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◆ 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
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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
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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"
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War On The Rocks, 2023-1-20:
Training, Not Arms Sales, Should Be the New Priority ◆
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.
◆ Economist, 2023-1-19: TSMC
is playing a subtle game of diplomacy
in which its business interests come first
◆ Star & Strips 2023-1-19: Taiwan
defense experts expect few US boots on the ground if war breaks out with
China ◆ The WEEK (UK),
2023-1-19: China's "compounding troubles" — the
demographic challenges, the pandemic and a troubled property market — could
prompt President Xi Jingping to take rash action. ◆
TIME,
2023-1-7:
the threat of a costly armed
engagement may encourage Beijing to pursue non-military scenarios to try to
coerce Taiwan under its control.
◆Washington
Post, 2023-1-9:
Taiwan needs to be prepared to withstand a lengthy
siege but has not stockpiled nearly enough energy, food, medicine or
ammunition. It has only about 10
days of natural gas supplies in reserve...
Unfortunately, a lot of
Taiwanese still don’t seem to grasp how perilous their situation is.
◆The WEEK (UK), 2023-1-10: Bloomberg:“calls
growing” among American politicians for a commitment to get involved if
Beijing invades the island. ◆ Forbes,
2023-1-9: the
extended-range JASSM-ER that helped to win the war
in CSIS War
game ◆
Financial Times, 2023-1-2:
Taiwan's move to
extend military conscription will not address broader strategic shortfalls...
expert has long urged them to build a
territorial defence force, a force which could operate as an urban guerrilla
under a more decentralised command
◆ The
Hill, 2022-12-30:
Mark Esper says Taiwan is “not prepared enough” for a potential
Chinese invasion
◆ The Guardian, 2022-12-30: Extending conscription may make Taiwan feel safer – but at the cost of
alienating its young people ◆
Deutsche Welle,
2022-12-30:
US support for Taiwan is double edged: both essential to its
survival, and risking dragging Taiwan into a much bigger conflict.
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Reuters, 2022-12-28:
China's government
criticised Taiwan on Wednesday for seeking to use the Taiwanese people as
"cannon fodder" by extending compulsory military service from four months to
one year starting in 2024
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Insider,
2022-12-29: Easton:
It would be very difficult and
dangerous for the PLA to try to move on Taiwan proper without first
suppressing Kinmen, the Penghus, and the Matsu islands
(with
a substantial number of
missiles )
◆Wall
Street Journal, 2022-12-28:
Military conscription is
a good start, but leaders in Taipei need to act with greater urgency still
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Politico, 2022-12-27:
The U.S. has pledged to deploy so much firepower to the
Indo-Pacific in 2023 that China won't even consider invading
Taiwan. Lawmakers
and allies say it’s already too late ◆
France 24, 2022-12-26:
Seventy-one
warplanes deployed by China in war drills -
the
largest reported incursion to date
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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. ◆
Politico
(eu), 2022-12-20:
the
consequences of war in Asia would be just as devastating for the Continent.
if
Taiwan wants to alter Beijing's
cost-benefit calculus and deter an invasion, it must move boldly and quickly
to bolster its defense. ◆
1945,
2022-12-12:
the likelihood of a Chinese move to
take Taiwan by force is as close to inevitable
as it gets.
