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2023-5-31,
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2023-3-31,
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Top or No.
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2022-8-13, 2022-8-7,
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Taiwan" on Yahoo (Taiwan),
2023-5-31,
2023-5-1,
2023-4-30,
2023-3-31,
2023-3-23,
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2022-12-6,
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2022-5-7,
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5-21-2020,
2-28-2020,
1-17-2020,
1-11-2020,
12-18-2019, 12-1-2019, 11-26-2019, 11-7-2019;
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Taiwan" on ecosia (Berlin
Germany),
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3-23-2021, 3-8-2021,
2-20-2021,
1-19-2021, 10-1-2020;
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◆
Economist, 2023-5-31:
Taiwan's
would-be presidents all promise a way to peace. Sadly, it is not
entirely within their power.
The next
president will take office with the island at the centre of a
bubbling superpower
showdown
◆ Washington
Post, 2023-5-31:
Why are tensions
so high?
China
increasingly sees the US as abrogating its “One China policy,”
which has been the basis of relations since 1979. ◆ IG
Financial Times,
2023-5-31:
Fearing a potential conflict in Asia,
western companies are looking to move production out of Taiwan. But turning away
from the self-ruled island will come at a high price for manufacturers
◆
New
York Times, 2023-5-30:
Taiwan ambassador
says Ukraine's
success against
Russia will deter any consideration or
miscalculation that an invasion can be conducted unpunished,
without costs, in a rapid way
◆Washington Post, 2023-5-29:
Choosing Taiwan over Ukraine is frighteningly
misguided. Yes, China is a greater military threat than present-day
Russia. A turn toward Taiwan will most likely
cause us to fail in both places.
◆
Reuters, 2023-5-27:
Failure to back Ukraine
would send signal to China about taking Taiwan, Sen. Graham says
◆ Sky News (Australia), 2023-5-28:
nuclear umbrella push divides Taiwan;
Analysts warn the agreement could be globally catastrophic as it would mean the
US could use nuclear weapons if Taiwan was attacked.
◆ Financial Times, 2023-5-21:
Putin's war in
Ukraine has "set back" China's ambitions to invade Taiwan, Hillary Clinton said
◆
The Guardian, 2023-5-22:
over 90% of
the world's semiconductors are made in the place
many US officials think could be the site of the next global conflict: Taiwan.
US efforts to stifle China's
chip industry are thought to be part of a wider plan to hinder Beijing's
preparations for war;
The strategy seems to be working.
◆ Reuters, 2023-5-20: "war is not an
option", Taiwan president says ◆
Washington Examiner, 2023-5-19:
The top-line fact in the weapons to Ukraine or Taiwan debate
/
Taiwan's defense spending remains
absurdly inadequate. It's also feasible that Taiwan may elect a new
government in 2024 that lacks sufficient resolve to fight China. In contrast,
Ukraine has shown not just the resolve to fight against overwhelming odds, but
the spirit to win.
◆ New York Times, 2023-5-19 :
Truss:
only if more people visit Taiwan
and more speak up for Taiwan, will the Chinese Communist Party
realize that many people are paying attention to Taiwan, and so
they should not act rashly
◆ New York Times, 2023-5-17 : faced with voters who have been alarmed by
Beijing's aggression toward the island, the Kuomintang is placing its
hopes on a popular local leader (Hou Yu-ih)
with a blank
slate on the thorny question of China.
◆
Washington
Post, 2023-5-18:it is now a very serious question whether the United States can
defeat a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
To
avert war with China, the U.S. must prioritize Taiwan over Ukraine
◆ The
Hill, 2023-5-17: Washington
must dispense with its misguided policy of strategic
ambiguity and make clear that it will defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression.
◆ Washington Post,
2023-5-12: military
commitments are unlikely to endure under pressure
unless they serve U.S. strategic and economic interests.
Washington and Taipei share a vital interest in Taiwan's independence
◆
New York Times, 2023-5-11:
Taiwan's world-dominating microchip sector was built by
its strategic asset,
TSMC’s
skilled employees. But a demographic crisis, demanding work culture and flagging
interest threaten its lead
◆
Nikkei Asia (Japan), 2023-5-11:
the
upper echelons of Chinese leadership intend for it to spread, at
least to a certain extent.
—
deciding
to forcibly unify Taiwan now would be unrealistic and even dangerous.
