投稿者: Helen Davidson in Taipei
PLA says exercises launched in response to president’s inauguration will test capacity to ‘launch joint attacks and occupy key areas’China has conducted mock missile strikes against Taiwan on a second day of military drills, which it said was testing i…
Lai Ching-te’s inauguration speech has been panned by China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, which labelled the new president a “dangerous separatist”.Beijing has warned of undefined reprisals against Taiwan after the inauguration speech of new president Lai C…
As China launches its Chang’e-6 mission to the far side of the moon, US officials have expressed alarm at the pace of its advancementsChina to launch ambitious moon missionThe worsening rivalry between the world’s two most powerful countries that has i…
The launch of the uncrewed Chang’e-6 is part of China’s effort to put a human on the lunar surface by 2030China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon – in a world first – as part of its goal to land a human on the lunar …
Arrests as Chinese authorities working with UK police and international trademark agencies seize millions of parcels bound for customers worldwideChinese authorities have targeted a major online sales platform accused of supplying counterfeit goods, ra…
In move seen by the opposition as an attempt to de-sinocise Taiwan, the ruling party is pushing ahead with plans to rid the island of monuments to the dictatorTaiwan’s government has pledged to remove almost 800 statues of Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese …
The annual Balikatan, or ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ drills will for the first time take place outside of the Philippines’ territorial waters A Chinese military official has warned against countries flexing “gunboat muscles”, as the Philippines and US begin…
Authorities continuing ‘intimidation’ including separating children from their parents, despite pledge to end collective punishmentChina continues to unlawfully target the families of activists and dissidents, despite a pledge to end the practice of co…
Chinese leader using meeting with Ma Ying-jeou to promote peaceful ‘reunion’ as only alternative to annexation, say analystsXi Jinping has met the former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou, in what analysts said was an attempt to promote peaceful unificatio…
The law, which covers treason, insurrection, theft of state secrets and espionage, sabotage, and external interference, follows a crackdown on dissentOn 19 March 2024, the Hong Kong government passed the Safeguarding National Security law, also known a…
Eight-episode series based on Liu Cixin novels triggers accusations of ‘Americanisation’ of a Chinese storyNetflix’s big-budget adaptation of Three-Body Problem, a series of novels by the Chinese author Liu Cixin, has divided opinion on Chinese social …
Beijing dismisses chorus of concern from western governments over punitive new law as slanderChina has accused western governments and the United Nations of slander after they criticised Hong Kong’s new national security law, which was rushed through t…
Protesters who took part in the 2014 movement against closer ties with China say it holds lessons for Hong Kong and UkraineRushing over walls and through doors, they clambered into the parliamentary chamber, crowding the halls with placards, while pili…
Latest legislative crackdown on dissent and international collaboration likely to scare off some businesses, say criticsHong Kong was once Asia’s world city, a global financial hub and business gateway to China. But the passage of new national security…