Pope Francis devoted himself to reform in the Catholic Church over the past 12 years, although he differed from his two more overtly anti-communist predecessors. He believed that we should build bridges instead of high walls and that lack of communication leads to misunderstandings. With this mindse
Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) and critical mineral technologies have redefined global geopolitics and geoeconomics. While these advances offer transformative opportunities, they also bring about significant strategic vulnerabilities.The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) — c
The photograph looks old at first. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Deputy Chairman Sean Lien (連勝文) sits next to China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Song Tao (宋濤). There is a sense of familiarity and warmth within the shot, but it also carries an indescribable chill. Some people opened the l
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In any conflict, you have to recruit allies. Unfortunately for US President Donald Trump, that is also true of his trade war. Some of his advisers understand this: US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent intends to use the “90-day pause” he won from the president to round up old friends and encir
Another day, another European Commission fine against Big Tech — a phenomenon Silicon Valley views as little more than a speeding ticket. However, Wednesday’s modest penalties against Apple Inc and Meta Platforms Inc, totaling 700 million euros (US$795.48 million), belie a more meaningful smackdown
Eno Qian, who runs a clothing factory in eastern China, says she makes a 20 yuan profit for every item she sells abroad and only a tenth of that on domestic sales, making a shift to the local market “not viable” for her tariff-hit business.Beijing has made increasingly louder calls on exporters to f
As countries across the globe grapple with how to respond to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the only country that seemed unperturbed is China, which vowed to “resolutely take countermeasures,” adding that it would fight to the end if the US side is bent on going down the wrong path. However, s
On a quiet lane in Taipei’s central Daan District (大安), an otherwise unremarkable high-rise is marked by a police guard and a tawdry A4 printout from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating an “embassy area.” Keen observers would see the emblem of the Holy See, one of Taiwan’s 12 so-called “diplo
The recall wave is showing diametric opposites: Recalls against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers were launched by civic groups and the majority of them are organized by young people outside a party apparatus. That starkly contrasts with the “activists” in the KMT attempting to recall Democr
Film to care aboutA 37-second short film called Freeze Not the Care (長照不能凍) is part of a film project in Taiwan Action’s civilian recall movement targeting Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers. The project is backed by hundreds of representatives from the movie industry and the film — which sho
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Latin America lost two giants in the span of little more than a week: Pope Francis and Nobel-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa were crucial in shaping the region’s cultural identity, one as a leader of faith who shook the Catholic Church and the other as a masterful chronicler of Latin American life
US President Donald Trump’s toxic tariff war is not only threatening the global trading system, but also undermining trust in US government bonds and the US dollar. That should alarm everyone, because the global financial system rests on the premise that US Treasury bonds are the safest assets, but
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised that he would bring peace to Kashmir. Tuesday’s terror attack that killed at least 26 people at a popular tourist destination shows how misguided he was — when long-suffering grievances are not addressed, they erupt.Modi has condemned the violence, saying
The National Academy for Educational Research on Thursday last week reached a consensus with textbook publishers to include the original text of UN Resolution 2758 in school history textbooks, to teach students that the resolution says nothing about Taiwan, despite misinterpretations by China to iso
Taiwan recognizes the significance of employing various tools at the international level to safeguard its existence and democratic identity, two intrinsically linked components. In this regard, the Asian nation is deepening ties with different like-minded countries with the aim of exploring potentia
If the People’s Republic of China (PRC) democratized and the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan was still an authoritarian country, it would be understandable that members of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) — who supported the imposition of martial law by former presidents Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) a
This year’s government budget has been significantly cut and frozen by opposition legislators, leading to administrative and operational difficulties and further contributing to the public’s dissatisfaction toward the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT). Although many operational difficulties have alrea
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