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Latest news
◆
Bloomberg
(2024-7-24):
China squeezes Taiwan by
targeting islands and
fishing Sites ──
The
Chinese Coast Guard is now “constantly” patrolling east of the median line in
the Taiwan strait; It's
likely that China will increasingly harass fishing boats and sightseeing boats
to test Taiwan's response, China's
detention of the vessel may also be a subtle test of the US.
Taiwan's
Annual Han Kuang exercise
──
People don't realise the stage of infancy the military is in,
said expert of the Atlantic Council.
|
◆
Newsweek
, 2024-7-22 |
This year's drills are designed to
better reflect the uncertainties of actual warfare...participating
troops are not being briefed on where or when the "enemy" would strike
and with what weapons systems, as a result of
the added uncertainties of the new format,...assess
how Taiwanese forces would handle a decentralized command structure in
the event they are cut off from headquarters, as could happen should
Chinese air strikes disable communications infrastructure before any
invasion. |
◆
Financial
Times (UK), 2024-7-21 |
This year's
drill pivots from scripted performances to realistic battlefield
scenarios to address the Taiwan military's core problem, which is operational-level and
tactical-level decision-making,” The biggest problem was the general
staff's planning process, they
need to learn to adapt operational plans to a changing situation in
wartime in rapid, live planning cycles. |
◆
Barron's,
AFP (France), 2024-7-22 |
Japan has reportedly concluded that a
ground landing in Taiwan by Chinese
troops would now be "possible in less than a week" instead of the previous
estimate of a month. |
◆
Bloomberg, 2024-7-22:
Taiwan's President risks
angering China with
'National Identity'
call.
Lai Ching-te urges
DPP to protect Taiwan sovereignty.
KMT lawmaker
said
it smacked of “ideology and nationalism” and was a
sign that Lai was moving toward despotism◆
Wall Street
Journal, 2024-7-18:
As if to remind everyone,
Mr. Trump is casually signaling that the U.S. might not defend Taiwan
from a Chinese assault.◆
New York
Times, 2024-7-16:
many Taiwanese officials are convinced that
their island will be vulnerable unless it quickly steps up preparedness.
some experts argue that the island should lengthen conscription —
already extended recently to 12 months◆
Bloomberg,
TIME, 2024-7-11: China sent a record number of warplanes across a
U.S.-drawn boundary in the Taiwan Strait—a move that comes as the new
president of the archipelago mulls a trip that may include a stop in
America
◆
Financial
Times (2024-7-10):Experts
warn that Taiwan remains woefully underprepared for war.
A
bigger challenge would be overhauling bureaucratic structures
and procedures. War games and other assessments of Taiwan's
defence readiness have repeatedly highlighted a lack of
co-ordination between different government departments and the
civilian and military bureaucracy.
China seized Taiwan boat with crew for fishing illegally
- a move could add to
tensions between Beijing and President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan. |
◆
New York Times, 2024-7-3 |
China Seizes Taiwanese Fishing Boat in Latest Uptick in
Tensions;
Bonnie Glaser: China
wants to demonstrate to Taiwan
that it does not have control over air space and sea
space...and sends a signal to Lai that he is
very close to their red lines and he had better not cross them. |
◆
CNN, 2024-7-3 |
China's coast guard detains Taiwan fishing boat near
frontline islands;
three Taiwan coast
guard vessels answered a call for help but retreated to
avoid conflict when they were outnumbered by their
Chinese counterparts. |
◆
Bloomberg, 2024-7-3 |
China sees Lai as pushing for
independence for the US-backed island...Officials
in Taipei have also expressed concern that China will
detain more individuals from the island to pile pressure
on Lai. |
◆
Washington Post, 2024-7-1: China: Taiwan's
leadership, along with its supporters in the United States, is
pursuing
“separation” from China in “incremental” fashion. ◆
Washington Examiner, 2024-7-2:
Xi
Jinping's regime is setting the legal and diplomatic table for a crackdown
on Taiwan while
blaming the United
States for the growing possibility of war over the island democracy...
