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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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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Why did Wang 'William' Liqiang identify himself?
Wang 'William' Liqiang claims to be a Chinese spy who's defecting to Australia.
In the world of spies, double agents, and triple agents, where intelligence agents go to great lengths to conceal what ...
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the status of Taiwan and the Treaty of San Francisco
The Treaty of San Francisco did not mention upon what country the sovereignty of Taiwan would rest. Many people thus claim, as per international law, the legal status of Taiwan is undetermined. ...
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How anticipated was visit of President of the Czech Senate in Taiwan?
Recently passed away president of the Senate of the Czech Republic Jaroslav Kubera was supposed to go to Taiwan this year to an official visit.
According to the Czech media (for example, XXXI edition ...
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What are implementation details of Taiwan independence?
"Taiwan independence" means different things to different people.
In a China mindset , it is used in the sense similar to that of "Tibetan independence movement", with the premise that Taiwan is ...
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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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Why was American government's response so soft towards the Chinese government's very aggressive messages about Pelosi's Taiwan visit? [closed]
Recently the U.S. announced that Pelosi would be visiting Taiwan. The Chinese government threatened that if that happened, they would respond militarily. Xi even told Biden the following words: "...
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Why is Taiwan adverse to the idea of using gun ownership as a deterrent to Chinese invasion? [closed]
Taiwan has been scared of a possible Chinese invasion for around 70 years now and the likelihood of this happening only increases every year due to growing Chinese influence. However unlike ...
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Is there an attempted-to-be-comprehensive list of major organizations that have made formal apologies to China?
First, examples of the kinds of "apologies to China" I'm asking about:
Bulgari apologizes to China for listing Taiwan as a country after online backlash
Intel apologises in China over ...
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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
deterring Russian aggression in the future, through ...
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Is the government in power in Taiwan the same Government before Imperial Japan? [closed]
As I was studying developments between the PRC's and ROC's informal and formal "diplomacy" (I put it in quotation marks because the PRC's form of diplomacy is literally launching missiles ...
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What was WHO's defence from US Republican attacks that the WHO "really blew" their response to the pandemic by being "slow" and "deceptive"?
As reported on the BBC today:
The [US] president accused the WHO of being "very China-centric" and said they "really blew" their pandemic response.
Dr Tedros has now dismissed the ...
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Is the "One Country, Two Systems" approach a viable option for Taiwan? [closed]
Why would Taiwan avoid this arrangement? Obviously, Taiwan would like to preserve its democracy, but at some point Taipei will have to reckon with the economic realities of the region and relative ...
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What are the similarities and differences between the present Taiwan and Donbas political dilemmas? [closed]
The American Congress’ Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has today (2/8/22) landed in Taiwan, against China’s wishes. China is therefore about to start “live fire” military ...
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Does a country in a, nominal or actual, civil war lose credibility when it's unable to control its territorial waters? e.g. Taiwan, Gibraltar possibly [closed]
In every historical case since the establishment of the UN, when warships freely sail within the territorial waters of a country without prior approval, it was seen as a challenge to the authority and ...
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