The reason: in China's
thinking that the United States has embarked on a course to prevent Taiwan from
ever reunifying with China ◆
National Interest, 2022-12-11:
China Isn’t Ready to Invade Taiwan
- two major challenges:
unfinished military modernization and high casualty potential
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Economist,2022-11-29:
many Taiwanese are tired of
squabbles over national identity,
especially after Ms Tsai's refusal last year to accept an offer of much-needed
vaccines from China
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DW (Germany), 2022-11-26:
China said the
midterm election result shows that
"mainstream public opinion in the island is for peace, stability and a good
life
◆ Washington
Post, 2022-11-23:
Despite consistent prodding from Washington, however, Taipei is also
not
nationalistic enough in the sense
that it hasn’t engaged in the kind of military preparation necessary to
deter an attack. Its political leaders are reluctant to reduce their
dependence on U.S. protection
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NBC, 2022-12-27: Taiwan to extend military conscription to one year, citing threat from China |
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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 |
◆ Economist, 2022-11-24: Where might conflict flare up in 2023? Keep an eye on Taiwan and the South China Sea—and the Himalayas ◆ Wall Street Journal, 2022-11-23: ...the persistent fecklessness of Taiwanese government's defense policy, whose bottom line is that the island should be defended by others while Taiwan's youth can continue to play video games.◆ Economist, 2022-11-18: Will Taiwan be the Ukraine of Asia? The status quo is breaking down, making war more likely ◆ Fortune, 2022-11-19: U.S. restrictions on selling advanced computer chips to China could make invading Taiwan more tempting to Beijing. U.S. faces ‘immediate Great Depression’ if China seizes Taiwan’s semiconductor industry ◆ CNN's meanwhile in China, 2022-11-14: For Beijing, no red line is starker or more crucial than its claim over Taiwan ...The Chinese believe the US goal is to keep China down so we can contain it. And the US believes China's goal is to make the world safer for authoritarian states, push the US out of Asia and weaken its alliance system ◆ full text
★ Can "silicon shield" protect Taiwan? |
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CNN, 2022-12-9 | Taiwan worries about losing its ‘silicon shield’ / TSMC's presence gives a strong incentive to the West to defend Taiwan against any attempt by China to take it by force...Chiu (a lawmaker) claimed that the chip giant was under political pressure to move its operations and its most advanced technology to the US. edition.cnn.com/2022/12/09/tech/taiwan-tsmc-chips-hnk-intl/index.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Global Times, 2022-12-9 | Alarm is sounded after TSMC becomes ‘USSMC’ / it will be a key event marking a dark turn in the development history of the global semiconductor industry...Political pressure from Washington and subsidies and inducements are throughout the construction of TSMC’s plant in the US. the DPP authorities are even more shameful. Not only do they have no resistance to US’ behavior of hollowing out Taiwan, but they act proactively, with their words and actions full of servility to Washington. globaltimes.cn/page/202212/1281494.shtml | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloomberg, 2022-10-7 | some advocate the US make clear to China that it would destroy TSMC facilities if the island was occupied...Such a “scorched-earth strategy” scenario appeared in the November 2021 issue of the US Army War College Quarterly. finance.yahoo.com/news/taiwan-tensions-spark-round-us-090131394.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial Times, 2022-12-12 | TSMC's investments in the US and elsewhere are stoking fears over ‘hollowing out’ of Taiwan's economy... Premier Su has already stated that TSMC is not free to transfer its technology wherever it wishes ft.com/content/2408b289-dbf4-40db-87db-eb272aef68b9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reuters, 2022-12-6 | Taiwan seeks to reassure on TSMC commitment to island despite U.S. investment msn.com/en-us/money/markets/taiwan-seeks-to-reassure-on-tsmc-commitment-to-island-despite-u-s-investment/ar-AA14ZR39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
New York Times, 2022-12-6 | In Phoenix, a Taiwanese Chip Giant Builds a Hedge Against China ...But the company set a limit on the factory’s level of production technology nytimes.com/2022/12/06/technology/tsmc-chips-factory-phoenix.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
TIME, 2022-10-5 | Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen recently argued in Foreign Affairs that the island's chip industry is a “‘silicon shield’ that allows Taiwan to protect itself and others from aggressive attempts by authoritarian regimes to disrupt global supply chains.” That's a highly optimistic way of looking at the situation. time.com/6219318/tsmc-taiwan-the-center-of-the-world/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