◆
DW (Germany) , 2023-5-11:
Japan's
public reluctant to defend Taiwan should China invade,
but soaring defense spending and the upgrading of
Japan's naval and air capabilities, in particular, indicate that
the military is preparing itself in
helping fend off any Chinese attack
◆
Foreign Policy in Focus,
2023-5-10:
Unlike Russia, China seems unwilling to sacrifice the country's
economic well-being on the pyre of nationalism ◆
19FortyFive,
2023-5-10:
By stacking their heaviest
punches upfront, Beijing thinks that they can render the
Americans so dazed and confused — inflicting so much damage at
the outset of a fight — that Washington will stand down and
abandon Taiwan
◆
The
Hill, 2023-5-9: lawmakers on both sides of the aisle
have also warned that Taiwan is ill prepared to fend off
a military invasion or withstand a blockade
◆
Taiwan News, 2023-5-9:
Defense minister says Taiwan will not let US 'blow up TSMC'
during Chinese attack , in response to a suggestion by
U.S. Congressman Seth Moulton that the U.S. should warn China
that it would "blow up" Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) if it attacked Taiwan.
◆
Air and Space Forces,
2023-5-1:
There's
little evidence that the Taiwanese are headed in that direction,
and are heeding U.S. advice to make themselves a military “porcupine,”Glaser said
◆ le
Monde, 2023-4-30:
China's
military exercises in the Taiwan Strait are a reminder of how fragile the island's
status quo is
◆
The Nation, 2023-4-26:
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan,
however, would look very different, involving giant air and sea
battles and, in all likelihood, immediate US intervention...any
such engagement would almost certainly brush up against the
nuclear threshold—and very likely cross it.
◆
AP, 2023-4-22:
Lawmakers war-game
conflict with China, the toll
on all sides is staggering. Alarmed and
alienated allies in the war game leave Americans to fight almost
entirely alone in support of Taiwan.
◆
CNN, 2023-4-20:
complaints at
high levels of both the Taiwanese and US governments about the
lack of preparation and poor morale in the Taiwanese military
◆
New York Times, 2023-4-18: Fear of China
is pitting Taiwan's
people against
each other
◆ Brookings,
2023-4-17: the
Taiwan voters are deeply pragmatic. a
significant majority of the Taiwan voters are in the middle
◆
TIME, 2023-4-12:
Xi understands that the
risks of Pyrrhic victory – or even of defeat – are real. At a
time when China is emerging from the world's
most draconian lockdown and its worst economic slowdown in
decades
◆
New York Post, 2023-4-8:
House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul has said the US may send troops to Taiwan should
China invade the self-governed island.
|
|
Elbridge Colby,
a leading voice for a new “pivot
to Asia.” |
John Walters,
Hudson Institute CEO |
|
He wants to see the U.S. concentrate
efforts on deterring war in the Pacific, even if that means
abandoning European interests.。
the U.S. simply does not have the capability for building the
alliance system Walters envisions or supplying it with the
requisite arms and ammunition to fight wars with two great
powers at once;
It will take well into the
2030s before we're in much better
shape;
before Chinese leader
Xi Jinping moves on Taiwan, the U.S.
should put in place immediate measures to attack the key segments of that CCP
economic and military power。 |
“Ukraine
Is No Distraction From Asia.”;
the US can fend
off Russian and Chinese revanchism simultaneously;
aggression must be met by strong American alliances with key
countries, including both Taiwan and Ukraine;
the kinds of weapons needed in
Ukraine and Taiwan are different enough that supplying one will
not substantially affect the other;
most Republicans on Capitol
Hill remain strong supporters of Ukraine.
Ukraine will help generate (US) domestic resolve to fight for Taiwan.
|
|
washingtonexaminer.com/news/inside-right-debate-ukraine-taiwan
2023-6-1 |
|
Associated Press, 2023-5-2:
Unclear who would help Taiwan in a war:
Taiwan foreign minister |
|
Japan |
S. Korea |
|
Asahi News,
2023-5-1: Asahi poll:
80% of voters said they are worried
that Japan would be caught up in the armed conflict if the
United States and China clashed over Taiwan, 56% want only SDF rear support to U.S. in event of Taiwan
crisis.
Which approaches to
prioritize for its national security? 70% selected “deepening the relationship with China,” far
more than the 26 % who chose “strengthening defense capabilities.”
Responsible Statecraft, 2023-5-2:
It is naïve, however, to expect Japan to automatically fight China if the United
States intervened militarily. If
Japan were to assume a neutral stance, China might be encouraged
to use military force to realize its aim to bring Taiwan under
its control. Recent war games conducted by the CSIS suggests
that the United States would lose a conflict over Taiwan if it
were unable to access bases in Japan.
|
The
Diplomat, 2023-3-21: South Korea Will Stay Out of a Taiwan Strait War，
Seoul’s
desire to limit the damage in its relations with Beijing is
strong enough that strikes on South Korean territory that killed
only Americans would not necessarily bring South Korea into the
war as a combatant against China.。
South Korea would limit its
support to actions near the low end of the spectrum – strong
diplomatic statements, symbolic economic sanctions, and behind-the-lines
re-supply of U.S. forces
returning from battle.
