Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked Beijing to maintain cross-strait stability on Friday during a meeting with a senior Chinese official, hours before voters in Taiwan headed to polls to choose a new president.Blinken, briefly back in Washington in between his latest Middle East crisis tour and a trip to the World Economic … Read more
Tens of thousands of people will attend final pre-election rallies in Taiwan on Friday ahead of critical presidential and parliamentary polls, as China’s defence ministry warned it would “smash any Taiwan independence plots.” Taiwan, a neighbouring island China claims as its own, has been a democratic success story since holding its first direct presidential election in … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ week in Woodside, California, Nov. 15, 2023. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images The Biden administration doubled down on its support for Taiwan’s democratic process ahead of a presidential election on the island that will serve … Read more
Supporters listening to Kuomintang presidential candidate, Hou Yu-ih, as he speaks on the stage during an election campaign rally in Taichung, Taiwan, January 8, 2024. Man Hei Leung | Anadolu | Getty Images More than 19 million voters in Taiwan will head to the polls on Saturday to decide if the ruling Democratic Progressive Party … Read more
China considers Taiwan to be its “sacred territory”. Beijing: China’s “reunification” with Taiwan is inevitable, President Xi Jinping said in his New Year’s address on Sunday, striking a stronger tone than he did last year with less than two weeks to go before the Chinese-claimed island elects a new leader. The January 13 presidential and … Read more
Tokyo, Japan. Matteo Colombo | DigitalVision | Getty Images When it comes to travel abroad, popular destinations like London, Paris and Rome always seem to top the wish list for Americans. But many travelers are looking beyond those mainstay cities for trips in 2024. Interest in major Asian hubs, off-the-beaten-path locales in Europe and other … Read more
A media report claimed that an MOU had been signed to bring in Indian migrant workers (Representational) Taiwanese Labour Minister Hsu Ming-chun on Saturday said that the government has no plans to bring as many as 100,000 migrant workers from India to Taiwan, Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported. His remarks come in apparent reference … Read more
Taiwan and Canada on Friday signed a bilateral investment deal, boosting the Taiwanese government’s efforts to bolster business ties with like-minded democratic partners and possibly easing the island’s entry into a major pan-Pacific trade pact. Self-ruled Taiwan has been seeking greater diplomatic and moral support from major Western democracies, such as Canada, as it faces growing military and … Read more
Curtis S. Chin, a former U.S. ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, is managing director of advisory firm RiverPeak Group. Jose B. Collazo is an analyst focusing on the Indo-Pacific region. Follow them on X at @CurtisSChin and @JoseBCollazo. As 2023 comes to a close, we take a look at the year that was in … Read more
Taiwanese flags during the National Day celebration in Keelung, Taiwan, on Monday, Oct. 9, 2022. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty Images China suspended tax concessions on 12 chemical compound imports from Taiwan in retaliation for what Beijing deems to be a violation of a trade agreement, just weeks ahead of key elections in the … Read more