AIT (US), 2021-5-22 | Taiwan should not regard TSMC as a guaranteed security blanket. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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◆Washington Examiner, 2022-11-11: commander of U.S. Strategic Command: This Ukraine crisis is just the warmup, the Taiwan war may be the next world war ◆ NY Times, briefing, 2022-11-11: Biden has taken a bolder stance on Taiwan than previous U.S. presidents. ◆ SCMP, 2022-11-10: General Mark Milley vows military support for Taiwan ◆ Economist, 2022-11-10: International attention is always welcome in Taiwan's quest for global recognition ◆ DW (Germany), 2022-11-8: Beijing denies having an accelerated timeline on Taiwan "reunification" ◆ Washington Times, 2022-11-8: It would take at least a decade to design and build new types of ships and aircraft to counter China's threats... US Forces in the Indo-Pacific may not be able to defend Taiwan successfully today ◆ National Interest, 2022-11-4: Washington should mediate a political solution between Moscow and Kyiv and refocus its global efforts on deterring Beijing from invading Taiwan ◆ USNI, 2022-11-7: Pentagon official: China will increase pressure on Taiwan in next two years rather than invade ◆ Times of India, Next Shark, Yahoo, 2022-10-29: Vladimir Putin declares Taiwan is 'inherent part' of China, blames 'granny' Nancy Pelosi for provoking the Taiwan-China conflict ( is expected to have long-standing impacts) ◆ US News, 2022-10-27: Russia's Sechin Says U.S. attempts to create its own complex microchip industry showed that "Taiwan's return to its native harbour" was "on schedule" ◆ SCMP, 2022-11-3: China has no time frame for Taiwan reunification, even if US says so ◆ WarOnTheRocks, 2022-10-28: U.S. support for Ukraine and other dynamics have led some to question if the current administration is truly prioritizing Taiwan ◆ SCMP, 2022-10-30: Tsai administration accused of stalling decision due to plan's unpopularity with young voters; Better training needed if Taiwan extends mandatory military service, experts say ◆ Voice of America, 2022-10-22: Analysts say even though Beijing doesn't want to go to war to reunify the two sides, it may feel forced to do so if the current trend of U.S.-Taiwan relations continues ◆ BBC, 2022-10-18: China is pursuing unification with Taiwan "on a much faster timeline" than previously expected, Blinken says, Beijing had decided the status quo was no longer acceptable ◆ New York Times, 2022-10-20: The longer, written version of Xi's speech also stated that China has strengthened its “strategic initiative for China’s complete reunification,” suggesting greater urgency for its future plans ◆ full text
"Taiwan's midterms"
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CNN, 2022-11-27: Taiwan's President billed midterms as
all about China. The pro-independence DPP's losses come as a heavy blow for Tsai as she had tried
to frame the election – as a way to send a message against
Beijing's rising bellicosity toward the island.
edition.cnn.com/2022/11/27/asia/taiwan-election-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html
♣ DPP-friendly mass media FTV (民視, 2022-11-28, 2022-11-27;
ftvnews.com.tw/video/detail/h0489vFQzf4, youtube.com/watch?v=2Nn4iEsCHGA,
etc ) analyzed that one main factor causing DPP
drubbed in local vote is
war fears growing, which is
why
" Taiwan president strategy
'resist China and defend Taiwan' backfires"
(Reuters, 2022-11-27). |
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Wall Street Journal, 2022-11-28 | Taiwan Ruling Party's election drubbing could ease tension with China and persuade Chinese leaders that they can peacefully influence politics there. wsj.com/articles/taiwan-ruling-partys-election-drubbing-could-ease-tensions-with-china-11669645587?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo |
Independent (UK), 2022-11-27 | Tsai's DPP campaigned on the political anger against China's stance towards Taiwan, the KMT focussed more on the self-ruled island’s democracy and freedom; Its campaign also pointed to whether the government favoured a local vaccine over imported ones. msn.com/en-gb/news/world/taiwan-election-president-tsai-ing-wen-resigns-as-ruling-party-chair-after-disastrous-results/ar-AA14BJm0 |
Global Times (China), 2022-11-28 |
A loud "No" to DPP authorities' policies on a wide range of topics related to people's livelihoods including the chaotic COVID-19 response and the failure to rein in rising prices, and also demonstrated that Tsai Ing-wen''s "China threat bet" has backfired. Such results proved the mainstream public opinion on the island was for peace. Besides, failures in handling frequent scandals violating "values" it boasted about, corruption, black gold politics and nepotism severely violated what the DPP had pledged to the people, in many cases DPP sacrificed the interests of ordinary people and local companies such as relaxing a ban on food imports from Japan's sites of Fukushima nuclear disaster, and the US pork with ractopamine, DPP appeared to be incapable of handling the prices and livelihoods crises, and have also mulled lengthening the mandatory military service, a very unpopular idea among the youth. globaltimes.cn/page/202211/1280569.shtml |
WSWS.org, 2022-12-1 | Taiwan currently has the second-highest CovID-19 deaths per million. While economic and social issues were major factors in the election, the result also reflects real fears about Taiwan being transformed into a US pawn for a war with China wsws.org/no/articles/2022/12/01/bqmc-d01.html |
