For a long time, the air force’s battle plan has been to use segments of the nation’s freeways as contingency runways for its military aircraft in the event of an invasion and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) destroy or damage the nation’s runways. Currently, the distribution of Taiwan’s
The 75th anniversary summit of NATO was held in Washington from Tuesday to Thursday last week. Its main focus was the reinvigoration and revitalization of NATO, along with its expansion. The shadow of domestic electoral politics could not be avoided. The focus was on whether US President Biden would
Since the beginning of the new legislative session in May, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) legislators have been pushing through legal amendments to expand legislative power, such as granting the Legislative Yuan investigative powers. The KMT and TPP legislators say t
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Late last month, China’s space program brought back the first rock and soil samples from the mysterious far side of the moon. It was a major triumph. Scientists worldwide are eager to use these samples to learn more about the origin of the moon and Earth.At the same time, others are worried that Chi
“Russia’s need for support in the context of Ukraine has forced it to grant some long-sought concessions to China, North Korea and Iran with the potential to undermine, among other things, long-held nonproliferation norms,” US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said recently.How much doe
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday last week held a preparatory hearing for an injunction request to halt the enforcement of controversial new amendments to government oversight laws.Constitutional Court oral arguments are scheduled for Aug. 6 on the constitutionality of amendments to the Act Gov
US President Joe Biden gave a shocking performance last month during a debate with his leading challenger, Donald Trump. This has put America’s presidential election in a new light, alarming many voters who had essentially made up their minds as to who best could lead their country for the next four
Driven by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative caucus, the Legislative Yuan’s Education and Culture Committee scheduled a review of the Nuclear Reactor Facilities Regulation Act (核子反應器設施管制法) yesterday about the extension or decommissioning of nuclear power plants, sparking protests agains
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) politicians are drooling over the case in which senior Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) politician Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) is suspected of taking a bribe when he was Taoyuan mayor. His tenure was from 2014 to 2022. WHAT HAPPENED?Cheng was released on bail twice last we
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If there has been a spoiler at this week’s carefully curated NATO summit, then it is Viktor Orban, the conservative Hungarian prime minister who has enraged his NATO allies by meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) en route to Washington in what he has c
Not content with disturbing the peace in Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently signed a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-un. As troubling to China’s leaders as it is to Western officials, the deal is shaking up the geopolitics of Nort
Japan and the Philippines on Monday signed a defense agreement that would facilitate joint drills between them. The pact was made “as both face an increasingly assertive China,” and is in line with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s “effort to forge security alliances to bolster the Philippi
On July 4, the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Meta Platforms Inc, met to discuss anti-fraud measures. Meta said it would support anti-fraud campaigns and commit to preventing fraud on its online advertising platform. They also pledged to establish communication channels with the ministry and priori
Former Academia Sinica president Lee Yuan-tse (李遠哲) recently said that because the risk of human extinction is far worse than that of nuclear disaster, he approves of extending the service life of Taiwan’s nuclear power plants and the construction of new plants. However, Taiwan’s nuclear power plant
After President William Lai (賴清德) in his inaugural address said China and Taiwan are not subordinate to one another, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) used the opportunity to carry out military exercises around Taiwan. However, the phrase “not subordinate to one another” does not in any way carry a
Cantonese language loss On Wednesday, Hong Kong’s Legislative Council passed the “2024 Statutes and Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions)” bill. The legislation amends 73 existing laws to change about 300 phrases, wordings or titles that appeared in the British colonial period, such as replacing zungduk (
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