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August 22, 2024
China's Olympic MedalsChina has won 40 gold medals at the 33rd Summer Olympic Games, tying with the U.S. and ranking second in total medal count (91), just 35 medals behind the Stars and Stripes team. But is China really that good at sports as it has been proclaiming...
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January 20, 2024
China’s New Year’s Resolution Does Not Include PeaceThe Taiwanese people have selected a China-defiant candidate, Lai Ching-te, as the new president for the next four years. Now it is time for the free world to reflect on the interactions between China and Taiwan, examine China’s track rec...
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March 2, 2023
Guess who the other big loser is from Russia's Ukraine invasion...One year after Vladimir Putin started his Ukraine invasion, Russia is falling deeper and deeper into the hole that its president has been digging hard. But the number one loser is not Russia. It's China. China's decisio...
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February 6, 2023
Time to Police the Police ForceFor years, the profession of police officer had always been, in my mind, associated with a historic photo of a towering, gun-carrying young policeman bending over and chatting with a little boy not much taller than his knee during a parade in 19...
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January 11, 2023
China Opens Up -- but is the World Ready?After widespread outcry against the most rigorous COVID-19 control measure, i.e. the notorious Zero COVID policy, China decided to abruptly scrap the policy altogether in December. Hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens were freed overnight from...
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October 20, 2022
Learning from China's RecordAt the annual National Day ceremony on October 10, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen pledged to maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait, called on Beijing to not resort to war to achieve its goal of “reunification with Taiwan,” and re...
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September 25, 2022
It's Taiwan's Time to ShineThe passing of the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022 at the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations last week brought along a new momentum for Taiwan to secure its sovereignty and thrive further. In the face of growing tension over the Taiwan Strait tr...
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August 28, 2022
It’s Time for Taiwan to File for Economic Divorce from ChinaIn response to the long-planned Taiwan visit by the U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, China once again flexed its trade muscle to show Taiwan who is dominant in the cross-strait relationship, using both intimidation and retribution to halt imports of ...
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August 4, 2022
Is Pelosi putting Taiwan in danger?Although Taiwan was not on Nancy Pelosi's official itinerary, a surprising Taiwan visit by the third highest-ranking official of the U.S. is now occurring. China regards Taiwan, the self-ruled democratic island, as a breakaway territory....
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July 31, 2022
What Could Kill TaiwanThe U.S.'s latest arms sale to Taiwan, announced on July 15, is the fourth one this year. In contrast, there was only one sale in 2021. As Taiwan faces growing pressure from China's diplomatic, economic, and military coe...
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June 26, 2022
Taiwan's Pro-China Party Makes Its Case in AmericaTaiwan's opposition party, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), re-opened its representative office in Washington on June 8, 2022, in the midst of an eleven-day U.S. visit by the party's chairman, Eric Chu. Chu d...
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June 5, 2022
Gun control vs. gun rights: A look at the numbersThe U.S. was in shock, again, by the mass shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, May 27. People from the entire political spectrum condemned this mass murderous action. But the unity is quickly dismantled w...
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May 29, 2022
Biden’s commitment to Taiwan isn't entirely good news for the TaiwanesePresident Biden on Monday made it clear to the world that the United States is willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan in the event of China aggression against the democratic island. According to the Associated Press: ...
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February 11, 2022
Beijing's Olympics are Downright Dangerous: Here's WhyThe 2022 Winter Olympics have just begun in Beijing. It's China's second opportunity to export its ideology since the 2008 Summer Olympics. It's happening despite China’s harsh repression of its ethnic minorities...