TaiwanBIZZ

The Biden administration hopes Lai Ching-te will take the threat of a cross-strait invasion as seriously as the U.S. does.

China's position that it will not renounce using force to bring Taiwan under its control is aimed at foreign interference and a tiny number of separatists, but Taiwanese need to be disabused of "biases" against China,

Taiwan has become essential investor for the economic revolution on the mainland. Commercially successful, generally well-educated overseas Chinese in turn are a vital source of capital for the mainland. Expatriate Chinese also vote in Taiwan elections.

US delegation is set to visit Taiwan in a show of support for the island, but analysts suggest that congressional lawmakers are more concerned about domestic perception than geopolitical fallout.

China has staged its largest military manoeuvres around Taiwan in three weeks, in its first active response to the election of Lai Ching-te as the country’s president last weekend. The People’s Liberation Army conducted joint air and naval combat patrols near Taiwan last night,