Li Jingyao
DPP Nominates Shen Po-yang for Taipei Mayor, Lai Ching-te Calls Him ‘Best Candidate’
Taiwan will hold its “nine-in-one” local elections at the end of the year. On May 13, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairman Lai Ching-te announced the nomination of legislator Shen Po-yang to run for mayor of...
Trump Raises Jimmy Lai Case During Meeting With Xi Jinping
During U.S. President Donald Trump’s three-day visit to China, he met with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on the 14th. According to Reuters, following the meeting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said...
Hong Kong Accused of Serving as Key Hub for Iran’s Oil and Weapons: Report
A new report released by the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation (CFHK) suggests that Hong Kong has become a critical financial and logistics hub by helping Iran evade international sanctions through oil smuggling,...
Two Men Convicted by UK Court for Spying on Dissidents for the Hong Kong Goverment
A court in London, United Kingdom ruled on May 7 that two men are guilty of assisting Hong Kong and Chinese Communist Party authorities in monitoring pro-democracy dissidents in the UK, in violation of Britain’s...
Taiwan Warns of Military ‘Capability Gap’ After Legislature Caps Arms Procurement
Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan passed the third reading of a special defense bill on May 8, approving a ceiling of NT$780 billion for arms procurement from the United States, while completely excluding commercial purchases and commissioned...
Taiwan and Paraguay Sign Three Major Cooperation Agreements, Deepening Bilateral Partnership
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on May 9 that President Lai Ching-te and Paraguayan President Santiago Peña jointly witnessed the signing of three cooperation documents. These include, "a treaty on mutual legal assistance in...
Taiwan’s Domestically Built Submarine ‘Hai Kun’ Successfully Launches Two Torpedoes
Taiwan’s first domestically built submarine, the “Hai Kun” (SS-711), successfully completed a firing test of two exercise torpedoes on May 6, verifying the combat system’s capabilities in detection, calculation, launch, and torpedo guidance and control....
Taiwan Aspires to Become the ‘Asia-Pacific Hub for the Democratic Drone Supply Chain’
Supported by Taiwan’s strong semiconductor and PCB distribution network, Taiwan’s drone industry is working to build a “non-China supply chain,” according to recent government statements. Chiang Chen-wei, executive director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’...
Taiwan’s Novel Travel Strategy Delivers Rare Diplomatic Win In Eswatini
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te successfully broke through diplomatic obstacles to visit Eswatini on May 2, and concluded the trip by returning safely to Taiwan on Tuesday. Both the outbound and return flights adopted an “Arrival...
How Taiwan Kept TSMC’s 3-Nanometer Chip Line at Home During Trump’s First Term
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the unrivaled leader of the global semiconductor industry, holding around 70 percent of the world's foundry market share. Within that, the company's 3-nanometer process currently accounts for roughly a quarter...