Bo Guagua (薄瓜瓜), the son of former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee Politburo member and former Chongqing Municipal Communist Party secretary Bo Xilai (薄熙來), used his British passport to make a low-key entry into Taiwan on a flight originating in Canada.He is set to marry the granddau
The Ministry of Justice dramatically set back women’s rights when it proposed raising the maximum penalty for women undergoing illegal abortions by more than 26-fold. While it has since withdrawn the proposal, its initiation reveals a bleak reality: For all of Taiwan’s pride in its protection of ind
New Zealand’s foreign policy, which previously appeared closely aligned with Beijing — with exports to China constituting about 27 percent of its total exports — is undergoing an intriguing transformation.Analysts regard the substantial foreign policy shift under New Zealand Prime Minister Christoph
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Last year, some Western leaders started boasting of Russia’s “strategic defeat” in Ukraine. This was always a terrible idea and a line that Russian President Vladimir Putin never tires of citing as he pushes the false claim that he sent his armies across the border to defend Russia from Western aggr
While US president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats are likely to dominate headlines in the near term, China’s industrial overcapacity remains a larger, core challenge for the global economy and trading system in the coming years.With recently implemented tariffs by advanced and emerging economie
Article 9-3 of the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例) is colloquially known as the “Wu Sz-huai” clause. It prohibits military officers who carried the rank of major general or higher from participating in any “ceremony or activity ..
Estonia is one of the bravest European countries when it comes to standing up against Russian authoritarianism and its imperialistic design applied in Ukraine and beyond. It is no coincidence that former Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas, a staunch supporter of Ukraine’s struggle for self-defense
Historically, in Taiwan, and in present-day China, many people advocate the idea of a “great Chinese nation.”It is not worth arguing with extremists to say that the so-called “great Chinese nation” is a fabricated political myth rather than an academic term. Rather, they should read the following ex
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Weng Hsiao-ling (翁曉玲) proposed an amendment to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act (憲法訴訟法), attempting to specify that the Constitutional Court should have 15 justices, referring to Article 5 of the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic
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This year’s UN climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and the re-election of climate skeptic former US president Donald Trump stealing the limelight. The annual conference that aims to produce global agreements to l
Horrible endings are better than never-ending horrors, or so the German saying goes. Many in Germany probably felt that way earlier this month as they watched the collapse of the most unpopular government in recent German history, led by the most unpopular chancellor. The fierce political bickering
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said the government would help Taiwanese firms relocate their China-based production plants if US president-elect Donald Trump carries out his campaign pledge to impose a 60 percent tariff on Chinese-made goods. It did not provide further details
US president-elect Donald Trump earlier this year accused Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) of “stealing” the US chip business. He did so to have a favorable bargaining chip in negotiations with Taiwan.During his first term from 2017 to 2021, Trump demanded that European allies increase t
During the US presidential campaign, then-Republican candidate Donald Trump repeatedly said that Taiwan “stole” the US’ chip industry. The reality is that Taiwan’s semiconductor industry plays a key role in the US’ tech dominance.First, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) focuses on chip pr
The collaboration between Indonesia and Taiwan has persisted for a long time, yielding numerous benefits for both parties. Taiwan is a strategic ally that offers advantageous prospects for Indonesia. The collaboration between the two countries is founded on strategic values that extend beyond pragma
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It did not take long. Within days of US president-elect Donald Trump’s election victory, Israel’s leaders up to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became more open about their intentions for the Palestinian territories: permanent occupation, combined with the annexation of illegally settled p
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