Taiwan

In an online video interview, libertarian judge Andrew Napolitano asked University of Chicago political scientist and international relations professor John Mearsheimer to “translate” president Xi’s remarks in his New Year speech. The professor answered, “There is no question that the Chinese want Taiwan back. They want to make Taiwan part of China…. There is also […]
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Johan Eddebo On January 13, this Saturday, Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary elections are simultaneously held. There’s a lot at stake. The independence movement is facing off with Koumintang and the reunification agenda, with the former poised to really entrench its influence in a geopolitically volatile situation. The election result will tip the scales in terms …

If our readers are anything like us then you spent the majority of the weekend taking down Christmas decorations and carefully organizing them, despite the knowledge that they’ll somehow become messy again by next December. That means the new year has officially started, which makes it time for our third-annual special edition of This Week …

This week’s News on China. Sources: • Spike in respiratory illnesses “China Tells WHO Known Germs Are Causing Surge in Child Pneumonia” “Upsurge of respiratory illnesses among children-Northern China” • Taiwan opposition parties run on separate tickets “Taiwan opposition parties register separate bids for presidential race in a boost for DPP and a worry for […]
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Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Because of Joe Biden’s career-long consistent neoconservatism — he never met a U.S. invasion or coup that he didn’t didn’t like and didn’t assist to happen — he is losing all three of America’s current wars, and each one of them (each of which he inherited from the prior Administrations, […]

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The U.S. and its allies have already lost their global war to control the world. Even resorting to nuclear weapons can’t change that; and these nations’ press have been keeping all of these historic developments secret from their respective publics, in order for their publics not to overthrow and replace […]

From racist tweets to rising hate crimes, the media’s anti-China propaganda has created a climate of aggression. Two weeks ago, a man drove a car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, yelling “Where’s the CCP?” Arab Americans have been targeted during the Persian Gulf War, the War on Terror, and U.S.-backed atrocities in Palestine. […]

Le rôle des États-Unis dans la défense de Taipei étant chaque jour plus clair, le dilemme sécuritaire entre les États-Unis et la Chine se profile à l’horizon. Source : Responsible Statecraft, Mark EpiskoposTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises Le département d’État a approuvé un programme d’aide militaire de 80 millions de dollars en faveur […]

This week’s News on China. • EU investigates Chinese electric vehicles • High-speed train to Taiwan • G77+China Summit • The elderly in the digital age