Taiwan is tightening restrictions on Hongkongers after years of supporting their response to Beijing’s crackdown.
The foreign minister used her press club speech to hit out at critics who take “self-satisfied potshots” at the US,but attracted more criticism from Paul Keating.
The Taiwanese Defence Ministry said it had detected 40 PLA aircraft and three vessels around the island in the 24 hours to Saturday morning.
China has gone from being an impoverished nation unable to repel Taiwan’s propaganda missions to posing the greatest threat to peace in Asia in generations.
China’s state council has proposed imposing Hong Kong’s “one country,two systems” policy on the island. It’s the first concrete proposal for Taiwan in two decades.
“Thursday is Valentine’s Day in China,” says Taiwan expert Wen-Ti Sung. “They are showing Taiwan a bit of tough love.”
The economic sanctions and military and diplomatic threats from Beijing escalated as the US speaker met with Taiwan’s legislature and President Tsai Ing-wen.
The former Australian prime minister said it was hard to imagine “a more reckless and provocative act”.
The US and Australia should formally and clearly declare they would join a war over Taiwan,says a senior member of Taiwan’s defence committee.
On Taiwan’s 110th birthday,let’s celebrate the reality of its sovereignty.