“The Chinese government has
the right to expel this regime..."
The ominous rhetoric seems to express in part Xi's displeasure with Lai Ching-Te
◆
The Atlantic Council, 2024-6-27:
Taiwanese officials have rejected not only that interpretation but also
Beijing’s claim that Taipei agreed to its view of “one China” when
forming the “1992 consensus” at a semiofficial meeting in Hong Kong that
year. The 'consensus' term was artificially coined nearly a decade after
the meeting. There was no actual consensus, even according to Taiwan’s
president in 1992, between Beijing and Taipei about the status of Taiwan
with respect to the PRC.
◆
Wall Street Journal, 2024-6-23:
Lai Ching-te said he aimed to make Taiwan the “Asian center
for the democratic drone supply chain.";
Taiwan has the know-how to build its
own unmanned aircraft, now it is a
question of scale.
The overwhelming majority of the
types of small, inexpensive drones that are having the greatest
impact on battlefields are made in China
◆
New York Times, 2024-6-17 :
the United States' chief
representative in Taiwan advices: Avoid
panic about China's combative language and moves, but don't
grow numb to the risks
◆
Financial Times, 2024-6-16 :
China's President Xi Jinping told European Commission president Ursula von der
Leyen that Washington was trying to goad Beijing into attacking Taiwan.
The White House did not comment.
The US defends Taiwan
? |
◆
TIME, 2024-6-4 |
Asked by Time magazine whether
The US might involve boots on the ground,
US President Joe Biden said, "It
would depend on the circumstances""we
are not seeking independence for Taiwan nor will we in fact, not defend Taiwan
if they if, if China unilaterally tries to change the status...Not ruling out using US military force. There's a
distinction between deploying on the ground, air power and naval power, etc" |
China's 'reunification'
with Taiwan |
◆
Reuters, 2024-6-2 |
Prospect of peaceful 'reunification' with Taiwan
is being increasingly "eroded" by Taiwanese separatists and
external forces, China says |
◆
Wall Street Journal, 2024-6-2 |
China is determined to
subvert and manipulate the island's politics |
◆
Daily Express, 2024-6-3 |
China's
Defence Chief asserted
that China's military is prepared to engage forcefully,
and
warned of an imminent "perilous
situation of war and danger" |
◆ Washington Examiner, 2024-5-31:
Foreign
Affairs wrote that invasion does not appear to be China's preferred option.
Beijing's more probable plan is to
gradually intensify the policy: a creeping encroachment into Taiwan's airspace,
maritime space, and information space. The United States must become more alert to the
dangers posed by a slow strangulation of Taiwan.
◆
New York Times, 2024-5-27:“The United States must maintain
the capacity to resist any resort to force or coercion that would
jeopardize the security of the people of Taiwan,” Mr. McCaul, the
chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said.
◆
FoxNews, 2024-5-28
: House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul
said : "These war games to intimidate and protest the election from China
are probably the most provocative I've ever seen in terms of the
numbers of ships and planes", "we will
probably lose if China invaded Taiwan."
◆
Washington Post, 2024-5-20:
Taiwan swears in new president, the ruling party DPP
has transformed the island democracy into a bulwark against Chinese
aggression and brushed off increasingly ominous
threats from Beijing;
the perception is that Lai Ching-te's policy could be more provocative
compared to Tsai's policy
◆
New York Times, 2024-5-20: Taiwan's president, Lai
Ching-te vows to keep the island
democracy safe in the face of Chinese pressure and wars raging abroad
that have fed uncertainty over Western staying power.
