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US friends and foes buckle up for 'America First'
News, Peter Apps, Published on 01/02/2025
» Less than 24 hours after US President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, new Secretary of State Marco Rubio met foreign minister counterparts from America's closest allies in the Indo-Pacific -- the so-called "Quad" with Australia, India and Japan, as aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson finished its first big 2025 training exercise in waters near the Philippines.
Behind US-China smiles, Taiwan face-off risks peril
News, Peter Apps, Published on 28/11/2023
» When John F Kennedy became US president in January 1961, he was determined to meet his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev, directly. It was better, he told advisers, "to meet at the summit rather than the brink".
Why Taiwan matters to the democratic world
News, Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson, Published on 20/08/2022
» US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's headline-generating visit to Taipei has reminded the world how much Taiwan matters to China. But Taiwan also should matter to the democratic world.
Drug baron's sons get death
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/02/2021
» Two sons of convicted drug baron and former Kuomintang fighter Lao Ta Saenlee were sentenced to death on Wednesday by the Criminal Court for drug trafficking and money laundering.
Chinese police intercept shipment of drug precursor
News, King-oua Laohong & Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 03/04/2020
» Chinese police have intercepted a shipment of hydrochloric acid bound for the Golden Triangle region, which will likely affect the production of 3.9 billion methamphetamine pills.
A win for Taiwan?
News, Editorial, Published on 11/01/2020
» By this evening, the results of Taiwan's presidential and legislative elections will be known. Regardless of who becomes the next president, it will be in the best interests of both the island's stability and of peace in the Asia-Pacific region if the new government maintains the status quo with China.
Taiwan: a democracy in Asia that works
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 20/12/2019
» Ask any Taiwanese who owns Taiwan, and the answer invariably will be "the Taiwanese people" or sometimes simply "the people". That the country should belong to its people should be obvious, but this is not always the case in a place where equality is lacking and entitlement is rife. Thailand is a telling example.
Xi's favourite general trips up over Taiwan
News, Peter Apps, Published on 10/06/2019
» As the head of Beijing's strategic nuclear forces and its fastest rising general, Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe had a reputation for "doing more and saying less". It was a methodical, determined approach that made him a clear favourite of President Xi Jinping, placing him at the heart of China's remarkable military revolution and its efforts to dominate the region.
The risks of China's Taiwan policy
News, Minxin Pei, Published on 14/01/2019
» The unfolding geopolitical contest between China and the United States has been described by many as a new cold war. If it ever becomes a hot one, the flash point could be Taiwan, owing in large part to Chinese policy toward the island.
How far is China prepared to go over Taiwan?
News, Peter Apps, Published on 09/01/2019
» In the first week of 2019, as China grabbed headlines for landing a spacecraft on the far side of the moon, a New Year's Day editorial in the nation's official military newspaper told its readers that "war preparations" should be a top priority for the year. The following day, President Xi Jinping offered a forceful reminder of what Beijing considers its most likely focus of conflict to be: Taiwan.