When Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) sat down for lunch with a Washington defense analyst at Harvard University earlier this month, the meeting offered a rare window into ......
When the New York Times screened a video interview with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) at its annual DealBook Summit last December, few expected the fallout to land on a jou......
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently stated in an interview that Chinese President Xi Jinping's preferred cross-strait scenario would be achieved through some form of unifi......
Chiu Yi-jen (邱義仁) does not give interviews casually. As former Secretary-General of the National Security Council, presidential adviser, and Vice Chairman of the Democratic Progres......
In the volatile theater of major-power politics, the international community has spent the days following last week's high-stakes Trump–Xi summit in Beijing dissecting every diplom......
Taipei officials acknowledge Trump's remarks and thank Washington for its concern over cross-strait stability; the Presidential Office says more details will be released as develop......
As President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) marks the second anniversary of his inauguration, he finds himself hemmed in on every side — by a transactional Washington, a closed-off Beijing, a ......
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......
The most consequential moment of Donald Trump's China visit did not happen in the room with Xi Jinping. During the roughly 30 hours Trump spent in Beijing, the Chinese leader warne......
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) moved quickly to address public concern on Saturday evening (May 17), posting a detailed five-point statement on Facebook after U.S. President D......
One of Beijing's most powerful ideologues used a high-profile cultural gathering this week to project a notably conciliatory posture on Taiwan — just days before U.S. President Don......
A new survey showing that more than four million Taiwanese say they could accept "peaceful unification" with China has drawn sharp pushback from a leading political scientist, who ......
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......
How Beijing's Anti-Independence Drive Shapes Cross-Strait TensionsA high-profile meeting between Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping (習近平) and Kuomintang (KMT) Ch......
Taiwan's legislature has yet to reach consensus on the Executive Yuan's proposed 'Special Act for Strengthening Defense Resilience and Asymmetric Combat Capability Procurement' (co......
When Michael You (游盈隆) took the helm of Taiwan's Central Election Commission (CEC) last month, few expected him to immediately pick a fight with the cabinet. Yet within weeks of hi......
The Democratic Progressive Party has yet to formally nominate a candidate for Taipei mayor. But legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) has effectively positioned himself as the frontrunner — d......
Japan's Self-Defense Forces joined Monday's annual U.S.-Philippines Balikatan exercises as full combat participants for the first time, deploying ground, maritime, and air units to......
Kuomintang（KMT）Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun(鄭麗文) met Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday morning in the first KMT–CCP leadership summit in ten year......
Kuomintang (KMT) politician Cheng Li‑wun (鄭麗文) has embarked on a high‑profile trip to mainland China. For someone whose loyalty to core KMT values has long been in doubt, the react......
Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文), chair of Taiwan's main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT, 中國國民黨), departed for China on April 7 on a six-day trip she has branded the "2026 Peace Journey," ......
Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) led a delegation to mainland China and held a luncheon meeting with approximately 300 Taiwanese businesspeople at the Shanghai Dongjiao Sta......
Kuomintang (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) led a party delegation to mainland China, meeting with Jiangsu Province Communist Party Secretary Xin Changxing (信長星) at noon on Apri......
Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) is leading a party delegation to China from April 7 to 12, after being formally invited by the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee an......
The world is already burning in two places. The Asia-Pacific does not need to become a third. Yet Taiwan's current political climate — marked by a government that conflates dialogu......
On March 30, a senior Chinese official announced that President Xi Jinping (習近平) had formally invited Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) to lead a delegation to China. The hi......
In an exclusive telephone interview with Storm Media, Lee Tai-chuang (李大壯) — chairman of the China New Era Think Tank Foundation, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Confer......
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......
Facing an increasingly closed and personally authoritarian China, Taiwan has two clear imperatives, according to Yasheng Huang (黃亞生), a globally recognized authority on China and p......
For the first time in a decade, the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party are set to meet face to face. The world has changed dramatically since their last summ......
Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) recently received an unexpectedly high-profile reception at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) during her visit to New York. Observers note th......
As the United States conducts military operations in the Middle East, a sharp disagreement has emerged within Washington's foreign policy establishment. Speculation over a potentia......
U.S. President Donald Trump had been scheduled to travel to Beijing by late March for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but cancelled the trip dramatically on the eve of ......
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 ......
A new annual survey of British businesses operating in Taiwan has found that political variables are increasingly shaping UK firms' decisions on further expansion in Taiwan — rangi......
For the past five years, the notion that the People's Liberation Army would invade Taiwan in 2027 had taken on the character of received wisdom in Washington's think tanks and poli......
The ongoing U.S.-Iran military conflict is narrowing Washington's leverage over Beijing while potentially strengthening Chinese President Xi Jinping's strategic confidence toward T......
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......
As the United States and Israel conduct joint military operations against Iran and the Russia-Ukraine war stretches into its fourth year, the stability of the Taiwan Strait remains......
Storm Media Group today announced the official launch of its English-language news site, The Storm Media. This marks the company's first English-language news platform following it......
China's top political advisory body maintained a notably restrained approach toward Taiwan in its annual work report, signaling Beijing's preference for economic stability over hi......
As speculation intensifies over a potential "grand bargain" regarding Taiwan ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's highly anticipated summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平......
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) used the term "the mainland" to refer to China in a public address on February 24, marking a notable softening in language from a leader who h......
China appears to be recalibrating its approach to Taiwan, signaling a strategic shift away from overt military pressure toward a policy of "economic integration" and grassroots eng......
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......
High-resolution satellite imagery analyzed by Japanese researchers suggests that China may be moving closer to deploying its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier—a development th......
Kuomintang (KMT) Vice Chairman Hsiao Hsu-tsen (蕭旭岑) led a party delegation to Beijing this week for a “KMT–CCP Think Tank Forum,” underscoring the opposition party's bid to keep ......
As tensions across the Taiwan Strait continue to simmer, a quieter but consequential shift is undermining Taipei's ability to read and manage Beijing: the steady erosion of Taiwan'......
Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has rejected a 15-point “consensus” reached at a KMT–CCP forum, warning that the initiative reflects Beijing's United Front strategy and r......
After a nine-year suspension, the Kuomintang–Chinese Communist Party (KMT–CCP) Forum resumed on February 3 in Beijing, with a Kuomintang delegation led by Vice Chairman Hsiao Hsuts......
