Experts warn Taiwan's defense credibility at stake in budget showdown

Experts warn Taiwan's defense credibility at stake in budget showdown

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Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te abruptly suspends Eswatini trip amid pressure from China

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te abruptly suspends Eswatini trip amid pressure from China

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has suspended a planned visit to diplomatic ally the Kingdom o...

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Professor Wang Kuan-Hsiung

Professor Wang Kuan-Hsiung

Department of East Asian Studies
National Taiwan Normal University

Nine Years after the South China Sea Arbitration: Conflict Continues and Realistic Challenges

The South China Sea, a strategically vital and resource-rich maritime region in Southeast Asia, is subject to overlapping territorial claims by China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and T...

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Nine Years after the South China Sea Arbitration: Conflict Continues and Realistic Challenges
China launches tens of thousands of cyberattacks against Taiwan's financial system per day, senior banker says

China launches tens of thousands of cyberattacks against Taiwan's financial system per day, senior banker says

A senior Taiwanese banker warned that China launches at least 10,000 cyberattacks daily against Taiw...

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2026 TTX Day 2: semiconductors and industrial structure emerge as key national security concerns

2026 TTX Day 2: semiconductors and industrial structure emerge as key national security concerns

Taiwan's economic overdependence on semiconductors and its limited presence in software and AI appli...

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2026 TTX focuses on China’s gray-zone threats, revealing new challenges facing Taiwan

2026 TTX focuses on China’s gray-zone threats, revealing new challenges facing Taiwan

The “2026 Political, Economic, Military, and Psychological Situation Tabletop Exercise” (2026 TTX) o...

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Taiwan's 2026 TTX highlights strategic challenges as TCN named exclusive media partner

Taiwan's 2026 TTX highlights strategic challenges as TCN named exclusive media partner

A two-day tabletop exercise exploring Taiwan's political, economic, military and psychological vulne...

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Cheng–Xi talks invoke '1992 Consensus' as basis for cross-strait dialogue
Cheng–Xi talks invoke '1992 Consensus' as basis for cross-strait dialogue

Kuomintang (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wen (鄭麗文) met with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secret...

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Sullivan backs Taiwan defense investment, admits US arms delays are 'our responsibility'
Sullivan backs Taiwan defense investment, admits US arms delays are 'our responsibility'

Taiwan Current News (TCN), in partnership with the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the United States, has launched a new podcast series in 2026, Taiwan Frontlines, to track global trends and explore how...

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Former NSA Jake Sullivan weighs in on US 'strategic ambiguity' towards Taiwan
Former NSA Jake Sullivan weighs in on US 'strategic ambiguity' towards Taiwan

Taiwan Current News (TCN), in partnership with the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), has launched a new podcast series, Taiwan Frontlines, to track global trends and explore how Taiwan ...

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Taiwan’s future hinges on politics, not timelines
Taiwan’s future hinges on politics, not timelines

Taiwan Current News (TCN), in partnership with the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the United States, ...

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KMT chair to meet Xi Jinping in first high-level cross-strait talks in nearly a decade
KMT chair to meet Xi Jinping in first high-level cross-strait talks in nearly a decade

Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party chair is set to lead a delegation to mainland China ...

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2027 seen as benchmark, not trigger point for Taiwan conflict
2027 seen as benchmark, not trigger point for Taiwan conflict

A new US intelligence assessment has tempered concerns over a Chinese invasion of Taiwanin 2027, wit...

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Lai proposes conditional nuclear restart to meet emerging power demand
Lai proposes conditional nuclear restart to meet emerging power demand

President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has proposeda conditional restart of nuclear power, sayingthe islandmus...

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Taiwan experts see no immediate threat amid US military redeployment
Taiwan experts see no immediate threat amid US military redeployment

Taiwanese security analysts say a US decision to redeploy military assets from the Indo-Pacific to t...

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Taiwan premier’s Japan WBC trip sparks diplomatic ripples and domestic scrutiny
Taiwan premier’s Japan WBC trip sparks diplomatic ripples and domestic scrutiny

A privately funded trip by Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) to attend a World Baseball Classic (WBC...

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Trump postpones Xi meeting as Taiwan experts flag hidden risks
Trump postpones Xi meeting as Taiwan experts flag hidden risks

The anticipated summit between the United States and China in late March and early April is expected...

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Former Taiwan president Tsai highlights Taiwan’s global role and economic prospects in an era of change
Former Taiwan president Tsai highlights Taiwan’s global role and economic prospects in an era of change

At a gathering of more than 300 political andbusiness leaders, experts from all fieldsand global par...

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China's Two Sessions end, but questions linger over PLA's chain of command
China's Two Sessions end, but questions linger over PLA's chain of command

China’s annual “Two Sessions” political meetings concluded this week with continued signs of a sweep...

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