"Peace through strength" is going to be
his main posture full text
China Launches Military Drills Around Taiwan as
'Punishment', 'Reprisals' |
◆
New York Times, 2024-5-22 |
China took offense to Mr. Lai's assertion that
— they “are not subordinate to each other” — and his
emphasis on Taiwan's democratic identity and warnings
against threats from China. Beijing accused Mr. Lai of promoting
formal independence for Taiwan ──
the drill was “based on various stages of an invasion of Taiwan...
might feature training to seize one of those islands. |
◆
BBC, 2024-5-23 |
the ongoing exercise is aimed at "simulating a
full-scale armed invasion of Taiwan"... for the first time also targeted the Taipei-controlled islands of Kinmen,
Matsu, Wuqiu and Dongyin. China aims to
show Taipei that its east is
now exposed to Chinese attack, and to show the Americans that any effort to
resupply or re-enforce Taiwan from the east is vulnerable to Chinese missile
strikes and naval attack. |
◆
AFP, 2024-5-23 |
China holds war games around Taiwan,
vows flowing blood。 CCTV
: the drills were partly aimed at rehearsing
an economic blockade of the island,
"strangle" Taiwan's critical Kaohsiung port to "severely impact" its foreign
trade, and cut off "Taiwan's lifeline of
energy imports" as well as "block the support lines that some US allies
provide to 'Taiwan independence' forces".
General S. Sklenka described the exercises as "concerning" but not unexpected. |
◆
CNN, 2024-5-22 |
CCTV: creating an omnidirectional
approach in pushing toward the island.
An expert
(
at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace)
calls China's latest drills “an
intimidation tactic, part of a pattern, not a sign of imminent war.”
Beijing has a robust coercion kitbag from which it will mix and
match, ratchet up and back and up again to signal its range of options
to coerce and inflict pain。 |
◆
AFP, 2024-5-22 |
China slammed the inauguration speech of new
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te as a "
downright 'confession of Taiwan independence'" |
full text
|
◆
Reuters, 2024-5-20: Lai Ching-te takes office as Taiwan's new president facing an
angry and deeply suspicious China which believes he is a "separatist",
and a fractious parliament with an opposition chomping at the bit to
challenge him.
◆
Bloomberg, Yahoo, 2024-5-15:
China said it would sanction five Taiwanese political commentators and roll out
a law to punish “separatists,” moves aimed at piling pressure on incoming
president Lai Ching-te just days before he takes office
◆ War On The Rocks, 2024-5-15:
Zelensky:
"I need ammunition, not a ride";
Whereas Ukraine was focused on
acquiring military aid, Taiwan will almost certainly be asking potential allies
to engage in a direct military intervention.
Instead of focusing
on ideology, Taiwan might be better served by appealing to the core security
interests of the United States and its regional partners.
◆
Foreign Policy, 2024-5-12:
China and the U.S. are numb to the
real risk of
war.
The pair are dangerously close to the edge of nuclear war over Taiwan—again.
◆
Business Insider, 2024-5-10:
China is untangling its economy from the West. It could be
preparing for long-term tensions — and an invasion of Taiwan.
◆
Newsweek, 2024-5-8:
Taiwan must
embrace a more dynamic defensive strategy that can independently deter, or at
least stall, Beijing. If China establishes a
beachhead on Taiwan that can be reliably resupplied, defeat is a matter of time
◆
New York Times, 2024-5-3:
U.S. officials came to think that Mr. Xi would try to
invade only if he believed he would succeed in a relatively bloodless
operation before American troops responded... U.S.
SM-6 missile seemed right
for the job.
◆
Bloomberg, 2024-5-2:
"We see
China and Russia, for the first time, exercising together in relation to Taiwan...",
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said in testimony to
Congress.
◆
Financial Times, 2024-5-3:
Instead of trying to defeat
China’s vastly superior air and naval forces head-on, Taiwan should ensure that
any force attempting to come ashore would be slaughtered.
◆
ABC News, 2024-5-1:
The US is in a Cold War with China over
Taiwan.
Taiwan is really existential to U.S.
interests because of its position in the region; whoever
controls Taiwan, really controls that Indo-Pacific region. ◆
TIME, 2024-5-1: Communist China's leaders “have to understand that
things like that can't come easy,” Trump says, but he declines to say whether he
would come to Taiwan's defense. ◆
National Interest, 2024-5-1:
To defend Taiwan, America
needs to
upgrade its defense-industrial
base.
