troops have cleared of terrorists two more quarters of eastern Aleppo, the Russian Center for ... ( read original story ...)

Since the U.S. switched relations from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, the sides have had only unofficial diplomatic dealings, although the U.S. remains a key ally of Taiwan and by law must ensure the island can maintain a credible defence. China, which split ... ( read original story ...)