Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, EastAsiaIntel.com President Xi Jinping has invited Eric Chu, Chairman of Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT, or the Nationalists) Party for a “historic handshake” in Beijing early next month on May 4. This will be the second time since 1949 that the heads of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the KMT […]
TOP 2014 STORIES Special to WorldTribune.com, Feb. 19. Parris H. Chang It is no secret that Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou anxiously seeks to attend the APEC summit in Beijing in October and facilitate a historic meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, hoping to extricate himself from deep political woes at home and salvage his presidency. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Parris H. Chang Former vice president Annette Lu began a hunger strike on Dec. 28 in support of former president Chen Shui-bian, who has been in prison since 2008 and suffers from multiple mental and physical disorders. Speaking at a news conference before the hunger strike began, Lu accused the government […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis. By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs. U.S. strategic planners correctly assumed at the Cold War’s end that, absent a breakthrough technology or doctrine, it would take decades for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to equal the U.S. Navy’s ocean dominance capabilities. The PRC made the same assessment. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Parris H. Chang Concerned that Taiwan’s security and sovereignty is being gradually negotiated away to Mainland China, a group of civic organizations has announced a new national strategy to promote Taiwan’s neutrality. Formally launched on Oct. 25, the campaign is called the “Peace and Neutrality for Taiwan Alliance” and is being […]
Special to WorldTribune.com East-Asia-Intel.com China lashed out against Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou who finally broke his silence on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstrations and voiced his strong support for the protesters. The irony is that Ma has been extremely unpopular in Taiwan, and his approval ratings have repeatedly dipped into single digits, mostly due to his […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Hong Kong has always been a city of contrasts. Wealth, a free economy, a feisty media, and the rule of law, have always contrasted with poverty, crowding and claustrophobia. Still, Hong Kong remains a refuge for millions of Chinese who choose freedom despite its doorstep […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Parris H. Chang TAIPEI, Taiwan — Hundreds of thousands of “black-clad army” members rallied for democracy at Ketagalan Blvd. in front of the presidential office and streets nearby here on March 30. They wore black to symbolize what they call the “black box” (no transparency and no due process) decision-making of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com President Xi Jinping has made progress in his long-cherished goal of starting political or “reunification” talks with Taiwan, which would eventually lead to some form of political union between the two political entities on either side of the Taiwan Strait. Xi earlier this week met in Beijing with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Parris H. Chang It is no secret that Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou anxiously seeks to attend the APEC summit in Beijing in October and facilitate a historic meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, hoping to extricate himself from deep political woes at home and salvage his presidency. For this reason, Taiwan’s Mainland […]