Taiwan
Why Taiwan should embrace multiculturalism
While defending itself from China is clearly Taiwan’s most pressing concern, increasingly it has also been seeking to differentiate itself from its neighbour. Its democratisation…
China-Taiwan, and a Vatican conversion
For close to eight decades, the Vatican has maintained formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Despite according de-facto recognition to the People’s Republic of China…
How Taiwan fights the disinformation war
In Taiwan, China’s state media and other outlets are increasingly using disinformation alongside more traditional methods to subvert rivals by sowing dissent and influencing…
We can help keep Taiwan safe by deepening engagement
Taiwan’s new President, William Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taiwan’s homegrown political party, has taken office this week. In January’s elections,…
The most important factor hardening China’s stance on Taiwan
Tarik Solmaz’s recent article in The Interpreter, Three factors hardening China’s stance on Taiwan, provided an incisive snapshot of three of the factors aggravating Beijing’s…
Fostering Indigenous cooperation between Australia and Taiwan
It may not be well known in Australia, but Indigenous peoples have lived in Taiwan for more than 5,000 years. Indigenous Taiwanese are part of the Austronesian language family…
Three factors hardening China’s stance on Taiwan
Denny Roy’s recent article in The Interpreter provided a perceptive analysis arguing a full-scale China-Taiwan war was unlikely in the short term. Roy concluded that China has…
In the Olympics of Drag, Taiwan just took the gold
For Taiwan, which often finds its international participation constrained – barred from a World Health Organization membership and competing under the “Chinese Taipei” flag at the…
Why China remains unlikely to invade Taiwan
The United States, and Washington DC in particular, is awash with expectations of war against China in the near future, most likely caused by a Chinese decision to forcibly…
Understanding China’s efforts to bridge the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait disputes
Two Asia-Pacific flashpoints – the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait – stand at a critical juncture, but their connection is not always well understood.
In the South China Sea,…