What Xi Actually Said to Trump — and Why It Matters More Than Taiwan's Response
After the Trump-Xi summit in China, President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) issued a 1,500-character statement......
As President Donald Trump prepares to travel to Beijing for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he has confirmed at the White House that arms sales to Taiwan will be direct......
Security has been tightened around Tiananmen Square for days. A state banquet is planned, along with a visit to the Temple of Heaven. China, theBBC reports, is ready to put on a sh......
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Beijing on May 6, offering some of China's most pointed criticism of the US-Israel conflict with......
Taiwan — widely regarded as the world's top conflict flashpoint — has seen its defense budget remain stalled in the legislature, even as Japan, the Philippines, and other Indo-Pa......
"China is very happy that I am permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz. I am doing it for them, also - And the World. This situation will never happen again.They have agreed not t......
A High-Stakes Diplomatic MissionKuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) is set to lead a party delegation to mainland China on April 7, culminating in a meeting with Chinese Comm......
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon issued a wide-ranging assessment of the global economy in his 2025 annual letter to shareholders, warning that geopolitical conflicts, technological ......
Taiwan is unlikely to be used as a bargaining chip in any upcoming summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping (習近平). That assessment comes from Chang ......
Now entering its third week, the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran shows no signs of resolution. Debates continue to swirl in Washington over whether to force open the St......
China's newly approved 15th Five-Year Plan features a sharper, more aggressive tone toward Taiwan, replacing long-standing rhetoric with a vow to "resolutely strike" against Taiwan......
For decades, cross-strait tensions were cushioned by a dense web of civilian exchanges—tourists, scholars, students, and informal intermediaries who quietly absorbed shocks when po......
While media coverage in Taiwan frequently focuses on U.S. sanctions against China—particularly restrictions on high-performance chip exports—analysts warn that far less attention i......
Australian Envoy Warns China's Gray Zone Tactics Are Testing US–Japan DeterrenceChina's expanding use of so-called “gray zone” tactics—coercive actions short of open warfare—is st......
As the new year begins, two pivotal events—the decision by the U.S. to capture Venezuelan President Maduro and the Trump administration's continued threats to annex Greenland—have ......
During a meeting of the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee on January 28, party Chairperson Cheng Li-wen (鄭麗文) stated that Taiwan "does not need to choose between the U.S. and C......
A phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump on November 24 revealed significant discrepancies between the two countries' priorities.China's Xi......
