Questions tagged [taiwan]
Taiwan (officially named the Republic of China) is an island nation that is widely considered an independent nation, with its own democratic government. Mainland China, however, still claims it as its own territory.
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Is there any other reason to stockpile minerals aside preparing for war?
“The Chinese central government stockpiling minerals is one potential
indicator that it may be preparing to invade Taiwan,” Gregory
Wischer of Dei Gratia Minerals told the Commission in a prepared
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What would have to happen for the recently passed "reform" bill in Taiwan to become law?
The Guardian's May 29, 2024 Taiwan passes controversial reform bill after violence and protests summarizes the current situation.
The bills were driven by the two major opposition parties, the ...
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What intelligence was released in order to "blunt Chinese saber-rattling in the Taiwan Strait"?
From Time Magazine's March X, 2024 Inside the White House Program to Share America’s Secrets:
The motivation behind the program, the officials say, is that it works. Strategic declassification has ...
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Did China ever condemn a country for setting up a de facto embassy in Taiwan?
When the United States recognized the People's Republic of China as
the sole legitimate entity of "China" in 1979, it established a
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In the absence of embassies in each other's territories, which organizations serve as the conduit for communication between China and Taiwan?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Taiwan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_China
In the absence of embassies in each other's territories, which ...
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Does the Democratic Progressive Party plan to modify the founding ideology of the Republic of China?
The Democratic Progressive Party of the Republic of China (aka Taiwan) aims at modifying the ROC's constitution.
See here, and here.
Does this party plan to modify the first article of the ...
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Did the U.S. make any public statement that it support China's goal of peaceful unification with Taiwan?
Chinese officials also asked in advance of the summit that Biden make
a public statement after the meeting saying that the U.S. supports
China’s goal of peaceful unification with Taiwan and does not ...
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Can Terry Gou provide guarantees of the necessary independence for the role of president of Taiwan? [closed]
I saw in the news that Foxconn founder Terry Gou will run as a third party candidate in the 2024 Taiwanese presidential election.
As far as I know he is still a major shareholder of Foxconn. This link*...
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Following "The top priority now is to stop Lai Ching-te's visit to the United States." did China take any measures to try to do so?
Politico's August 12, 2023 Taiwan’s VP defies Beijing with New York City transit stop includes:
Lai, the leading presidential candidate in Taiwan’s upcoming election, is using the Big Apple stop to ...
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Are there any laws of other countries similar to the Taiwan Relations Act (1979) of the United States?
The G7 has made a joint declaration of support (2023 July) for Ukraine towards...
Ensuring a sustainable force capable of defending Ukraine now and
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Is there an (attempted) complete list of organizations that have barred Taiwan from joining or participating with them, in order to appease China?
The Taipei Times's June 11, 2013 Taiwan group barred from French event to due to China begins:
An overseas Taiwanese association is seeking public support after it was denied access to a cultural ...
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Are there PRC plans for the people of Taiwan following a successful reunification?
I know that the range of possibilities is broad, but some officials, such as the Chinese ambassador to France already spoke about unspecified re-education:
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Has the Taiwan / Republic of China (ROC) government ever made any territorial claim on areas in Arunachal Pradesh, India, like the Chinese PRC Govt.?
The BBC's April 4, 2023 Arunachal Pradesh: India rejects China's attempt to rename disputed places led me to read Wikipedia's Arunachal Pradesh. The introduction of that article, until a few days ago, ...
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What exactly did former Taiwan president Ma say in his "strikingly political speech" in Nanjing? Need sufficiently nuanced translation of whole thing
The BBC's April 5, 2023 Is Taiwan in danger of being loved to death? includes the following:
Meanwhile the Communist Party of China has mounted its own charm offensive, by inviting President Tsai's ...
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"You better not meet with X or else we'll do stuff!" Besides China's statements about Taiwan's president meeting US Speakers are there other examples?
After former US House of Representatives Speaker (2nd in line to US president after the Vice President) Nancy Pelosi travelled to Taiwan and met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (see August 2, 2022 ...
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