China’s claims to the breakaway island province of Taiwan have become so strident, so carefully menacing, that the danger of China attempting to wrest it by force of arms, daring the U.S. to come ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing could be preparing for a full-scale invasion of Taiwan: Report
Gray zone conflicts are activities by a state that are harmful to another state and are sometimes considered to be acts of war, but are not legally acts of war. ( read original story ...)
Tsai’s leadership makes its mark in Taiwan
Tsai Ing-wen, the first female president of Taiwan, was recently selected by Time magazine to be one of the 100 most influential people of 2020 because of her administration's measures to contain the ... ( read original story ...)
China’s ‘gray zone’ warfare against Taiwan at highest level
China gray zone warfare against Taiwan is now at the highest level which could mean that Beijing is preparing for a full-scale invasion Focus Taiwan repor ... ( read original story ...)
China to step up global influence campaign
Facing disapproval around the world over a slew of issues including Xinjiang Hong Kong coronavirus handling and Indo-Pacific Beijing is expected to step up i ... ( read original story ...)
EDITORIAL: The economy is at a turning point
Moody’s Investors Service last week affirmed Taiwan’s sovereign credit rating of “Aa3” and changed its credit outlook for the nation to “positive” from “stable,” which is not only a first since the ... ( read original story ...)
Richard D. Fisher, Jr. On Taiwan: It’s simple: Either we arm Taiwan or die trying
When Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping (習近平) wakes up one morning and decides that his People’s Liberation Army (PLA) can win a war to conquer Taiwan, that is when his war will begin. To ... ( read original story ...)
Notes from central Taiwan: Some ‘damn foolish thing’ in the Senkakus
The ante was upped this month in the uninhabited islands by Beijing and Tokyo. Otto von Bismarck once famously remarked that the “great European war will come out of some damn foolish thing in the ... ( read original story ...)
Aborigines target of China’s ‘united front’: legislators
Lawmakers have called on the National Security Bureau to investigate claims of pervasive Chinese influence among Aboriginal communities. Legislators pointed to a surge in communist propaganda and ... ( read original story ...)
Women rising on Wall St, but still a long way to go
Pin-up photographs and smutty jokes have long been commonplace on trading floors, but the finance world is gradually opening up to women — underlined by the arrival today of Jane Fraser at the head of ... ( read original story ...)
Merkel is leaving, Macron is flailing, but the EU has a new heavyweight in Mario Draghi
One thing European leaders always knew about Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi was he would never lose his cool. When European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker gathered senior policymakers ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s catering firms report slump in business amid epidemic
The revenues of catering businesses in Taiwan decreased 15.3 percent year on year to 70.2 billion new Taiwan dollars (2.52 billion U.S. dollars) in January, according to the island's economic affairs ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan calls on free world to stand firm against China’s bully tactics
"The rock-solid commitment to Taiwan by successive US administrations, as outlined in the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances, has contributed to Taiwan’s continued security and prosperity." ... ( read original story ...)