Bei einem Treffen mit Mitgliedern des Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Clubs sprach Vizepräsidentin Hsiao am Freitag über Verteidigung, Chinas 2027-Zeitplan, Handel, intl. Partnerschaften und vieles mehr. Die wichtigsten Aussagen heute bei Table.Briefings table.media/china/intervie…

Delighted to receive the EUDS Committee Press delegation led by Nathalie Loiseau. #Europe & #Taiwan are far apart, but we share a mutual interest in tackling the challenges of authoritarian expansionism. Faced w/ gray zone tactics & #FIMI, Taiwan & Europe are #StrongerTogether. 🇹🇼🤝🇪🇺

EU-China summit is underway in Beijing. In this thread I will collate interesting points from remarks and readouts through the day. First, Xi Jinping's opening remarks, as run by CCTV this morning news.cctv.cn/2025/07/24/ART…

Very disturbing. With the UK’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong back in place, HK can demand extradition of dissidents for any number of exaggerated or falsified charges. Even if the courts eventually rule against extradition, it will be a tool to harass activists and upend

Update: Taiwanese voters appear to be rejecting *all* the recalls, in what looks to be the biggest electoral win for the KMT since 2018

"The majority of these vessels belong to one company: Cosco Shipping." That's the same Chinese SOE that two years ago bought into the Port of Hamburg.

This is the first concrete move under Trump 2.0 regarding Taiwan, and a cause for concern. The assumption is this decision was made in the context of ongoing US-China trade negotiations and a possible Trump-Xi meeting. Still, not a good sign for enduring US-Taiwan relations.

Many longstanding China hands are too polite to say it, so I will: In a normal world it would be inconceivable that the United States would accede to Beijing’s demand to pull down a routine transit by Taiwan’s President. This is the clearest sign yet of a deep disturbance in

Donald Trump’s decision to deny permission for President Lai to visit New York sends a dangerous signal: that the United States can be bullied by Beijing into silence on Taiwan. This is a victory for Xi — and let us hope it is not indicative of a dangerous change in U.S. policy.

Taiwanese Defense Minister Koo was scheduled to visit DC in June for high-level meetings with Pentagon officials “which were abruptly canceled by the US after Xi urged Trump to limit US engagement with Taiwan during a phone call earlier in June.” washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

In past 48 hrs Trump insults and punishes India; cancels Taiwan president transit; calls into question Australia nuclear sub deal, and hits EU with 15% unilateral tariffs. It takes years to build allies' trust and confidence but little time to destroy it (which China must love.)

"There is rising concern in Washington and Taipei that the US president may be less willing to help Taiwan as he pushes for a summit with China’s President Xi Jinping."

China and Russia will hold their “Joint Sea 2025” joint naval exercise in August, followed by the sixth joint maritime patrol in the Pacific, China’s National Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. scmp.com/news/china/mil…

Taiwan and the U.S. have completed tariff talks, the Cabinet has announced, adding that the results will be revealed after the U.S. finishes its decision-making processes.

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT)'s mobile network crashed nationwide this early morning for at least three hours (3 AM-6 AM). Almost all major hospitals that depend on its network were forced to find alternative solutions. cht.com.tw/home/cht/messa…

BREAKING: U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an executive order with adjusted tariff rates on dozens of countries. The list includes Taiwan, which will be tariffed at 20%. It comes a day after the Cabinet announced that trade talks with the U.S. had finished.

"A CBS News investigation has revealed that China is still secretly buying Iranian oil and evading U.S. sanctions by using what's known as a "dark fleet" to transfer oil from ship to ship in the middle of the sea." cbsnews.com/news/china-ira…

The Xinjiangization of all China: the state collects your passport and restricts foreign travel for huge swath of people across PRC. It also must be a big disincentive against working in government jobs (including school teachers, but also professors) nytimes.com/2025/08/03/wor…