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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China’s independent oil companies are ramping up operations in Iraq, investing billions of dollars in OPEC’s No. 2 producer, even as some global majors have scaled back from a market dominated by Beijing’s big state-run firms.Drawn by more lucrative contract arrangements, smaller Chinese producers a
An anecdote springs to mind, as the world awaits the passing of a deadline — shortened from 50 days to 10 and coming up today — which US President Donald Trump recently gave to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It comes from the late George Schultz, who as US secretary of state in the 1980s told the
The relationship between India and the US is facing one of its most significant challenges in decades, as the administration of US President Donald Trump doubles down on its demands that India stop buying Russian oil or face punitive tariffs.Trump has refused to cut tariffs on Indian exports to the
US senators on Friday last week introduced a bill aimed at supporting countries that maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan amid mounting pressure from China. The US-Taiwan partnership in the Americas act seeks to “deepen coordination with Taiwan on diplomatic, development and economic engagement in t
Taiwan-US tariff negotiations have yielded a preliminary outcome, but beyond the announced 20 percent levy, few concrete details have emerged. Automotive tariffs have been a focus in the talks, which has led to discussions about whether Taiwan’s Commodity Tax Act (貨物稅條例) on motor vehicles might be a
The conflict along the Thai-Cambodian border has resulted in numerous casualties, displaced residents, caused significant damage to heritage sites and left unexploded bombs scattered across the region. The conflict poses a serious threat to people’s safety, and has caused panic and deep psychologica
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