Kuomintang vice-chairman Hsia Li-yan led a delegation to the Chinese mainland on Feb 8 to 17 to urge the mainland side to promote "exchanges and dialogue" with the aim of improving people's livelihoods. On Monday the mainland authorities announced that they will facilitate the resumption of the entry of certain agricultural and aquatic products from […]
Andrew Hsia, vice-chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), is leading a delegation on a nine-day visit to the Chinese mainland from Feb 8-17. Facing the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP’s) groundless accusations about the purposes of the trip, the KMT’s chairman, Eric Chu, emphasized that there is no political consideration, and that the only purpose of this […]
The meeting between Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and visiting Hsia Li-yan, vice-chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, in Beijing on Friday has undoubtedly provided the two sides with a valuable opportunity to promote exchanges and cooperation. That Hsia also […]
(LI MIN / CHINA DAILY) The forecast by the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research that the island's exports and investments will further slow down in 2023 is worrying. Economists say Taiwan's economy is likely to grow by 2.91 percent in 2023, which means the island will fail to achieve its goal of maintaining 3 percent […]
The frequency with which United States State Department spokespersons have mentioned US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's upcoming visit to China recently, as well as the wide spectrum of topics they have touched upon as part of the discussions — ranging from the Taiwan question and Ukraine crisis to the Korean Peninsula issue and fentanyl […]
The appointment of China's ambassador to the United States Qin Gang as the new foreign minister is a clear signal that managing well the most consequential bilateral relationship of the 21st century is crucial for the world's two largest economies and the rest of the world. The appointment of Qin as the foreign minister also […]
Citing security concerns, the Democratic Progressive Party administration of Taiwan island said on Saturday that it is considering fining Foxconn for one of its branches operating on the Chinese mainland holding some shares of Tsinghua Unigroup, a major Chinese integrated circuit manufacturer, without obtaining approval in advance. Although Foxconn said it will sell these shares, […]
Tsai Ing-wen has stepped down as head of the Democratic Progressive Party after it suffered a heavy defeat in Taiwan's local elections on Saturday. According to the island's election affairs authority, the Kuomintang, the main opposition party, won 13 of the 21 city mayor and county chief seats up for grabs, including the capital Taipei. […]
We could hardly expect, nowadays, that the United States would ever have China’s best interests at heart (or vice versa). But ultimately, neither does the US have the best interests of Taiwan (region of China) at heart. It is the perceived hegemonic security interests of a fearful America that unquestionably dominate how America identifies what […]
Although the United States often expresses concerns over the possibility of Taiwan being reunified with its motherland by force, it claims to support consensual reunification. This, however, could not be further from the truth, and its own national interests dictate otherwise. It benefits enormously from cross-Straits divisions, and the last thing it wants to see […]
State Councilor and Minister of National Defense General Wei Fenghe (2nd R) meets United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (2nd L) in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on Nov 22, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) During his talks with his US counterpart on Tuesday on the sidelines of a regional meeting in Cambodia, Chinese State Councilor and Defense […]
President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden met face-to-face in Bali, Indonesia, on Monday. In their talks lasting three hours and 12 minutes, the two leaders agreed that it was essential that both countries take concrete steps to get bilateral ties back on a stable track. With Biden reiterating that the US does […]
In October, China held its every five-year grand meeting. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was a week-long affair and new leaders were selected and important policies discussed. The meeting was a signal one. Importantly, "firmly oppose and contain Taiwan independence" was inserted into the CPC Constitution. The previous wording called […]
The country’s unprecedented move to include Hong Kong and Macao scientists in its latest recruitment of taikonauts has not only received applause across the two special administrative regions, with about 120 applications, but also convincingly shown to the world that under “one country, two systems”, the two regions have more opportunities for development. It’s a […]
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which concluded on Oct 22, was held at a time when China has embarked on the journey to realize the second centenary goal of national rejuvenation and building a modern socialist country in all respects. Since the reunification of Taiwan with the motherland is vital […]