Both America
and its allies are now deeply preoccupied by events in other portions of the
globe, which could lead the CCP to believe that it should strike while the United
States is spread thin.
◆
The Telegraph, 2024-5-1:
this war chest like Beijing's
hypersonic missiles and nuclear weapons – not to enable an attack on Taiwan at a
chosen date, but to ensure that with the balance of power changing in China's favour, it will not be needed.
Xi is betting on political disarray and disunity among the US and his
Western allies ◆
Wall Street Journal, 2024-4-30:
Taiwan's economy got off to a strong start this year, boosted by strong exports
as global demand for electronics picks up
◆
Business Insider, 2024-4-27:
A host of warning signs point to China
preparing for military action against Taiwan.
Military forces are being deployed nearer to Taiwan than ever, effectively
shortening Taiwan's reaction time.
◆
New York Times, 2024-4-23:
in the Foreign Aid Package,
the House attached a provision that would allow the Pentagon to quickly
provide Taiwan with more offensive weapons and provides billions more for the
purchase of advanced U.S. weapons technology as the U.S. and Taiwanese
governments continue to build up their alliances to deter China from invading
the island.
◆
USNI News, 2024-4-23:
Report to Congress on Taiwan Defense Issues
-
A key consideration for U.S.
policymakers is whether and if so how to support Taiwan’s ability to defend
itself in a possible cross-Strait conflict without triggering such a conflict.
◆
New York Times, 2024-4-18:
The House is set to vote on a
foreign aid package for Taiwan
-
allow the Pentagon to
quickly provide Taiwan with more offensive weapons and provides billions more
for the purchase of advance U.S. weapons technology as the U.S. and
Taiwanese governments continue to build up their alliances to deter
China from launching an invasion
◆
Asia Nikkei, 2024-4-16:
NATO Defense College report:
Nato could become involved in a potential Taiwan conflict if
Chinese attack on Hawaii
◆
New York Times, 2024-4-10:
China's
“immediate focus is to push the incoming Lai
Ching-te administration to adopt a more accommodating
political stance on cross-strait relations.
China has
brushed off Mr. Lai's offers to talk as insincere. On the other hand,
Beijing has shown that it will court friendlier Taiwanese politicians,
like Mr. Ma, who accept the framework for relations demanded by Beijing:
that both sides accept that they are part of one China, even if they
differ on what that means.
◆
New York Times, 2024-4-3:
In a
rare call, Biden spoke with Xi. China
said that Xi had called for “concrete actions” to demonstrate a
U.S. commitment not to support Taiwan's
independence.
◆
New York Times, 2024-3-28
:
Taiwan's top
diplomat says
a Russian victory could embolden China to move against Taiwan
and would fuel anti-American propaganda
Taiwan has breached its commitments
─
Taiwan's death penalty "progress" in 10 years |
till 2015 |
2024 |
★
<BBC> , <Amnesty
International>
UK
, 2012-12-22
Amnesty
International has condemned Taiwan's move as "cold-blooded
killing".
The executions - by shooting - "made a
mockery of the authorities' stated
commitment to abolish the death
penalty".
"It is
abhorrent to justify taking
someone's life because prisons are
overcrowded or the
public's alleged support
for the death penalty".
★<Amnesty International>) 、
<European Parliament> ,
Dec. 23,
2012: Taiwan has breached its commitments: EU
★
London-based Amnesty International organization
), 2015-6-5:
a failure of political leadership
★
France (2012-12-6) has
condemned the execution of six death-row inmates by
Taiwan
★<BBC> (Chinese version), 4.30.2014,
<Focus Taiwan>, 5.1.2014: ... human rights groups questioned
Taiwan's execution this time with political purpose (shifts
the focus on
China's trade agreement, and nuclear factory issue).
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