In a Fox News interview, the host Steve Hilton asked the President of the United States Donald Trump if he will let China get away with its invasion or effective control of Taiwan. As usual, Trump gave an ambivalent answer on related issues: “I think it’s an inappropriate place to…

To understand a possible President Biden’s China approach, we need to look at the views of his likely advisers. In a previous article on The Diplomat, I reviewed former United States Vice President Joe Biden’s past position on Taiwan-related issues. Decades of experience in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee made…

In the film Casablanca, a scene becomes epic when the voice of French refugees singing the French anthem “La Marseillaise” and chanting “Vive la France” drowns out the German march sung by Nazi officers. In real life, something similar happened in Taiwan. Lam Wing-kee (林榮基), the former owner of Causeway…

In an April 8 news conference, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accused Taiwan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of backing death threats and a racist campaign against him and “the whole black community.” The ministry refuted the claims immediately, calling Tedros’ accusations “unfounded” and “seriously misleading to the international…

As the world is combating the spread of COVID-19, international media have noticed Taiwan’s outstanding measures in disease prevention and control. Another noticeable point is the little role the World Health Organization (WHO) plays in helping Taiwan to address the coronavirus crisis due to the organization’s exclusion of Taiwan under…

Amidst the prevalent crisis of COVID-19, a bill called “Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act,” introduced by Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado, was signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 26. At first sight, a global pandemic that causes tens of thousands of deaths seems…

With the outbreak of the COVID-19, there is also a great struggle of narrative between China and many other countries on the origin of the virus. From a cartoon of a Danish newspaper, the covers of Economist and TIME, to a Wall Street Journal commentary piece titled “China Is the…

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For decades, Biden has embraced the “China engagement” doctrine and warned Taiwan to tread carefully. Now, though, he seems to have changed his tune. In the latest presidential primary debate of the Democratic Party, on February 25, former Vice President Joe Biden showed his assertiveness toward Xi Jinping, the head…