Taipei Times
China’s control by immigration
Both the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) love to boast in their textbooks that “the Chinese nation is a peace-loving people.” Yet the vast empire that grew from w...
Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival in US draws record crowd
The Taiwan Bubble Tea Festival was held in Rockville, Maryland, on Saturday, one of the largest events promoting Taiwanese culture in the greater Washington DC area. The event also featured booths rep...
Nepal’s new power brokers should worry India and China
A new political generation is reshaping Nepal’s future. For ...
China sees opportunity amid a global leadership vacuum
Do not mistake the photographs of Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Beijing’s Victory Day parade for a new world order. Xi is in no position to lead one.
Sanctions on Seki are an attack on democracy
In an alarming escalation of diplomatic coercion, the Chinese government has imposed sanctions on Hei Seki, a naturalized Japanese citizen, member of the Japanese House of Councilors and an outspok...
CCP trying to erase Tibet culture, rights group warns
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aims to el...
Appeasing China won’t help India counter Donald Trump’s tactics
In 2020, China’s stealth encroachments into India’s Himalayan borderlands triggered deadly clashes and a prolonged military standoff that nearly erupted into war. Five years on, the border crisis rema...
EDITORIAL: India’s calculated Taiwan stance
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in China yesterday, where he is to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and Russian Presid...
Tibet was not ‘always part’ of China
When Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) stood in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa on Thursday last week, flanked by Chinese flags, synchronized schoolchildren and armed Chinese People’s Liberation ...









