Written by Lotta Danielsson. China has long undertaken a massive and sustained effort to modernize its military, and the Chinese determination to change the political
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The Cross-Strait #10YearChallenge
Written by Margaret Lewis. What a difference a decade makes. Pandas are not the focus of the #10YearChallenge, in part perhaps because a 5-year-old panda
China’s Greatness and Taiwan’s Vulnerability
Written by Edward Friedman. Recent threats by the CCP Supreme Leader Xi Jinping to use force in order to annex Taiwan have focused attention on
Motion Without Movement: The Latest (Non-) Developments in Cross-Strait Relations
Written by June Teufel Dreyer. No Taiwan president has an easy job balancing pressure from China on unification with domestic pressures from those who advocate
Xi Jinping’s Speech Fails to Deliver what the People of Taiwan Want
Written by Bonnie S. Glaser. On January 2, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his first speech focused exclusively on policy toward Taiwan. The occasion for
Contrasting the ‘Ethnic’ with the ‘Indigenous’: exploring different depictions of the ‘other’ in Taiwan.
Written by David O’Brien Recently I had the pleasure of a few days in the beautiful, chilled-out Taitung, Taiwan’s self-described “most indigenous city”. Taitung County
China’s Meddling in the 2018 Taiwan Local Election
Written by Yu-Hua Chen. Taiwan completed its nine-in-one local election on 24 November 2018, which ended up with a historical defeat of the ruling Democratic
The Results of US Midterm Elections and Its Implications for Taiwan and Cross-Strait Issues
Written by Elizabeth Freund Larus With the hotly contested over, all eyes are on the incoming 116th Congress. What do the US midterm election results imply
Taiwan an opportunity for peace
Written by Gerrit van der Wees. Professor Graham Allison of Harvard University got it wrong, again! In a November 9th article in the WorldPost, a partnership
Can technological innovation development in China out win Taiwan?
Written by Chun-Yi Lee. In the early 1990s, Taiwanese electronic factories in China acted as a ‘teacher’ for most of the domestic Chinese manufacturers. This
What Tibet tells us about China’s intentions towards Taiwan
Written by Christopher MacDonald. Directly across from the Potala Palace, in Lhasa’s main square, there stands a triumphal, 120-foot-high slab of concrete commemorating Tibet’s 1951
Taiwan’s best option for deterring China? Anti-Access/Area Denial
Written by Eric Gomez. There are few David versus Goliath matchups in the international system quite like Taiwan versus China. Across virtually every indicator of
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