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Taiwan
China's ADIZ: Taiwan's Dilemma
By J. Michael Cole
Why China's Air Defense Identification Zone Is Terrible For Cross-Strait Relations
China’s new ADIZ in the East China Sea jeopardizes the possibility of unification with Taiwan.
China Imposes Restrictions on Air Space Over Senkaku Islands
By establishing the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone, China is trying to create new facts in the air.
Solving Iran’s Right to Enrich Dilemma: The Taiwan Precedent
The 1972 Shanghai Communique’s language on Taiwan can help solve a thorny P5+1–Iran issue.
Why Taiwan’s Allies are Flocking to Beijing
By Shannon Tiezzi
Is China and Taiwan’s Diplomatic Truce Over?
Last week The Gambia decided to cut ties with Taiwan. The implications could be significant.
PRC Is Biggest Obstacle to Unification With Taiwan
The dirty secret in cross-Strait relations: China’s political system is the biggest barrier to unification.
China’s Global War Against Press Freedom
Beijing has long censored domestic news. Now the CCP is aggressively targeting foreign media.
China Can Attack Taiwan By 2020, Taipei Says
A new report by Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense paints a dark picture of the military balance in the strait.
China’s Internet Censors Outnumber PLA Troops
Plus, President Xi warns Taiwan that a political settlement cannot be put off forever. Monday China links.
Taiwan’s Navy Shoots Down a Simulated Chinese Drone
This week Taiwan conducted the first test of its premier SM-2 surface-to-air missile in six years.
US Arms Sales to Taiwan Aren’t the Problem
It is Beijing’s demands for reunification, not U.S. arms sales, that make Taiwan such a flashpoint.