Axios, 2023-5-2:
South Korea would be
unlikely to consider sending troops into the Taiwan Strait. But
the U.S. could pull some of its own 30,000-strong contingent out of
Korea, and would likely expect Seoul
to play a key support role. That
could leave Seoul exposed to retaliation from China, and more
vulnerable to North Korea
|
|
asahi.com/ajw/articles/14898395
responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/05/02/should-japan-defend-taiwan/
k. sugawa |
thediplomat.com/2023/03/south-korea-will-stay-out-of-a-taiwan-strait-war/
axios.com/2023/05/02/taiwan-war-us-philippines-japan-korea-australia d.
lawler, b. a. ebrahimian |
|
Taiwan's
President is expected to meet Speaker McCarthy,
Beijing will decide how strongly it
wants to respond |
|
New York
Times, 2023-4-6 |
Despite the combative words, any retaliation by
Beijing may be tempered by the difficult calculations facing China's
leader, including over
Taiwan's coming presidential race
- could hurt the presidential hopes of the Nationalists, which
favors stronger ties with China
nytimes.com/2023/04/06/world/asia/taiwan-mccarthy-china.html
Chris
Buckley and Amy
Chang Chien |
|
New York
Times, 2023-4-5 |
Walking a Tightrope: Taiwan's
president, Tsai Ing-wen, who recently visited the United States,
has edged
closer to America while trying not to anger China
nytimes.com/2023/04/05/us/politics/mccarthy-tsai-taiwan-china.html |
|
New York Times, 2023-3-29 |
President Tsai Ing-wen
risks a show of force from Beijing。
Beijing
just lured Honduras to
abandon diplomatic ties with Taipei in what many saw as pre-emptive
punishment for her trip.
nytimes.com/2023/03/29/world/asia/taiwan-president-us-china.html |
|
Bloomberg, 2023-3-29 |
Tsai is unlikely to use this moment to “push
boundaries" , partly to avoid
"accusations of being provocative by Taiwanese
voters.". Any Tsai
meeting with McCarthy "puts the ball in
Beijing's court"
news.yahoo.com/china-warns-taiwan-leader-mccarthy-031352507.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall |
|
CNN, 2023-3-30 |
Beijing warns of ‘severe impact’ on US-China
relations as Taiwan’s leader lands in New York |
|
CNBC, 2023-3-30 |
Taiwan leader's meeting
with McCarthy could provoke a ‘big’ reaction from China, says analyst |
|
Washington Post, 2023-3-29 |
When Honduras switched allegiance from Taipei to Beijing last week, it
put the diplomatic future of Taiwan in a more precarious position
washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/29/honduras-taiwan-china-allies-relations/ |
|
Newsweek, 2023-3-31 |
"Tsai's visit to the U.S. can be seen as a face-saving way for the U.S. to avoid
another Pelosi-like fiasco from which it is still paying a price in global
standing,""At the same time, Ma's visit to China
shows there is strong desire on both sides of the Taiwan Straits for a peaceful
solution." msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-two-taiwan-trips-mean-for-fate-of-most-dangerous-us-china-issue/ar-AA19komh
Tom O'Connor |
|
Bloomberg, 2023-3-31 |
The expected California meeting with McCarthy was considered a concession: At
the request of the Taiwanese government, McCarthy decided to put off a potential
trip to Taiwan until after presidential elections next year and instead host
Taiwan’s leader on US soil.
msn.com/en-us/news/world/white-house-tries-to-keep-china-calm-while-taiwans-tsai-visits-the-us/ar-AA19il7y
Jenny Leonard and Cindy Wang |
|
The
Guardian, 2023-3-28 |
(ex president) Ma Ying-jeou's
"we are all Chinese" message is starkly at
odds with vision of Tsai Ing-wen, who seeks support from Washington.
Taiwan caught between superpowers as
rival leaders visit China and US
theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/28/taiwan-leaders-visit-china-us-ma-ying-jeou-tsai-ing-wenTaipei |
|
Honduras ditching Taiwan raises larger geopolitical concerns |
|
AP, Washington Post,
The Hill, 2023-3-15
thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-international/honduras-ditching-taiwan-raises-larger-geopolitical-concerns/
|
...
a blow to the Biden administration, which has rather fruitlessly
tried to convince countries in the region to stick with Taiwan.
Taiwan, a U.S. ally,...also
exemplifies the American government is “losing it’s grasp on”
Latin America |
|
L.A.
