In a recent essay, “How Taiwan Lost Trump,” a former adviser to US President Donald Trump, Christian Whiton, accuses Taiwan of diplomatic incompetence — claiming Taipei failed to reach out to Trump, botched trade negotiations and mishandled its defense posture. Whiton’s narrative overlooks a fundame
It is difficult not to agree with a few points stated by Christian Whiton in his article, “How Taiwan Lost Trump,” and yet the main idea is flawed.I am a Polish journalist who considers Taiwan her second home. I am conservative, and I might disagree with some social changes being promoted in Taiwan
Some people cite national security as justification for Taiwan to retain nuclear power. They believe that if Taiwan were to be blockaded by China, it would be impossible to import natural gas, oil or coal, and that nuclear power would be necessary to meet energy demands due to limited reserves. Howe
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Australia’s affordable housing push has arrived in the wealthy Sydney suburb of Mosman, where new planning laws are challenging long-standing resistance to development in the leafy area known for mansions and sweeping harbor views.State authorities in Sydney and Melbourne — Australia’s two biggest c
Keeping young people safe online is a rallying cry we can all get behind, but the furor in Australia over plans to ban children under 16 from social media shows that it is not as simple as it sounds.At the center of the latest debate over the rules set to come into effect later this year is Alphabet
On July 7, a 42-year-old woman and her younger sister, both surnamed Chang (張), were murdered in broad daylight in New Taipei City’s Tucheng District (土城). The suspect — the older woman’s husband, surnamed Hsieh (謝) — was reportedly angry that Chang had applied for a restraining order against him. T
Despite calls to the contrary from their respective powerful neighbors, Taiwan and Somaliland continue to expand their relationship, endowing it with important new prospects.Fitting into this bigger picture is the historic Coast Guard Cooperation Agreement signed last month. The common goal is to mo
Sports science plays a critical role in enhancing athletes’ competitive performance and safeguarding their health. Systematic data monitoring and precise analysis can be used to help athletes make effective and science-based training adjustments to improve their speed, explosiveness, muscle strength
US senators on July 9 introduced a Taiwan undersea cable resilience initiative act in response to the frequent disruptions of submarine communication cables around Taiwan in recent years. The bill directly addresses the issue of China’s “gray zone” tactics by deliberately damaging undersea cables in
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The world’s governments are meeting this week to hammer out a treaty to reverse the rising tide of plastics. Oil companies have other ideas.Far from cutting back their spending, refiners are planning to drown the noble ambitions of UN negotiators meeting in Geneva beneath a tsunami of polymers. That
US President Donald Trump’s tirade against India over trade and Russian oil purchases threatens to undo two decades of diplomatic progress, analysts and officials say, and could derail other areas of cooperation as domestic political pressures drive both sides to harden their stances. India’s opposi
After the EU, it is now Switzerland’s turn to bemoan humiliation and surrender at the hands of the Trump administration. Politicians and companies are reeling from the shock of a new tariff of 39 percent, well above the EU’s 15 percent, which could cost the country 1 percent of GDP. For Swiss drugma
It is difficult to think of an issue that has monopolized political commentary as intensely as the recall movement and the autopsy of the July 26 failures. These commentaries have come from diverse sources within Taiwan and abroad, from local Taiwanese members of the public and academics, foreign ac
Every day when we open social media, we are flooded with posts and images that are emotionally provocative, misleading and divisive. Among them are carefully crafted cognitive weapons curated for the purpose of manipulation and backed by long-standing infiltration networks from hostile foreign force
Father’s Day, as celebrated around the world, has its roots in the early 20th century US. In 1910, the state of Washington marked the world’s first official Father’s Day. Later, in 1972, then-US president Richard Nixon signed a proclamation establishing the third Sunday of June as a national holiday
US President Donald Trump is one of the most influential political figures today.The Chinese rendering of his surname might seem like a mere linguistic issue, but in reality, it reflects a deeper struggle over discourse power and cultural interpretive authority.In Taiwan, mainstream media typically
Fighting disinformationAfter watching the TV series Zero Day (零日攻擊), a drama that focuses on several scenarios Taiwan might face leading up to the first day of a Chinese attack, the chaos left me with a strong sense of deja vu — the disorder depicted in the show is the same kind we see play out dail
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