Joe Biden is the guy who got elected. The policy is whatever he says it is. Why does he allow unnamed White House aides to contradict him on issues like Taiwan and Russia? ( read original story ...)
China would only use force as a ‘last resort’ for Taiwan reunification, former PLA official says
Force is a "last resort" for Taiwan reunification, said Zhou Bo, senior fellow at Tsinghua University's Center for International Strategy and Security Studies. ( read original story ...)
U.S. stance on Taiwan has not ‘materially changed’, says former U.S. diplomat
Susan Thornton, former acting U.S. assistant secretary of state, says there isn't any “imminent crisis” in Taiwan, but the more it is talked about the more likely it could happen. ( read original story ...)
COMPUTEX 2022 Returns to In-Person With Virtual and Physical Exhibition
Today (May 24) marked the opening of COMPUTEX 2022, held until May 27 at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1. Among the distinguished guests in attendance at the opening ceremony to witness the ... ( read original story ...)
China will not repeat the same mistakes as Russia in reunification with Taiwan: Analyst
Malcolm Davis of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute says China has watched what the Russians have done in Ukraine and have learnt how "not to carry out an invasion." ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Speeds Up Reshaping of Taiwan’s Defenses to Deter China
The Biden administration is taking lessons from the war in Ukraine to turn Taiwan into a “porcupine” bristling with weapons that would inflict severe pain if attacked. ( read original story ...)
Dirty politics behind Taipei’s WHA bid
But after the Democratic Progressive Party won the island's election in 2016, Taiwan has not been invited to the WHA because of the party's pro-independence stance. Some say this is proof of Beijing ... ( read original story ...)
On Taiwan, Joe Biden Just Said What Everybody Already Knows
The official U.S. policy is ambiguous and incoherent. Biden spoke the truth—but it’s a truth with some ominous implications. ( read original story ...)
On Taiwan, Biden’s China Actions Speak Louder Than His Gaffes
"We could actually provoke a Chinese strike against Taiwan," an expert told Newsweek, "rather than deterring the attack. ( read original story ...)
Biden veers off script while speaking about Taiwan
President Biden indicated that the U.S. would militarily defend Taiwan against a theoretical attack by China. The statement was not a part of Biden's prepared remarks, marking yet another occasion ... ( read original story ...)
Why Biden Is Right to End Ambiguity on Taiwan
White House Walks Back Biden Taiwan Defense Claim for Third Time in Nine Months” was the patronizing headline the New York Post applied to its report on President Joe Bidens ... ( read original story ...)
On Taiwan, Biden Should Find His Inner Truman
The White House insists that President Biden did not break with longstanding policy when, at a news conference in Tokyo on Monday with the prime minister of Japan, he flatly answe ... ( read original story ...)
Acclaimed Waveguide Manufacturer Dispelix Partners with Laser Beam Scanning Leader MEGAONE at COMPUTEX Taipei
At the world-renowned COMPUTEX Taipei trade show, MEGAONE™ (New Taipei City, Taiwan), a leader in state-of the-art Laser Beam Scanning (LBS) modules for the Augmented Reality (AR) glasses market, is ... ( read original story ...)
Land demand
Members of the Wulu indigenous community, the Taiwan Presbyterian Church and civic groups protest outside the Control Yuan in Taipei yesterday to call on the government to return ancestral land. A ... ( read original story ...)
ICP DAS – BMP will attend Medical Taiwan Expo 2022 in Taipei
ICP DAS - BMP (Biomedical Polymers), a Taiwanese medical TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) supplier, will exhibit at Medical Taiwan 2022, an international medical, health, and care expo. The Medical ... ( read original story ...)
WaPo, NYT spill tons of ink explaining away Biden’s Taiwan gaffe: ‘His strength is authenticity’
The New York Times and Washington Post did their best to rationalize and soften Biden's gaffe about the U.S. military defending Taiwan if China invades. ( read original story ...)