Many people are doubting this story it seems.

Nothing to see here, just the KMT trying to enact a law that would allow Chinese nationals to hold office in Taiwan, without renouncing their Chinese citizenship. This is a country that wants to annex Taiwan. Would Ukraine allow Russians to hold office? asia.nikkei.com/politics/inter…

“The CCP has listed 74 people as ‘die-hard Taiwanese separatists,’ presenting a severe national security threat to Taiwan, an official said yesterday on condition of anonymity.”

“When asked about China’s arsenal of over 1,000 missiles and whether the T-Dome could integrate existing capabilities or withstand a saturation attack, Koo said building a dense, multilayered air defense network requires artificial intelligence.”

“Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers criticized President Lai Ching-te's (賴清德) "astronomical" US$40 billion defense proposal as lacking detail, and questioned whether it was part of a quid pro quo with U.S. President Donald Trump to allow Lai to transit through the United States.”

6/ Instead of launching an independent investigation immediately (as the UK did after the Grenfell Tower fire), the HK gov announced on the following day it would accelerate the switch to (Chinese-imported) metal scaffolding without first completing a full investigation. (6/9)

Explains the Taiwanese government's friendly tone towards Israel as of late?

I wish to remind our allies that NATO was created to defend the West against the Soviet aggression, that is against Russia. And its foundation was solidarity, not egoistic interests. I hope that nothing has changed.

The coming couple of months will be a good time to visit Japan! "Chinese airlines are canceling more than 900 flights to Japan in December, triple the figure two days earlier (...) driven by mounting political friction." asia.nikkei.com/business/trans…

China's attempts to undermine Takaichi seem to be counterproductive so far.

Takaichi's approval rating has *increased* since the diplomatic row with China, now reaching a record level of 75%. Furthermore, 55% of respondents find her comments on Taiwan appropriate, while only 30% think they are inappropriate. asia.nikkei.com/politics/japan…

"Ms. Takaichi did not create this situation; years of relentless Chinese coercion did. Her remark merely made explicit what has long been implicit — that if Beijing keeps tightening the screws on Taiwan, it will inevitably pull in other democracies". nytimes.com/2025/12/02/opi…

Many believed that the KMT had to agree to William Lai's special defence budget in order to keep good relations with the US. Not so sure that is the top priority of the KMT anymore. focustaiwan.tw/politics/20251…

Great, only took 1,400 days to *stop fuelling* the Russian war machine! Now how long until actual meaningful on the ground support for Ukraine?