Times, 2023-3-15 |
The switch would leave Taiwan recognized by only 13 countries as
China spends billions to win recognition
of its “one China” policy.
msn.com/en-us/news/world/honduras-to-seek-official-ties-with-china-spurning-its-long-relationship-with-taiwan/ar-AA18EeCH |
|
Bloomberg, 2023-3-15 |
Tsai Ing-wen has worked to raise the self-governing island’s profile
on the world stage during her tenure. Tsai says Taiwan deserves broader
recognition and greater support given its status as a democracy.
msn.com/en-us/news/world/taiwan-may-lose-official-ally-as-honduras-mulls-china-switch/ar-AA18Du8h |
|
Pew Research
org., 2023-3-2
US respondents' views about a hypothetical conflict
between China, Taiwan differ by question wording |
| |
a conflict between China and Taiwan |
China invade Taiwan |
Taiwan declared Independence, China
invaded |
|
support China |
8% |
7 |
10 |
|
support Taiwan |
45% |
49 |
40 |
|
remain neutral |
47% |
44 |
50 |
when the scenario involves Taiwan declaring
independence. Under this hypothetical, 46% of Democratic respondents say
the U.S. should support Taiwan, compared with 28% of Republicans.
pewresearch.org/decoded/2023/03/02/testing-survey-questions-about-a-hypothetical-military-conflict-between-china-and-taiwan/ |
|
General's memo spurs debate: Could China invade Taiwan by 2025?
The Hill, 2023-2-2, USA Today, 2023-2-3, FoxNews, 2023-2-3 |
|
US
generals, officials, experts, law-makers |
China invade Taiwan by ? |
|
CIA Director William Burns |
Xi has ordered military to be ready for Taiwan invasion by 2027 |
|
Philip Davidson, the former head of U.S. Indo-Pacific
Command
(Jan. 2023) |
China may attack Taiwan — even just its small, outer islands
— by 2027 |
|
Adm.
Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command |
predicted war by 2027 |
|
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday
(Oct., 2022) |
Chinese could attack Taiwan before 2024...or
a potentially a 2023 window |
|
Secretary of State Antony Blinken
(Oct., 2022) |
on a “much faster timeline” than previously thought. |
|
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific
Security Affairs Ely Ratner
(July, 2022) |
“only a matter of time” |
|
Minihan,
the leader of Air Mobility Command |
2025 |
|
Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow focused on U.S.-China
relations at the Center for a New American Security, |
before 2027, a crisis or incident that could spiral
out of control |
|
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul |
agreeing with the assessment on “Fox News Sunday.” |
|
Sen. Todd Young (Ind.) |
2025 |
|
House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith
(D-Wash.) |
the
2025 timeline for such an event was “not only not
inevitable” but “highly unlikely,” |
|
Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey |
2025
, a“bad judgment” |
|
Gen. Mark
Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Nov. 2022) |
it
will be “some time” before the Chinese have the military capability
to invade Taiwan. |
|
news.yahoo.com/general-memo-spurs-debate-could-110000282.html |
|
The Guardian, 2023-1-1: Ukraine
is in the headlines now. But a whole new world of conflict is about
to erupt，Taiwan,
North Korea, Iran and Palestine
are all potential flashpoints
NBC, 2022-12-27: Taiwan to extend military conscription to one year, citing threat from China |
|
WSJ, 2022-12-27 |
a once politically unpalatable move that has become imperative in
the face of growing
concerns about a Chinese attack and intensifying competition between
Washington and Beijing.
wsj.com/articles/taiwan-to-extend-mandatory-military-service-11672129529 |
|
PBS,
AP,
2022-12-27 |
The White House welcomed the announcement on conscription reform, saying it
underscores Taiwan’s commitment to self-defense and strengthens deterrence...mong
the youngest demographic group of 20-24, however, only 35.6
percent said they would support an extension
pbs.org/newshour/world/taiwan-extends-compulsory-military-service-from-4-months-to-1-year |
|
CNN,
2022-12-27 |
Chinese
soldiers can only make an amphibious landing after taking control of
the air and the sea...before
they land, there will likely be bombing and blockade, and we need
people to deliver goods and guide residents to air raid shelters
edition.cnn.com/2022/12/27/asia/taiwan-military-conscription-intl-hnk/index.html |
|
Washington Post, 12-27 |
It had been a widely debated topic for a long time, but faced with
Chinese threats, the government was left little room to be hesitant
washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/27/taiwan-military-mandatory-service-china/ |
|
Mainichi
Japan
,
2022-12-28 |
The change is said to have come at the request of the United States
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20221227/p2g/00m/0in/058000c
|
|
GT (China), 2022-12-27 |
"a
deplorable decision" made under US
pressure
/
the DPP authorities might
incorporate some conscripts into the "cyber army" to engage in
collecting intelligence and conduct information warfare against the
mainland, given their relatively weak capabilities on the real
battlefield.
