Tag: Taiwan

Taiwan Should Destroy Island’s Semiconductor Plants If China Invades, Paper Says

A scorched-earth policy involving Taiwan destroying its own advanced semiconductor plants in the event of a Chinese invasion would be a good deterrence strategy for the self-ruled island against warmongering China, according to a recent paper published by the U.S. Army War College. “In practice, this strategy means assuring China an invasion of Taiwan would…


Taiwan Stock Market Hits New High As Economy Performs Best Since 2010

Taiwan’s stock market continues to set new highs to greet the new year, jumping more than 300 points, or 1.6 percent, in the first two trading days of 2022, after surging by 23.6 percent in the whole year of 2021. This comes as exports and investments have fueled Taiwan’s best economic outlook since 2010. Amid…


China’s Police Aid to Solomon Islands Attempts to Undermine US Dominance In the Pacific

New Analysis The recent anti-CCP (Chinese Communist Party) unrest in the Solomon Islands has prompted the Chinese regime to send police aid to the Pacific Islands nation. Beijing’s move attempts to undermine the United States as the dominant power in the Pacific, according to analysts. On Dec. 23, Beijing confirmed that it would send a…


Taiwanese Businessman Seeks Compensation From Chinese Regime for Forced Demolition of Factory in Xinjiang

After Taiwanese corporate Far East Group was fined heavily $72 million by the Chinese communist regime in November 2021, increasing difficulties that Taiwanese businesses are facing in mainland China have attracted wider attention. On Dec. 5, 2021, when Taiwan’s Vice President Lai Ching-te went to visit Kinmen, he met a Taiwanese businessman surnamed Wang who…


In New Year’s Speech, Taiwan President Warns China Against ‘Military Adventurism’

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen had a New Year message for China on Saturday: military conflict is not the answer. The Chinese communist regime claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has increased military and diplomatic pressure in the past two years to assert its sovereignty claims. “We must remind the Beijing authorities…


Taiwan President Warns China in New Year’s Speech Against ‘Military Adventurism’

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen had a New Year’s message for China on Jan. 1: Military conflict is not the answer. The Chinese communist regime claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has increased military and diplomatic pressure in the past two years to assert its sovereignty claims. “We must remind the Beijing…


Hong Kong, Taiwanese Artists and Actors Required to Swear Allegiance to Chinese Constitution

The Chinese communist regime has recently put out regulations that require acting agents—including those from Taiwan, Macau, and Hong Kong working in China—to be certified in mainland China. The agents, as well as the actors they represent, must swear allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s constitution. Taiwanese lawmakers warn that the artists may be…


China Vows No Mercy If Self-Ruled Taiwan Breaks ‘Red Line’

Beijing vows to take “drastic measures” if Taiwan makes a formal declaration for independence, suggesting tensions between the two would spike to a higher level next year. Such a separatist attempt would be “a road to ruin” and must be reined in, said Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the mainland Chinese government agency Taiwan Affairs Office…


US Building Alliances to Counter China Threat

News Analysis U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognizes China as the predominant threat to the United States. He outlined the U.S. policy for limiting the power of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), while enhancing relations with U.S. allies. “China is the only country with the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to seriously challenge…


The Japan-US Taiwan Contingency Plan: Less Than Meets the Eye

Commentary The Kyodo News reported on Dec. 23 that the U.S. and Japanese militaries have written a draft plan for a “Taiwan contingency” and may soon draw up an “official” plan. The uninitiated might think the Americans and the Japanese are finally going to buckle down and develop a real joint operational plan to handle…