China Taiwan policy

The German manufacturer vowed to provide vaccines to Taiwan after worries that the Chinese government had tried to block a deal for 5 million doses.

China could follow the U.S. approach to Cuba and try to suffocate Taiwan economically.

There was unfounded speculation that Joe Biden would neglect Taiwan’s defense needs, but the first week of his relationship with Taipei has shown good signs.

The second piece of a two-part analysis focusing on semiconductors and cross-strait geopolitics.

Instead, China’s military bravado represents the end state of a failed strategy.

Taiwan issued warnings and condemned the flights as it conducted its own military drills.

Today's Chinese nationalism is built on CCP loyalty and Han culture and identity – and thus leaves out a large number of China’s people.

For China, the pandemic was more burden than opportunity. 

Even more than Tsai’s landslide re-election, the outbreak spells major trouble for the CCP’s unification agenda.

The Chinese government threatened Czech companies over a planned Taiwan visit by a top Czech official. It’s part of a global strategy to pressure entities that engage with Taiwan.

The framework for governing Hong Kong and Macau – and, Beijing hopes, one day Taiwan – is battered but unbroken.