...expecting
that the US may ask Taiwan authorities to increase the defense
budget to purchase more US weapons and ensure the island's military
is in line with US strategy. globaltimes.cn/page/202212/1282753.shtml
12-27 |
News
◆
Bloomberg,
2023-3-31:
Washington's planned subsidies
to “hollowing out” its world-beating chip industry, or
that US defense strategists hope to provoke a war over Taiwan to
... cripple the People's
Liberation Army — have gained noticeable traction
◆
Economist, 2023-3-29: a Taiwanese policy adviser frames voters'
choice as one between “peace or war” ...The
DPP has
criticised KMT's "embracing appeasement”,
but it, too,
worries about conflict ◆
Taiwan is losing its friends. Economist
(2023-3-28) :With China's wallet growing ever
larger, Taiwan may instead need to hope that historical ties
help to sustain the loyalty of its few remaining diplomatic
partners ◆ AFP (2023-3-28): Latin America has been crucial to the diplomatic struggle between Beijing
and Taipei since they separated in 1949, after the Chinese civil war....the
decision by Honduras was a blow to Washington
◆
Foreign
Affairs, 2023-3-21: J. Chen Weiss:
Alarm Over a Chinese Invasion Could Become
a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. ◆
Economist,
2023-3-9:
War is no longer a
remote possibility, because an unstated bargain has frayed. Taiwan
could resist an attack on its own only for days or weeks, any
conflict could escalate quickly into a superpower confrontation.◆
USNI, 2023-3-21:
U.S. Needs Air
Superiority, Ship-Killing Weapons to Defend Taiwan, Pacific Air
Forces Commander Says...
he doesn’t think
China wants to engage in this fight.
◆
Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2023-3-9:
Taiwan's
"porcupine strategy"
calls for Taiwan to arm itself with thousands of mobile
anti-ship and anti-air weapons, sea mines, drone strike systems,
and other smaller, mobile systems. While
it still struggles with two challenges: a continued
preference for big-ticket defense systems, and US delays in
delivering weapons ◆
Economist,
2023-3-6:
Taiwan's
fate will, ultimately, be decided by the battle-readiness of its
people
◆
Reuters,
2023-3-5:
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan...Taiwan
holds presidential and parliamentary elections in early 2024 and
tensions with China are likely to dominate campaigning
◆
USNI, 2023-3-2:
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl
testified before the House Armed Services Committee that he does not
think China will attempt to invade Taiwan before 2027.
◆ Reuters,
2023-2-28:
The threat of China invading Taiwan has moved
to the centre of global money managers' risk radars and is
factoring in their investment decisions,"China wouldn't have to
invade Taiwan or actually get hot to just cause a stir in that
part of the market" ◆
Washington
Post, ABC news, 2023-2-27:
CIA chief: Xi Jinping
has instructed his country's military to “be ready by 2027” to invade Taiwan;
China has some doubt on ability to invade Taiwan ◆
New
York Times, 2023-2-27:
the Chinese are prepared to wage a much
broader type of warfare that would reach deep into American society.
The U.S. economy is heavily dependent on Chinese
resources and manufactured goods ◆
EurAsian Times, 2023-2-26:
"No Boots On Ground':
Majority
Of US Voters' Chicken Out’ From
Sending Soldiers To Taiwan To Battle China
◆ New York Times, 2023-2-22:
TSMC might have been forced to set up a factory in the United
States because of political considerations, but so far, the Phoenix
project has yielded very little benefit for TSMC or Taiwan.
◆ Bloomberg, 2023-2-22:
Holding off the PLA for two weeks is a key goal of Taiwan's
military because it would allow time for the US and other allies to come to its aid.
◆
Economist, 2023-2-18:
China still relies on
Russia for certain crucial military components, which makes the
friendship central to any plans China might have to invade
Taiwan (CBS
2023-2-19: China
considering providing "lethal support" to aid Russian invasion
of Ukraine, Blinken says) ◆Washington
Post, 2023-2-20:
growing concern — conviction even — that war between the United
States and China could be coming.
The U.S. should deter — not provoke — Beijing over Taiwan.
◆
NY Times,
2023-2-15:
An active
denial strategy that focuses on supplying defensive weapons to
U.S. allies and a lower-profile, more agile deployment of U.S.
forces in the region would raise the costs of Chinese military
action without exacerbating China's
own sense of insecurity
◆
Bloomberg, 2023-2-5:
the US position
on the island remains equivocal. The intention is to avoid
provoking Beijing, yet the consequence is to weaken deterrence.
◆
Washington
Post, 2023-2-3: (China's)
state-run People's
Daily said the United States must drop its “obsession” with
containing China.
◆
Washington Post, 2023-2-2:
Japan must do more, and faster, to avert war over Taiwan...Crudely,
Japan seems to be prepared to push back against only Chinese
assets that are clearly poised to attack its sovereign
territory.
