Tag: Taiwan

Russia, China Should Lead ‘Global Governance Reform,’ Xi Says

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told a visiting Russian delegation that Beijing and Moscow should “lead the correct direction of global governance reform.” Mr. Xi made the remarks on July 10 while meeting Valentina Matviyenko, the chairperson of the Kremlin’s upper house or Federation Council, according to Russian and Chinese state-run media. “Both sides need to…


Man Fatally Stabs 6 in Chinese Kindergarten

Six people were killed in a stabbing at a Chinese kindergarten. What’s behind the country’s recent series of attacks? Also on the schoolyard, war-training boot camps are finding their way into Chinese kindergartens this summer. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is vowing to end China’s Most Favored Nation Status, if he gets elected president. China’s leader…


Paraguay President-Elect Visiting Taiwan to Deepen Ties

Paraguayan President-elect Santiago Pena said Sunday that he will visit Taiwan this week to deepen bilateral relations with the self-ruling island as part of his administration’s “intense international agenda.” Mr. Pena, who is set to take office later in August following the victory of the ruling Colorado Party in the April elections, will begin his…


[ATL:NOW] ‘China’s Economy Is in Big Trouble’—Miles Yu on Janet Yellen’s Trip to China

“China has been playing hard to get for the last several months and they would not talk. Now, they sort of relented. And so, they agreed to talk with American high-level cabinet members on matters that are vital to both nations’ economies. The reason why they relented is because China’s economy is in big trouble,…


Delegation of Canadian MPs Meets Taiwan’s President Tsai for Trade and Security Talks

A delegation of Canadian MPs that traveled to Taiwan met with President Tsai Ing-wen on July 6 and discussed strengthening trade and security partnerships between the two nations. Ms. Tsai welcomed the parliamentary delegation, led by Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman, who is also deputy leader of her party, at the Taiwan Presidential Office. Other members…


Canadian Parliamentary Delegation Meets With Taiwan’s President for Trade and Security Talks

A delegation of Canadian MPs who travelled to Taiwan met with President Tsai Ing-wen on July 6 and discussed strengthening trade and security partnerships between the two nations. Ms. Tsai welcomed the parliamentary delegation, led by Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman, the party’s deputy leader, at the Taiwan Presidential Office. Other members of the delegation included…


Xi Tells CCP Military to Deepen War, Combat Planning Amid Tensions With US, Taiwan

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping urged the regime’s military to deepen war and combat planning, as Sino-U.S. relations continue to sour and the tension in the Taiwan Strait intensifies. Mr. Xi inspected the Eastern Theater Command on July 6 and met with representatives of officers and soldiers when he made the comments, according…


[PREMIERING 8PM ET] ‘China’s Economy Is in Big Trouble’—Miles Yu on Janet Yellen’s Trip to China [ATL:NOW]

“China has been playing hard to get for the last several months and they would not talk. Now, they sort of relented. And so, they agreed to talk with American high-level cabinet members on matters that are vital to both nations’ economies. The reason why they relented is because China’s economy is in big trouble,…


Looking Back at Blinken’s Trip to Beijing

Commentary Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently completed a “chief supplicant” mission to Beijing on June 19. The Cambridge Dictionary defines a supplicant as “a person who asks a god or someone who is in a position of power for something in a humble way.” Who could argue that Blinken acted otherwise? During the brief trip, he apparently made no “big asks” in representing U.S. interests and…


US Urges Citizens to Reconsider Travel to China

The United States is warning Americans to reconsider travel to China. A look at the latest risks: Russian President Vladimir Putin set to join a virtual meeting with China’s Xi Jinping—his first appearance on the world stage after a coup at home; over $120,000 in bounties offered for eight overseas Hong Kong activists; the closure…