The United States has continued undermining the already frigid Sino-US relationship, with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's provocative visit to Taiwan on Aug 2 and the passing of the "Taiwan Policy Act of 2022", which challenges China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, causing immense damage to bilateral ties. It's […]
While the US ratchets up its anti-China rhetoric to embolden the separatists on Taiwan Island, the Chinese mainland is slowly trying to improve ties across the Straits. And it was making good progress until the Americans stepped in to upset the apple cart. Since 2010, the mayors of Shanghai and Taipei have had annual meetings […]
Power has not endowed the United States government with the decency and dedication to global responsibility that its claims to the moral high ground warrant. Instead, it has only served to make it more brazen in defying the rules and norms of diplomatic behavior. This was once again in evidence in a speech that US […]
Competition between the US executive branch and Congress to portray themselves as the best defender of American national interests against China has added an important perspective to examine the passing of an unprecedented number of anti-China legislative documents through Capitol Hill offices in the past few years. Like their Republican counterparts, the Democratic lawmakers are […]
Editor's note: President of the United States Joe Biden officially expounded the US commitment to the "one-China" principle during his address at the General Debate of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept 21. His statement at UN is in stark contrast to his widely reported previous remarks as cited in […]
The strained cross-Straits relations have dealt a blow to the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits and, as a result, the prospects for Taiwan's economy appear dim. According to statistics from Taiwan, cross-Straits trade accounted for 33 percent of the Chinese island's total external trade last year, compared with […]
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in New York, Sept 19, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) In his meeting with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in New York on Monday, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who apparently agrees with Kissinger's previous remarks […]
Asked in a CBS 60 Minutes interview broadcast on Sunday whether US forces would engage in a conflict with the Chinese mainland over Taiwan, US President Joe Biden unambiguously replied: "Yes, if in fact, there was an unprecedented attack." When he was further asked to clarify if he meant that unlike in Ukraine, US forces－American […]
What has prompted the US to repeatedly violate the three US-China communiques and introduce the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022 in the Senate? Why has the US been trying to hollow out the one-China principle and interfere in the Taiwan question? Doesn't the US know that the Taiwan question is the most sensitive factor in […]
The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee's approval of the so-called Taiwan Policy Act on Wednesday marks another dangerous step toward a green light being given to the country providing direct military assistance to the Chinese island. The US has sold weapons to Taiwan for decades, but the new bill goes further by providing US […]
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to mark up the Taiwan Policy Act (TPA) on Wednesday, which is described as "the most comprehensive restructuring of US policy toward Taiwan since the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979." The TPA seeks to provide $4.5 billion in security assistance to Taiwan over four years, and recognize China's […]
The United States government is reportedly considering a comprehensive sanctions package to deter a potential mainland "invasion" of Taiwan, and lobbying hard to bring its European allies on board. Taking advantage of the Ukraine crisis and the present tensions across the Taiwan Straits, the Taiwan authorities are taking it as an opportunity to double down […]
Since the restoration of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and the United States, there have been three strands of thought in the US about the appropriate relationship between the US and Taiwan. The mainstream view considers Taiwan neither a strategic asset nor a strategic liability, and deems “strategic ambiguity” as the right […]
Despite Beijing's stern warnings, Washington is heedlessly escalating the tensions across the Taiwan Straits, as the scale of the latest arms sale to Taiwan shows. The arms deal worth $1.1 billion to Taiwan approved by the Joe Biden administration late last week, the sixth and the largest one since it took office, came one month […]
Taipei, Taiwan, September 08, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Preferred Partners the Taiwan based international brokerage firm has today announced the appointment of Samuel Lee as the vice president of new partnership acquisitions and development of partnerships at their Taiwan office, effective the 12th of September 2022. “Mr.Lee’s years of contributions to the success of Preferred Partners have not gone […]