◆
New York
Times,
2023-2-1:
The United States is
increasing its military presence in the Philippines
, the Philippines is among the most geographically close
to Taiwan...is crucial to countering
China in the event it attacks Taiwan
◆
The Hill,
2023-1-23: the U.S. defense industrial base
is not currently equipped to support a protracted conventional war...How
do you effectively deter if you don’t have sufficient stockpiles of the
kinds of munitions you’re going to need for a China-Taiwan Strait kind
of scenario? ◆
Modern War Institute at West
point, 2022-12-19:
Taiwan has mostly accepted the need to
shift to a “porcupine strategy” ... implementation has been
slow. And Taiwan has neglected to cultivate the guerrilla-style
resistance forces that will be necessary to counter an
occupation. ◆ Wall
Street Journal, 2023-1-26:
Will the U.S. Really Defend Taiwan?
Washington is strategically unprepared for a crisis and Biden's
policies are hampering deterrence
◆
Bloomberg, 2023-1-21:
A more
effective structure would de-emphasize vulnerable combat aircraft and surface
ships and emphasize instead land-based anti-air and anti-ship capabilities. This
is what some commentators have called the "porcupine strategy"
◆
New York Times, 2023-1-21:
Glaser warns that
symbolic victories may
not be worth the cost of provoking China
... "But
the bottom line is, this is a fight over symbolism"
said Dan Blumenthal
◆
War On The Rocks, 2023-1-20:
Training, Not Arms Sales, Should Be the New Priority
◆
USA Today, 2023-1-20:
Taiwan's envoy to the US says her island
has learned lessons from Ukraine's war that will help it deter, defend against
an attack by China. Among the lessons: preparing for the kind of all-of-society
fight Ukrainians are waging against Russia
◆
AFP, 2023-1-21:
Blinken sees lower US tensions with China but risks on Taiwan
◆ WSJ,
2023-1-19:
The Heritage Foundation's latest 'Index of U.S. Military
Strength' warns of declining power in the U.S. Navy and Air Force.
Taiwan is
ramping up its spending on defense but its conscription and readiness are
underwhelming. ◆
CNN, 2023-1-20:
In
Taiwan, ex-conscripts feel unprepared for potential China conflict
◆ Economist,
2023-1-19: TSMC
is playing a subtle game of diplomacy in
which its business interests come first
◆
France 24, 2022-12-26:
Seventy-one
warplanes deployed by China in war drills
-
the
largest reported incursion to date ◆
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CNN, 2023-3-28: In 2023's “Asia's
50 Best Restaurants,
Taiwan ranks No. 9 among Asia's countries, Taipei ranks No. 17 among Asia's
cities, Taipei's Mume restaurant ranks No. 45 in top 50 restaurants, the number
of Taiwan's restaurants entering top 50 is the least in recent 10 years.
Taipei's Logy ranks No. 57, but its chef is a Japanese. Tapei's Adachi
Sushi ranks No. 87, Kaohsiung's Liberte ranks No. 96.
|
Asia’s 50 Best
Restaurants 2023
theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/1-50 |
|
rank |
countries with the most wins |
number of
restaurants selected |
rank |
cities with the most wins |
number of
restaurants selected |
|
1 |
China
(Hong Kong 5,
Shanghai 2, ShenZhen 1, Macau 2, Beijing 1) |
11 |
1 |
Bangkok (Thailand ) |
9 |
|
2 |
Japan
(Tokyo 7, Osaka 1,
Wakayama 1, Kyoto 1) |
10 |
2 |
Singapore |
9 |
|
3 |
Thailand
(Bangkok 9) |
9 |
3 |
Tokyo (Japan)
|
7 |
|
4 |
Singapore |
7 |
4 |
Hong Kong (China) |
5 |
|
5 |
S. Korea
|
4 |
5 |
Seoul (S. Korea) |
4 |
|
6 |
India
|
3 |
6 |
Shanghai (China) |
2 |
|
7 |
Philippines
|
2 |
7 |
Macau (China) |
2 |
|
8 |
Vietnam |
1 |
8 |
Manila
(Philippines) |
2 |
|
9 |
Taiwan
|
1 |
9 |
Osaka (Japan) |
1 |
|
♣
No.1 Le Du (Thai.), No.2 Sezanne (Japan), No.3 Nusara
(Thai.), 4. Den (Japan), 5 Gaggan Anans (Thai.)...No. 45
Mume (Taiwan Taipei)
♣
Bangkok has long been considered a
world capital when it comes to street food. But these
days, its fine dining scene is proving to be just as
alluring.
