In merely the last month . . . Belligerently attempting to enforce China’s illegal claim to virtually the entire South China Sea, a People’s Liberation Army jet intercepted a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft over international waters, coming within 20 feet, forcing the U.S. pilot to take evasive action to avoid a crash. And a […]
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Is Taiwan, the island democracy of 24 million, really caught in the nation-state equivalent of a lovers’ triangle? “Taiwan is caught in the middle of escalating tensions between the U.S. and China,” is how National Public Radio headlined its recent story about Communist Party-ruled China “speeding up its plans to seize Taiwan.” “Entangled in a […]
No sooner had President Biden shared his somewhat soothing takeaway from a three-hour meeting with Chinese ruler Xi Jinping — Joe doesn’t think there is an “imminent” threat of China invading Taiwan — then here comes a report that Russian missiles have killed two people. Not in Ukraine, where Russia is “arguably” at war, but […]
This weekend, at the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a unanimous vote of elite communist party officials gave President Xi Jinping his third five-year term. But the story that made the headlines focused on the physical removal from the main chamber of Hu Jintao, the previous Chinese leader (2003–2013), on the […]
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has often been lauded in this commentary — regarding SpaceX and the growth of private space travel, and recently for providing crucial internet access through his company’s Starlink satellites first to Ukraine and now for Iranian protesters. I like that. But the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) doesn’t like it […]
“Yes,” President Joe Biden stated unequivocally in answer to an October 2021 CNN townhall question on whether he would “vow to protect Taiwan.” Biden repeated that “yes” three more times in his full reply. Months earlier, this president spoke of democratic Taiwan as one of our key allies that we have a “sacred commitment” to […]
“Today, I confess, I am proud — proud of my profession.” Sky News host Andrew Bolt was referencing the tough questions posed to Xiao Qian, China’s ambassador to Australia, following the ambassador’s speech last week to journalists at the nation’s Press Club. After Xiao talked about “a possible opportunity to reset the relationship between our […]
Be strong or be gone. America must choose one of these two options in East Asia. China insists. Let’s note at the outset that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) did not “directly” threaten to shoot down House Speaker Pelosi’s plane on her possible upcoming visit to democratic and free Taiwan. That friendly suggestion was instead […]
Paul defends Taiwan. Won’t you?
“WARNING,” it began, “THIS VIDEO MAY BE UPSETTING TO SOME VIEWERS.” Just the all-caps was upsetting, I thought to myself. Still, I was all ears and eyes for Johnny Harris’s “Here’s What Happens If China Invades Taiwan,” which garnered seven million views since February. Harris was “a little bit conflicted making this video,” because he […]