Trump 'unlikely to take the initiative to use Taiwan as a bargaining chip' with Beijing, Bonnie Glaser says
Trump term mean for Taiwan, especially with a Republican-controlled Congress? After Trump was elected in 2016, he initially ...
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Government on a runaway train
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) are colluding in the legislature, creating a reality resembling a train racing down the tracks at full speed, with the passengers ...
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Legislators debate budget on time crunch
Under the recently amended Act Governing the Allocation of Government Revenues and Expenditures (財政收支劃分法), the central ...
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Can Taiwan’s democracy be saved?
Many government efforts to subvert democracy are ‘legal,’ in the sense that they are approved by the legislature or accepted by the courts. They may even be portrayed as efforts to improve democracy — ...
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Donovan’s Deep Dives: Quirks in the names politicians use in English
When people use China’s Hanyu Pinyin system to romanize their names, that is usually an indication they are politically deep ...
China critic Jimmy Lai paid US general to advise on Taiwan, Hong Kong court hears
Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai on Thursday told a court trying him for colluding with foreign powers that he paid a former U.S.
Hong Kong Mogul Jimmy Lai Grilled Over US, Taiwan Ties
Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai testified on Thursday that he brokered meetings between former Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen and American establishment figures, with prosecutors alleging that he ...
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China critic Jimmy Lai paid US general to advise on Taiwan, Hong Kong court hears
HONG KONG — Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai on Thursday (Jan 16) told a court trying him for colluding with foreign powers that he paid a former US general to advise former Taiwan president Tsai ...