Though most of the winners on the list are fine dining
restaurants, one street food eatery managed to break
through the pack – Bangkok’s Michelin-starred Raan Jay
Fai |
10 |
Wakayama (Japan) |
1 |
|
11 |
Mumbai (India) |
1 |
|
12 |
New Delhi (India) |
1 |
|
13 |
Chennai (India) |
1 |
|
14 |
ShenZhen (China) |
1 |
|
15 |
Kyoto (Japan) |
1 |
|
16 |
Ho Chi Minh
(Vietnam) |
1 |
|
17 |
Taipei (Taiwan) |
1 |
|
18 |
Beijing (Chn) |
1 |
|
|
Biden :
"U.S. forces, U.S. men and women
would defend Taiwan"
|
Chicago Tribune, 2022-9-23 |
Biden pokes at China again over Taiwan. At
what cost to US national interests?
if
China needs to be confronted militarily (and that's
unlikely), Taiwan is precisely the wrong place to try to do that
chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-taiwan-china-biden-tensions-20220922-tjd6rxcmozgunew3djsycoodsa-story.html |
|
CNN
(US), 2022-9-20 |
looks like the US has moved from ambiguity to deterrence...
Biden's remarks don't necessarily equate to how he would behave
in a real crisis.
edition.cnn.com/2022/09/19/world/joe-biden-taiwan-answer-analysis/index.html
|
Washington Examiner (US),
2022-9-20 |
wrong to commit to Taiwan's defense unambiguously,
two
key concerns here.
(1) Taiwan's defense spending remains ludicrously low in
face of the existential threat it faces.
(2)
It's one thing to tell a pollster that you're willing to fight
and die for your country. It's a different thing to take
painstaking steps to prepare for that eventuality. And the hard
truth is that far too few Taiwanese are currently taking those
steps
msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-two-problems-with-bidens-taiwan-defense-pledge/ar-AA120KGw |
|
Japan Times (Japan), 2022-9-20 |
Cornell
prof. called Biden's
remarks “dangerous",
this
new combo (a pledge to send troops + decisions about
independence are Taiwan’s) suggests an unconditional commitment,
U.S. is issuing Taiwan a blank check
japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/09/20/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/biden-taiwan-remarks-uncertainty/ |
|
Bloomberg, 2022-9-20 |
“Such comments will do more to feed Beijing's
sense of urgency than they will bolster deterrence”
Taiwan's
leaders could move closer to independence
msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-s-vow-to-defend-taiwan-makes-us-policy-shift-explicit/ar-AA123qxX |
|
Politico,
2022-9-19 |
The big question is, what are the costs we're really willing to
pay?” Stanford's Skylar Mastro said.
politico.com/news/2022/09/19/biden-leaves-no-doubt-strategic-ambiguity-toward-taiwan-is-dead-00057658
|
|
Washington Post, 2022-9-19 |
Yet presidential pronouncements alone can only deter China so
much... Congress should provide Mr. Biden and his successors
with a stronger set of legislative instructions
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/19/biden-china-taiwan-60-minutes/ |
|
|
DW
(Germany), 2022-9-19 |
scholars: "it
can lead to very different results than what Biden might be thinking he has the
capacity to do,"," US "strategic ambiguity is
becoming more strategic and less ambiguous."
dw.com/en/biden-us-forces-would-defend-taiwan-if-china-invades/a-63166248 |
|
Le Monde (France), 2022-9-19 |
Alors que l’occupant de la Maison Blanche a tenu des propos forts sur le
dossier taïwanais dimanche soir, la Chine a dénoncé « une grave
violation de [son] engagement important à ne pas soutenir l’indépendance
de Taïwan .
lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/09/19/joe-biden-affirme-que-les-etats-unis-defendraient-taiwan-en-cas-d-invasion-chinoise_6142183_3210.html |
|
France
24 (France), 2022-9-19 |
most explicit statement so far on the issue,
something sure to anger Beijing.。Biden's
Asia policy czar, Kurt Campbell, has in the past rejected any move to
"strategic clarity" over Taiwan, saying there were "significant
downsides" to such an approach”msn.com/en-gb/news/world/biden-says-us-forces-would-defend-taiwan-if-china-invades/ar-AA11YIsO |
|
Daily
Express (UK), 2022-9-19 |
Bonnie Glaser:
"
if Mr Biden makes such pledges he needs
the "capability" to back them up,
If President Biden plans to defend Taiwan, then he should
make sure the U.S. military has the capability to do so",
“"Rhetorical support
that isn't backed up by real capabilities is unlikely to strengthen
deterrence"
express.co.uk/news/world/1671100/Joe-Biden-Taiwan-China-Xi-Jinping-CBS-Nancy-Pelosi-White-House-ont |
|
Bloomberg
(US), 2022-9-19 |
Expert Bonnie Glaser:
“China has long assumed that the US would intervene to defend
Taiwan, so these statements don’t change PLA plans”,
Prof. Lev Nachman:
“The
worry is that this will exacerbate Taiwan's current high-tension moment
rather than reduce it.。”
Bloomberg msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-says-us-would-defend-taiwan-from-unprecedented-attack/ar-AA11Yf55 |
|
Washington Post (US), 2022-9-19 |
Biden’s most hawkish comments on Taiwan yet / The
implications for that are huge. This is still in the realm of the
hypothetical, but it’s a majorly consequential hypothetical that now
includes a firm commitment — whether that firm commitment is technically
official policy or not
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/19/biden-taiwan-china-defense/ |
|
Global Times (CHN) , 2022-9-19 |
his most explicit answer so far on the question, which analysts believe
suggested a shifting process in Washington's decades-long "strategic
ambiguity" policy ...not
only his personal views, but also those in his White House team and
various political forces on Capitol Hill. China clearly knows that
the US is trying to erode its "one-China policy." If the US moves
further toward such "strategic clarity" that is entirely targeted
against the Chinese mainland and supports Taiwan's pro-independence
behaviors, we will certainly have diplomatic, military and economic
countermeasures for them, Xin said.
