Taiwan

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    South Korea’s growing support for Taiwan signals regional shift

    Felix Kim South Korea is boosting its support for Taiwan in the face of Beijing’s threats to annex the self-governed island, a global hub for semiconductor manufacturing. Public statements by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, official and semi-official delegation visits from Seoul to Taipei, and enhanced defense alignments with the United States and other allies and partners demonstrate the…

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    Broader ties projected between India, Taiwan

    FORUM Staff A potential deterrent to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) escalating its aggression toward Taiwan sits more than 4,000 kilometers west of the self-governed island. It’s the nation of India, which is confronting a long-standing border dispute with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). India has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan and released a joint statement with…

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    Amid PRC coercion, Taiwan Relations Act supports peace, stability across Taiwan Strait

    FORUM Staff The message, delivered during recent face-to-face meetings between United States and People’s Republic of China (PRC) defense officials, has not changed: The U.S. remains committed to its longstanding “One China” policy, guided by the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA). Michael Chase, U.S. deputy assistant defense secretary for China, Taiwan and Mongolia, reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability across…

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    Sharp Edges

    Dr. Jake Wallis/Australian Strategic Policy Institute Under an assertive Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is building a global propaganda system designed to reshape the international order. This is a more complex challenge than that posed by other authoritarian states in the information domain, even more so than Russia’s disruptive integration of…

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    Allies and Partners invest in, collaborate on missile defense systems

    FORUM Staff Expanding nuclear and nonnuclear missile arsenals across the Indo-Pacific contribute to security dilemmas throughout the region. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) relies on growing capabilities — including intercontinental and inter-regional ballistic missiles along with medium- and short-range ballistic weapons — to assert expansive sovereignty claims. Meanwhile, a provocative North Korea persists with its United Nations-banned weapons programs,…

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    Taiwan blasts PRC’s ‘irresponsible’ civilian aircraft routes over strait

    FORUM Staff The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) unilateral decision to move a civilian flight path closer to Taiwan and increase traffic on two routes over the Taiwan Strait poses safety and security concerns, officials said. Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) demanded the PRC “cease such irresponsible flight operations” and promptly begin negotiations. The PRC’s move took effect February 1,…

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    CCP weaponizes law to gain strategic advantage

    FORUM Staff Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping’s slant on international conventions favors the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) objectives, often to other states’ detriment. These unilateral “lawfare” tactics are among the CCP’s gray-zone techniques in seeking global hegemony, analysts say. The CCP increasingly employs lawfare to gain leverage in Indo-Pacific waters, including the Taiwan Strait, and the…

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    Taiwan begins extended conscription in response to PRC threat

    Reuters New recruits began serving one-year compulsory military service in Taiwan in late January 2024 after the conscription period was extended from four months over concerns about the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) rising military threat. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen announced the extension in late 2022. The PRC has ramped up military, diplomatic and economic pressure to assert its claims…

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    How Taiwan beat back disinformation and preserved election integrity

    The Associated Press The rumors about vote fraud started swirling as the ballots in Taiwan’s presidential election were being tallied in mid-January 2024. There were baseless claims that people had fabricated votes and that officials had miscounted and skewed the results. In a widely shared video, a woman recording votes mistakenly enters one in the column for the wrong candidate.…

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    U.S., Chinese military officials resume talks

    The Associated Press United States and Chinese military officials have resumed talks frozen since mid-2022, a development U.S. officials said is key to keeping competition between the nations from turning into conflict. During the deputy-level talks at the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) in Washington, D.C., in January 2024, officials discussed setting future meetings, including potentially between the nations’ top…

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