A 13-person delegation from the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes (INGE) of the European Parliament (EP) arrived in the island of Taiwan on Wednesday amid rising cross-Taiwan Straits tensions.
The purpose of epidemic response news conferences is precisely what it says: to respond to an epidemic. In this age of social media, people’s attention is precious. These news conferences are about an important issue that affects people’s lives, which is an advantage in attracting attention. When used properly, they efficiently promote epidemic prevention measures, but if this advantage is wasted and the briefings are used for issues unrelated to the epidemic, the audience loses patience.
Taiwan’s initial COVID-19 outbreak last year abated quickly. As time went by, the Central Epidemic Command Center’s news conferences were increasingly used for promoting farm
One day after Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Taiwan secessionists and stressed that the Taiwan question will be resolved along with national rejuvenation in his speech on Saturday marking the 110th anniversary of the 1911 Revolution, Taiwan regional leader Tsai Ing-wen continued to deceive the international community and Taiwanese people by hiding the truth that secessionist authorities on the island are the root cause of cross-Straits tensions.
Chinese Foreign Ministry vowed to take all necessary measures to safeguard the country s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and urged the US to fully recognize the high sensitivity of the Taiwan question, following US media reports that there were two dozen US troops deployed on the island of Taiwan, helping train local troops in secret.
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) elected a new chairperson on Sept. 25, with Eric Chu (朱立倫) winning the race to succeed Johnny Chiang (江啟臣). While the election was contested vociferously, hardly any Taiwanese from outside the party took notice. This is because the internal machinations of the KMT are of little consequence to Taiwan: It matters not who won.
The latest edition of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index, released in February, saw Taiwan move up 20 notches to place 11th globally, joining the ranks of full democracies.
Public participation in political decisionmaking in Taiwan shows that democracy has replaced authoritarianism