News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched its largest ever joint military exercises this month in retaliation to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the self-ruled island the regime considers as its own. Experts are divided, however, as to whether the drills are mere bluster or present an escalation toward armed hostilities….
China Edges Toward Armed Conflict With Unprecedented Military Threats Against Taiwan: Experts
August 20, 2022
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US Business Group Says Members See Limited Impact From Taiwan-China Tensions
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Most members surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan said they had not been significantly affected by recent Chinese military drills around the island, but had heightened concerns, the group said on Friday. The Chinese communist regime, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has been carrying out the war games and…
China to Send Troops to Russia for ‘Vostok’ Drill
The first joint military drills between China and Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine are taking place, and other nations are joining in. China pushes back on praise from Russia—complimenting Chinese drones on their supposed military prowess. Taiwan vows to defend itself 24/7. The island’s president thanks troops for their service amid “indescribable” pressure from Beijing….
Biden Administration Is ‘Failing’ to Counter China on Taiwan: GOP Lawmakers
The Biden administration has failed to create or implement a workable strategy for defending Taiwan from Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aggression, according to Republican lawmakers. The criticism follows more than two weeks of large scale Chinese military exercises around Taiwan which have negatively impacted international travel and supply chains, and raised fears of an impending…
Trudeau Says Beijing’s ‘Belligerence’ Is ‘Troubling’ as MPs Plan Taiwan Trip
With Canadian MPs planning a trip to Taiwan this fall, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he’s taking note of Beijing’s “increasingly aggressive” stance towards the self-ruled island and that the parliamentarians will need to take this into consideration. “China’s belligerence around this, and their position is of course, as it has been for a…
How Taiwan Became More Free Than Australia, for Now
Commentary I’m no fan of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. But credit where credit’s due, she went to Taiwan even when both Chinese Leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden told her not to. Even more praiseworthy is that once there, she celebrated that the people of Taiwan “have…
Taiwan: Piggybacking on the 4th Industrial Revolution for New Military Prowess
Commentary The existential threat to Taiwan is self-apparent, or at least it should be to anyone who has watched how, in recent weeks, China has bracketed the island with missile tests, military exercises, and increasingly hostile incursions by the PLA Air Force. Equally self-evident is Taiwan’s need to beef up its defenses. Besides the usual…
Military Fallout From Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit
Commentary Military fallout from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit is stretching from Beijing to Taipei and Tokyo to Washington. Remarking on her recent visit to Taipei, Pelosi vowed that China would not be able to isolate Taiwan. She also defied the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), saying that Beijing does not get to dictate…
US and Taiwan to Begin Trade Talks on Regulations, Agriculture, Labor Standards
August 18, 2022
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Washington and Taipei will soon kick off formal negotiations on the “U.S. Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade” initiative announced on June 1, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) said on Wednesday. Negotiations will take place under the auspices of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States and the…
Chess Pieces: Taiwan and the Great Game
Commentary In diplomacy, there always is the public face and the secret or sub rosa dimension. Secrecy is a hallmark of diplomatic relations. During the Nixon-Kissinger secret negotiations with China, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger both wanted to conduct their diplomacy such that “the success of the secret negotiations with China overshadowed the fact that…
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