globaltimes.cn/page/202209/1275600.shtml
|
The Conversation
(Australia),
2022-9-20 |
so does this support mean economic
aid, supply of weapons or U.S. boots on the ground? China and Taiwan are
left guessing if – and to what extent – the U.S. will be involved in any
China-Taiwan conflict.
news.yahoo.com/biden-again-indicates-us-defend-181440760.html |
|
|
|
Can
"silicon shield" protect
Taiwan? |
|
New York Times,
2022-9-9 |
Taiwan is
protected by something far more subtle —The
"silicon shield"...If
it is clear that China will be better off with a steady flow of chips from
Taiwan, peace is likely to prevail |
|
New York Times,
2022-8-29 |
Analysts debate how much
protection China's reliance on Taiwan gives
it. Some argue that calculations over
supply chains are insignificant in a decision over war. |
|
National
Interest,
2022-5-15 |
Taiwan's
“silicon shield”—the name for a strategy that entrusts the island's
defense to both Chinese and American reliance on its semiconductors—is
an outmoded concept that burdens the United States, emboldens Taiwan,
and fails to deter China |
|
VOA News,
2021-5-10 |
Song Hong, assistant general director at the
Institute of World Economics and Politics under the Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences shrugged off the
geopolitical implications of Taiwan’s silicon shield, saying that China
views Taiwanese issues as domestic affairs and will not be deterred from
its goals by U.S. action |
|
Fox News,
2022-8-26 |
Why would the U.S. fight China over Taiwan, Trade is the key reason and
the aforementioned importance of semiconductor production is the glue |
|
◆ New
York Times, 2022-9-9:
Now,
Taiwan is protected by
the "silicon
shield"...
“The most advanced category
of mass-produced semiconductors — is known as 5 nm. Taiwan
TSMC makes about 90 percent of them. U.S. factories make
none.”
If it is clear that China will be better off with a
steady flow of chips from Taiwan, peace is likely to prevail.
nytimes.com/2022/09/09/business/silicon-markets-china-taiwan.html
Taiwan dominates
the global production of computer chips /
◆
BBC, 2022-1-12,
source: The Military Balnce, IISS 2021 |
|
Taiwan |
S. Korea |
China |
Other |
|
65% |
18% |
5% |
12% |
|
news.yahoo.com/china-taiwan-really-simple-guide-142542268.html |
◆ New
York Times, 2022-1-25: 75
percent of production takes place in East Asia.
Ninety percent of the most advanced chips are made in
Taiwan...China
could use economic coercion, cyber operations and hybrid tactics to try to
seize or harm Taiwan's semiconductor industry — Biden
promised he would work to bring production of semiconductor chips back to the
United States.
nytimes.com/2022/01/26/us/politics/computer-chip-shortage-taiwan.html
◆
CBS, 2022-7-8:
Taiwan accounts for 64% of the total
chip foundry market, according to data from TrendForce. Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, accounted for 53% of total foundry revenue in
2021, according to TrendForce.
cnbc.com/2022/07/08/why-tensions-between-china-and-taiwan-are-on-the-rise.html
|
|
World's Best Hospitals 2023
by Newsweek
comparison among Asia's selected 12 countries
newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2023 |
|
Asia's rank |
country |
total number of top 250
hospitals |
|
1 |
Japan |
18 |
|
2 |
S.
Korea |
18 |
|
3 |
Australia |
7 |
|
4 |
Singapore |
5 |
|
5 |
Israel |
3 |
|
6 |
India |
3 |
|
7 |
Thailand |
1 |
|
8 |
UAE |
1 |
|
9 |
Taiwan |
1 |
|
10 |
Saudi Arabia, Malaysia,
Indonesia |
0 |
Taiwan's NTU Hospital ranks world No. 249
Asia's
China, etc are
not included in survey list - 28 countries |
Opinion
- Why is
Taiwan behind ?
(1) Taiwan got highest
CovID death rate in Asia and entire world
again and again.
/
"Medicine
should be prescribed but not prescribed, medicine should be taken but not taken",
bad record of
"failure to administer CovID remedy/medicine in
time".
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