Commentary America’s credibility lies in tatters following the defeat in Afghanistan. The Pentagon must surge forces to the seas off Southeast Asia and East Asia in cooperation with allied nations to send the message to China that the United States is down but not out. Afghanistan exposed America’s weakness, commentators in China’s media say. The…
Chinese Communist Changes World Views After Studying in Taiwan, Getting Arrested for Bypassing Firewall
After being arrested for using a VPN to bypass China’s Great Firewall and experiencing a lot of anxiety and mental torture, 24-year-old Chen Yuzhen (pseudonym) was finally able to flee China. In an interview with The Epoch Times, he opened his heart and shared his horrible experience. In the early morning of June 10, 2020,…
Beijing Complains US Congress Members’ Taiwan Trip Distorts Its Facts
The Chinese regime is complaining about a visit by three U.S. senators to Taiwan on a C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft. What the Americans said was a humanitarian visit to deliver COVID-19 vaccines, Beijing’s media mouthpiece portrayed to the Chinese-reading world as a provocation and a trick by Taipei to maintain its rule. “What [the…
The World Needs Taiwan to Keep China in Check
Commentary There are two major geopolitical lessons to be learned from the ongoing pandemic. Lesson one: China can’t be trusted. Lesson two: A free Taiwan may be our only way of getting through the great firewall of China. After all, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hasn’t been willing to come clean about the origins of…
Taiwan Reports New Incursion by Chinese Jets Into Defense Zone
TAIPEI—Taiwan’s Defense Ministry on Monday reported a new incursion by China’s air force into the island’s air defense identification zone, made up of eight fighter jets and two other aircraft, one of which flew through the strategic Bashi Channel. Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained over the last few months of repeated missions by China’s air force…
Use a Gun and Force Chinese People to Unify Taiwan: Chief Editor of State-Run Media
Chief editor of Chinese state-owned Global Times said on Wednesday that Taiwan must be unified by force and veterans should force young people to fight on the frontlines. “I must go to the [China-Taiwan] battlefield. As a veteran, I will rejoin the army when required,” Hu Xijin, chief editor of the tabloid answered a netizen on…
Chief Editor of Global Times Suggests Forcing Chinese People to Invade Taiwan
Chief editor of Chinese state-owned Global Times said on Wednesday that Taiwan must be unified by force and veterans should force young people to fight on the frontlines. “I must go to the [China-Taiwan] battlefield. As a veteran, I will rejoin the army when required,” Hu Xijin, chief editor of the tabloid answered a netizen on…
Taiwan Says It Has Begun Mass Production of Long-Range Missile
TAIPEI—Taiwan has begun mass production of a long-range missile and is developing three other models, a senior official said on Thursday, in a rare admission of efforts to develop strike capacity amid growing Chinese pressure. China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory, has stepped up military activity near the island, as it tries…
China Insider: First Tariffs on Australian Wine, Now China Bans Taiwan Pineapples
China unexpectedly announced on Friday that it was suspending the import of pineapples from Taiwan, reminiscent of the tariffs it imposed on Australian wines. Many netizens called for a freedom campaign to “pair Taiwanese pineapple cake with Australian wine” in support of the two democracies in Asia-Pacific region.
War to Unify Taiwan in One Year? China May Not Be Ready: China Experts
An expert said mainland Chinese military leaders told her that they would be ready to unify Taiwan by force in one year, while another China expert told The Epoch Times that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would be too busy maintaining his position as party boss over the next 20 months. Oriana Skylar Mastro, center fellow…
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