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Should the U.S. Military Intervene in Taiwan? A Soho Forum Debate

Brookings Institution senior fellow William Galston debates former State Department diplomat Peter Van Buren

Reason

Taiwanese group provides democracy ratings for milk tea shops

The group hopes to mobilize consumers to push back against Beijing.

Axios

The battle for the Pacific: The countries competing for supremacy

South Korea, Japan, China and Australia have all boosted their naval power as competition for resources heats up.

Al Jazeera

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Solomon Islands becomes unlikely epicenter of U.S.-China competition

The islands' planned security deal with China has U.S. officials worried.

Axios

US Lawmakers Affirm Japan Alliance Eyeing China, North Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and visiting US lawmakers reaffirmed their commitment to working together under a longstanding bilateral alliance on Saturday, amid heightened global tensions spanning the war in Ukraine to threats from neighboring China and North Korea. In a meeting over breakfast, the delegation, led by Sen.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taiwan says China's threats will only increase support for island

China's military threats against Taiwan will only increase support for the island from the United States and other democracies, the foreign ministry said after China conducted drills nearby as U.S. lawmakers visited Taipei.

Reuters

US lawmakers affirm Japan alliance eyeing China, North Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and visiting U.S. lawmakers have reaffirmed their commitment to working together under a longstanding bilateral alliance, amid heightened global tensions spanning the war in Ukraine to threats from neighboring China and North Korea

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China holds military exercises as US legislators visit Taiwan

Amid ongoing tensions with Washington, Beijing criticises US legislators’ visit to Taipei as ‘deliberately provocative’.

Al Jazeera

Taiwanese activist returns home after prison term in China

Lee Ming-che, who disappeared in 2017 and was later convicted of ‘subverting state power’, spent five years in prison.

Al Jazeera

US lawmakers signal support for Taiwan in visit

U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan have made a pointed and public declaration of their support for the self-governing island democracy while also issuing a warning to China

The Independent UK

China holds drills around Taiwan as U.S. lawmakers visit

China said it conducted military drills around Taiwan on Friday as a U.S. Congressional delegation visited the island in a show of support to a fellow democracy, with Beijing blaming the lawmakers for raising tensions with their "provocative" trip.

Reuters

Activist who was imprisoned in China returns to Taiwan

A Taiwanese pro-democracy activist has returned home after serving five years in China

The Independent UK

China releases jailed Taiwanese activist, sends him home

A Taiwanese activist jailed in China returned to Taiwan on Friday after completing a five-year sentence.

Reuters

Taiwan’s COVID-hit tourism stews as island shuns global reopening

Self-ruled island’s continuing isolation makes it a rare holdout in a region that has largely abandoned border controls.

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Axios

Congress sounds alarm bells on Taiwan after Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The fear is China's desire to control the island-nation will become the next struggle for democracy.

The Independent UK

Senior US lawmakers arrive in Taiwan for visit

A delegation of six U.S. lawmakers has arrived in Taiwan on a visit that has already been denounced by China

Reuters

Six U.S. lawmakers arrive in Taiwan on unannounced trip

A group of six U.S. lawmakers, including chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez, landed in Taiwan on Thursday for a previously unannounced visit, in a show of support to the island in the face of Chinese pressure.

Benzinga

KBR Bags Contract From Taiwan's State-Owned Oil Company CPC

KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) has secured a contract for its ROSE supercritical Solvent De-Asphalting technology and Vacuum Distillation Unit from Taiwan's state-owned oil company, CPC Corporation. Financial terms were not disclosed. KBR will provide a license, basic engineering, and proprietary equipment to CPC for its proprietary ROSE technology and will supply the engineering package…

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This Custom Ducati XDiavel “Flatout Titan” Is A Next-Level Power Cruiser

Taiwan-based custom workshop Rough Crafts recently unveiled its newest masterpiece dubbed “Flatout Titan”, a heavily customized Ducati XDiavel.

Reuters

Taiwan says it's at only early stage of COVID outbreak, cases will rise

Taiwan is in only the early stages of a COVID-19 outbreak and domestic cases will keep rising for the time being, its health minister said on Wednesday, as the island recorded its highest number of daily COVID infections since the pandemic began.

Benzinga

Taiwan, Worried About China Stealing Its 'Crown Jewel,' Pushes For Speedy Passage Of Laws Protecting Chip Industry

In a bid to save its crown jewel, Taiwan's Premier has called for the swift passage of revisions to laws to prevent China from stealing its semiconductor technology, according to a Reuters report.

Reuters

Taiwan issues first war survival handbook amid China threat

Taiwan's military released a handbook on civil defence for the first time on Tuesday, giving citizens survival guidance in a war scenario as Russia's invasion of Ukraine focuses attention on how the island should respond to China's pressure.

The News Lens

Taiwan Mulls Lengthening Military Service

Analysts believe Taiwan’s ability and commitment to defend itself has been questioned in both Beijing and Washington and improving mandatory military service would send a clear signal to both that it is prepared.

The Guardian - AU

‘It feels like the end of the world’: Taiwan civilians practise for war as Ukraine revives China fears

Community groups use US army training videos to rehearse for disaster, yet the government is reluctant to support a civilian defence force

Los Angeles Times

Strain of Shanghai’s COVID lockdown tests China’s zero tolerance resolve

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A month ago, China was contemplating how to transition from the “zero tolerance” COVID-19 policy that kept it largely infection-free during the pandemic. But a fast-spreading outbreak in the country’s financial center has shown just how distant that possibility rests.

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