Taiwanese Americans’ lingering dread
The writer says that Taiwan has become a proxy battleground for competing national ambitions in the US and China, a kind of release valve for growing tensions.
Geopolitics
Chinese foreign minister meets Lao counterpart
Foreign Minister Qin Gang said China is ready to work closely with Laos to turn the important consensus into tangible cooperation results.
US arrests two for setting up Chinese ‘secret police station’ in New York
A 2022 investigation published by advocacy group Safeguard Defenders reported that China had set up overseas “service stations” that illegally worked with Chinese police to…
Russia, India negotiating on free trade agreement
The talks are likely to further accelerate economic relations between both nations, despite Europe and America urging India to distance itself from Russia.
Putin meets Chinese defence minister on ties
The military mutual trust between the two countries has been increasingly consolidated with substantial progress in cooperation.
Unacceptable for China to give Russia military support: EU foreign policy chief
Western countries are strongly wary of Chinese military support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
China’s grey-zone tactics towards Taiwan raise risk of miscalculation and escalation: Analysts
For years, Taiwan has accused China of employing a wide range of grey-zone tactics to intimidate the island and undermine the morale of the Taiwanese people.
Experts explore ways to realise a nuclear-free world at symposium in Hiroshima
Last year, the US government projected that China’s nuclear warheads would increase in number to 1,500 by 2035.
Overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan safe; situation in self-ruled island ‘very normal’
This comes despite the Chinese Ambassador's indication that the welfare of 150,000 OFWs might be jeopardised if Manila does not “unequivocally oppose” Taiwan’s independence.
Putin meets Chinese defence minister, both sides hail military cooperation
However, NATO and the United States say they have seen no signs yet that Beijing is supplying arms to Moscow.