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The US is signaling its support for Taiwan with a visit by former national security and defense officials. A delegation that includes former US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Michael Mullen and ex-undersecretary of defense for policy Michele Flournoy arrived in Taipei yesterday, the Central News Agency reported. They are to meet President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) today to discuss a range of international issues, including relations between the two sides, the Presidential Office said in a statement. They are also to attend a dinner reception later in the day. Tsai last week downplayed worries t...

A new exhibition in the Australian Centre on China in the World at The Australian National University (ANU) offers a rare insight into the dynamic ways Taiwanese photographers navigated the end of martial law in 1987. An image by Hsieh San-Tai shows masked protestors demanding minority language rights in 1989, while another by Chien Yun-Ping, simply titled Love, shows a

Thursday 29 April marked US President Joe Biden’s hundredth day in office, a symbolic milestone used to measure the impact of a new administration. ASPI’s executive director, Peter Jennings, is joined by Bruce Wolpe, senior fellow with the United States Studies Centre, to discuss Biden’s achievements so far, in areas such as the response to the pandemic, climate policy, and the domestic and foreign policy challenges facing the administration. Taiwan has been receiving increased international attention recently, partly because of its successful pandemic response but also due to cross-str...

Book review: The little party that could(n’t) This study on Taiwan’s Green Party not only provides an exhaustive analysis of its rocky 25-year history, but also gives a face to its passionate, idealistic members who carry on despite minimal electoral success By Han Cheung / Staff reporter The Green Party (綠黨) burst onto the scene in 1996 and claimed one legislative seat just a month after its formation. It never got further than that. But aside from a dormant period in the early 2000s, the party — which has expanded its interests from purely environmental to social, LGBTQ and even...

UCLA receives US$2m donation from ministry Staff writer, with CNA, LOS ANGELES The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) last week announced a US$2 million donation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some of which is to establish a program dedicated to the study of Taiwan in a global context. Of the money given to UCLA’s Asia Pacific Center, US$800,000 would be used to create a program on “Taiwan in the World,” while the remaining US$1.2 million would go toward establishing an endowment fund to help permanently support the Taiwan Studies Program, the university said in a news ...