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On Jan. 13, Taiwan will elect a new government whose decision-making will play an important role in shaping cross-strait dynamics for the next four years.

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

The island will elect its next president in January, with William Lai, the independence-leaning party’s candidate, currently ahead in the polls.

Hou Yu-ih has vowed to invest in Taiwan’s defenses while pursing dialogue with China. It is unclear whether Beijing would condition the latter on Hou not pursuing the former.

Beijing banned imports of the fish in June last year saying it had found banned chemicals and high levels of antibiotics in them.

Mainland to suspend some tariff cuts on Taiwan imports Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

PLA conducts drills near island of Taiwan Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

Taiwan has historically been a beacon for economic growth and economic freedom in the Asia–Pacific. However, with China’s steady rise as an economic powerhouse, Beijing’s ability to influence not just the Taiwanese, but other countries’ relationships with Taiwan, has become increasingly worrisome and a drag on the market forces that should determine Taiwan’s place in the global economy.

North Korea became a nuclear-weapons state in 2006 after successfully performing a nuclear test. It is estimated that it has a nuclear weapons