US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on Tuesday and Wednesday last week was in the focus of the world’s attention from before she arrived until after she left.
Pelosi’s 19-hour visit made Taiwan-US relations even closer than before.
Angered by the trip, China retaliated with a range of economic and military actions against Taiwan, no longer hiding its “wolf warrior” ambitions. Although its measures were on the surface targeted against Taiwan, they were also aimed at sending domineering signals to every nation in the democratic camp.
The trip not only raised the nation’s profile to new heights,
A deceased chairman and the secretary-general of the pro-unification Concentric Patriotism Association are suspected of having received funds from China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) to develop the association and attack democracy advocates in Taiwan.
The two officials were charged with contraventions of the National Security Act (國家安全法). Chou Ching-chun (周慶峻), the former chairman, died of an illness last year, while secretary-general Zhang Xiuye (張秀葉) is still on Taiwan’s wanted list after she absconded to China.
However, before slipping out of Taiwan, Zhang told prosecutors about the association’s inner workings, including how Chou had received funds from the TAO and its branch offices
As the geopolitical effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine become more obvious, the collective defense provided by NATO is the key security umbrella that unites European countries and protects them from further intrusion by their malicious eastern neighbor.
With Finland and Sweden having been invited to join NATO which, if they join, would increase the number of member states from 30 to 32 two more nations in the region are in line to be included in the regional security pact.
Meanwhile, the support that Russia has been receiving behind the scenes from China and other countries is one of the
Despite flagging support for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), Chairman Eric Chu’s (朱立倫) US trip deserves to be treated with some seriousness.
After all, Taiwan is a democracy where power typically passes from one party to another. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cannot stay in power forever, and other parties do not yet stand a realistic chance of being elected.
When the chairman of Taiwan’s largest opposition party visits the US, he can be expected to have in-depth discussions with the country’s politicians and think tanks to enhance the two nations’ understanding of each other’s positions, policies and proposals.
Chu was promoting