Category: One China Policy

Taiwan on Alert After Spotting Two Chinese Warships Near Its Penghu Islands

Taiwan has spotted two Chinese warships operating in waters near the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait and has sent its own naval and air forces to keep watch, the defense ministry in Taipei said. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan ...

Taiwan Will Not ‘Bow Its Head’: FM Hits out at China During Visit to Eswatini

Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung on a visit to Eswatini slammed China's recent move to pressure several African countries into revoking overflight permits for the island's leader, saying it will not "bow its head." Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te postponed an official ...

Taiwan Foreign Minister Arrives in Eswatini After President’s Trip Blocked

Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung arrived in Eswatini saying Taipei would not be held back by "authoritarian forces", after the government accused China of pressuring three African states to block overflight permission for President Lai Ching-te. Taiwan last week said the Seychelles, Mauritius and ...

Why 3 African States Said No to Taiwan

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te was forced to cancel a scheduled visit to Eswatini this week after Mauritius, the Seychelles, and Madagascar revoked Lai's flight permits. Authorities in Taipei immediately accused Beijing of using economic coercion against these three countries, a narrative ...

China Urges Further Build-up on Islands Amid Territorial Disputes

China said on Wednesday it will further build up more than 11,000 islands it calls its own, so as to better govern them, in a long-term campaign to strengthen maritime power, secure more natural resources, and reinforce territorial claims. China has built artificial ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The Emerging China-Global South Energy Nexus

This month brought quietly momentous news: for the first time ever, the world’s share of renewable energy surpassed that generated by burning coal. 
China is one of the world’s biggest consumers of coal and is therefore partly responsible for bringing us to our current carbon crisis. 

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Taiwan Minister Makes Rare Visit to South China Sea Island for Drills

Taiwan's minister in charge of the coast guard has made a rare visit to a Taiwan-controlled island in the South China Sea for exercises, including practicing the armed boarding of a suspicious ship. Taiwan and China claim sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, and Taiwan has control of ...

China Pressure Claim Derails Taiwan Leader’s Africa Trip

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has postponed a planned April 22–26 visit to eSwatini after three African countries—Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar—withdrew overflight clearance for his aircraft, according to Taiwan’s presidential office. Taipei said the permits were revoked without warning and blamed “intense ...

China Praises Blocking of Taiwan President’s Africa Trip, Taipei Defiant

By Ryan Woo and Ben Blanchard China heaped praise on Wednesday on three African countries that refused to let Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's aircraft fly over their territories, forcing him to cancel a trip to Eswatini, while Lai vowed ...

Taiwan Leader Postpones eSwatini Trip After Overflight Permits Revoked

By Joy Chiang Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has postponed an official trip to Eswatini, the democratic island's only diplomatic ally in Africa, after several countries revoked overflight permits following "intense pressure" from China, a senior aide said Tuesday. ...

Taiwan Says Cameroon Visas for WTO Summit Riddled With Errors, Will Not Attend

Visas for Taiwan officials to attend a World Trade Organization summit in Cameroon were riddled with errors, leaving Taiwan unable to attend, the island's foreign ministry said, after initially complaining they had been listed as coming from China. The WTO is one ...

Mideast War Fuels Disinformation About Taiwan’s Gas Supply

By Joy Chiang Taiwan has been targeted by a wave of online disinformation claiming the self-ruled island's gas supplies will soon be completely depleted due to disruptions from the Middle East war -- a narrative officials say could cause panic and ...

Improving China Ties Does Not Mean Being Anti-US, Taiwan Opposition Leader Says

Improving ties with Beijing does not require being anti-U.S., while Taiwan's survival depends on stable relations with China, the leader of Taiwan's largest opposition party said on Monday. Former lawmaker Cheng Li-wun won election as chair of the Kuomintang (KMT) in October ...
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