Senate to pass controversial foreign aid bill sending billions to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
The Senate is expected to pass a $95 billion national security supplement package to aid Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific after a messy process that ended early Tuesday morning. The supplemental package does not include any border security provisions, and several Republican senators took the time early over the weekend to collectively filibuster the package […]
China Produces Lunar New Year Music Video of Warships Surrounding Taiwan
Outgoing Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen issued a polite statement ahead of the Lunar New Year, thanking the free world for its support, but the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) commemorated the Lunar New Year with a music video of them surrounding and invading a warship. I decided to make it public. Taiwan. “I believe that as […]
Xi Jinping Touts Hong Kong ‘Integration,’ Threatens Taiwan
In his Lunar New Year speech, Chinese dictator Xi Jinping praised closer “unification” with Hong Kong and Macau, while condemning “Taiwan independence” and “interference by foreign powers” in China’s affairs. “We have actively supported Hong Kong and Macau to be better integrated into the overall national development,” Xi declared. In the case of Hong Kong, […]
‘A race against time’: Taiwan strives to root out China’s spies | Taiwan
IIn November, a Taiwanese court heard charges that two active-duty soldiers had accepted bribes from Chinese agents to record a video declaring their loyalty to China and their intention to defect in the event of war. . The video reportedly made its way into Chinese propaganda materials. Convicted on similar charges a few weeks later […]
China sends several warplanes, navy ships toward Taiwan after U.S.-China talks
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Taiwan Begins Extended One-Year Conscription in Response to Rising China Threat
Taiwan on Thursday began training its first group of recruits under the policy's one-year extended military service obligation. was suggested President Tsai Ing-wen will step down from office in 2022 in response to China's growing belligerence. Taiwan previously required only four months of military service, but starting in January 2024, men born after 2005 will […]
Tuvalu election: what’s happening, and what could it mean for Taiwan, China and the Pacific? | Tuvalu
On Friday, the small Pacific island nation of Tuvalu heads to the polls to elect its 16 members of parliament. Tuvalu's population is just over 11,000 people, so elections in Tuvalu rarely make international headlines. But with fierce geopolitical competition and China's growing influence in the region, this year's vote is under greater scrutiny, with […]
Nikki Haley fires back at Biden's Taiwan comments
‘The Big Weekend Show’ panelists analyze Nikki Haley’s caucus countdown, airstrikes on Houthis and President Biden’s Taiwan … source
Chinese Media: ‘Taiwan Independence Means War’
Hu Xijin, ultra-nationalist and former editor-in-chief of a Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times And now I'm an editor, Said In Monday's edition his Hu says Taiwan and the United States claimed in a video blog that pushing for Taiwan's independence under newly elected President William Lai Ching-toku could lead to war. Hu said Lai could […]
Nauru to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China | Taiwan
Nauru will sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognize China, the small Pacific island nation's government said on Monday, Taipei's first diplomatic ally will switch to China after the weekend's presidential election. The Nauru government said it was seeking a full resumption of diplomatic relations with China “in the best interests” of the country and […]