In his inaugural address, President 賴清德Lai Ching-te proposed reciprocal resumption of tourism between China and Taiwan, as well as education exchanges. How will Beijing respond?

Congratulations to 賴清德Lai Ching-te and Bi-khim Hsiao 蕭美琴 who were sworn in today as the ROC (Taiwan)'s president and vice-president. The next four years will be filled with challenges, but also opportunities. President Lai and VP Hsiao are ready to tackle them.

Just hours before 賴清德Lai Ching-te was sworn in as president of the ROC (Taiwan), the PLA sent warplanes across the median line and operated navy ships in the vicinity of the island.

Spoiler alert: one of the courses at Lai Ching-te’s inauguration banquet is a playful nod to Xi Jinping...
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fascinating report from Clarissa Wei

🌎 How should the US compete against China in Latin America and the Caribbean?

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Civil-military relations in Taiwan remain contentious and need to be strengthened. How Lai Ching-te deals with the issue of statues of Chiang Kai-shek will set the tone. I hope that a compromise can be reached. sc.mp/he4b2?utm_sour… via @scmpnews

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There are two reasons for the legislative brawl in Taiwan now. The first issue is that KMT works with TPP to block all DPP's proposals from being read for the first time since the beginning of this Legislative term. All DPP's proposals were returned by the agenda committee.

Quoted from the article: 'Tsai moderated the impact of her pro-sovereignty position by advocating for cross-strait relations to be conducted within the framework of Taiwan’s laws & constitution, which reference the existence of “one China” of which both China & Taiwan are

Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu leaves an amazing legacy of achievements. JW-- Please preserve all those tweets in the archives for future researchers!

China's retaliation plans look like they're already moving

On Sunday Ministry of Commerce announced anti-dumping probe into polyoxymethylene copolymer, widely used in automotive engineering.

Probe targets products from the EU, US, Taiwan and Japan

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Tsai Ing-wen's (蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen)final interview as president of Taiwan, with BBC News (UK). She has been an outstanding leader and left a strong and impactful legacy. youtube.com/watch?v=ngqJae… The interview is in English with Chinese subtitles.

U.S. lawmakers reject China's mischaracterization of U.N. resolution 2758
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From the pen of lectrr, what is harder to find than the Loch Ness monster?

'Taiwan' in UN Resolution 2758!

Despite that, China continues to distort and weaponise the resolution to impede Taiwan's international participation. Check #UN2758 for yourself:
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Should the EU ensure that Chinese enterprises have a fair business environment if the PRC doesn't provide EU (or other foreign) enterprises with a level playing field?

In the past, Europe has suffered from a “credibility problem”, Eskelund said, with Chinese policy makers dismissing threats to weaponise the European market as unserious. “what Europe is trying to do now is to fix that credibility problem...It’s a way of saying, ‘you better

🇨🇳 🎧 How is China expanding its influence in Latin America & the Caribbean, & what are the implications?

On this week's episode of the China Global podcast, GMF's Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 🇺🇦 & Leland Lazarus discuss Chinese interests in & strategy toward the region. bit.ly/3UCplS5