◆ Newsweek, 2022-10-21: Beijing has responded to the U.S. Navy's warning of a potential Chinese attack on Taiwan as soon as this year by cautioning Washington against any intervention on the sensitive geopolitical issue ◆ Daily Express, 2022-10-21: the 'Weakness' of US could 'encourage' China's efforts to blockade Taiwan; Experts urged the US to stand firm against Beijing ◆ The Diplomat, 2022-10-21: recent polling has indicated over 50 percent of Americans support coming to Taiwan’s defense if an invasion were to occur ◆ CNBC, 2022-10-18: Political watchers say the (CCP Congress) speech showed that Xi is not be keen to take Taiwan by force ◆ New York Times, 2022-10-17: China's leader warns of “perilous, stormy seas" ahead ◆ USNI news, 2022-10-18: China is looking to speed up its timeline for taking control of Taiwan to 2027 ◆ NPR, 2022-10-18: there's evidence to suggest that from China's point of view, what they really want is control, not that kind of symbolic unification ◆ Washington Post, 2022-10-12: Xi's looming third term in China raises threat of war over Taiwan... “Before, leaders talked about unification as something to be achieved in the long run. Now, it's number one on the agenda.”◆ Wall Street Journal, 2022-10-10: Mr. Xi may be disinclined to wait, given the risk of a more assertive president in Taipei in May 2024 or Washington in January 2025. Beijing's recent rhetoric has been consistent with this hypothesis ◆ Economist, 2022-10-10: In Washington, there is talk of intelligence that the pla has been told to be in a position to take Taiwan by 2027...The liberal political order is at stake ◆ full text
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★ Chinese Communist Party Congress |
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◆ CNBC, 2022-10-18 | Political watchers say the (CCP Congress) speech showed that Xi is not be keen to take Taiwan by force |
◆ NY Times, 2022-10-16 | China is still exerting what Xi also uses in the speech — ‘strategic patience' |
◆ LA Times, 2022-10-16 | Chinese Communist Party Congress affords another step for Xi Jinping's consolidation of power |
◆ CBS News,2022-10-9: while much of the world thought an invasion might be imminent, polls showed that a majority of Taiwanese think that is unlikely any time soon, if ever..."This is not a matter of if they will invade, it's a matter of when they will invade" ◆ NY Times, 2022-10-5: the U.S. was intensifying efforts to build a giant stockpile of weapons in Taiwan, turning it into a “porcupine” bristling with armaments to discourage aggression from mainland China ◆ Forbes, 2022-10-3: Defense Secretary Austin: Chinese Invasion Of Taiwan Not 'Imminent'; “What we do see is China moving to establish what we would call a new normal". ◆ 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 ◆ CBS News,2022-9-18: Biden tells <60 Minutes> U.S. forces, U.S. men and women would defend Taiwan, but White House says this is not official U.S. policy ◆ Wall Street Journal,2022-9-19: China Is Capable of Blockading Taiwan, U.S. Navy Commander Says◆ NY Times,2022-9-10: Drones -the latest front in China's mounting campaign of intimidation and psychological warfare ◆ NY Times, 2022-9-4: Washington is increasingly wary that an emboldened China might invade Taiwan in the coming years. NY Times, 2022-8-25: China could try to impose a blockade to force the island into concessions or as a precursor to wider military action ◆ NY Times, 2022-8-21: critics argued the tensions over Taiwan showed that Washington needed stronger military and economic strategies. ◆ Moscow Times (Russia), 2022-8-2: Russia Condemns Potential Pelosi Visit to Taiwan as ‘Provocation’ and accuses Washington of choosing "the path of confrontation." ◆ SCMP, 2022-8-21: PLA adopts nuclear deterrence to stop foreign intervention on Taiwan: analysts ◆ NY Times, 2022-8-11: Taiwan, which has struggled with accidents and morale in the face of such a would-be foe as China. By many accounts, Taiwan's forces are poorly equipped and understaffed ◆ Economist, 2022-8-10: Ms Pelosi's visit has allowed Beijing to move to a new level of military activity unchallenged, which will make it harder for America to defend Taiwan. ◆ New York Times, 2022-8-7: After China's Military Spectacle, Options Narrow for Winning Over Taiwan ◆ full text
No guarantee that U.S. military will hold the same view as Biden to defend Taiwan ★ |
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♣ Foreign
Policy, Politico, 2022-10-2:
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin declined to directly endorse
President Joe Biden’s statement that the U.S. military would
defend Taiwan
politico.com/news/2022/10/02/lloyd-austin-china-taiwan-biden-00059922 ♣ The Hill, 2022-10-3: US defense chief sidesteps questions on Biden’s pledge to defend Taiwan news.yahoo.com/us-defense-chief-sidesteps-questions-200504858.html |
♣ VICE, 2022-9-28: no guarantee that the next U.S. president will hold the same view as Biden, given the lack of a formal commitment by the U.S. military to intervene in the event of an attack by the PLA vice.com/en/article/m7gp7v/taiwan-defense-china-invasion-conscripts |
★ Biden : "U.S. forces, U.S. men and women would defend Taiwan" |
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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 |
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 |
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/ |
The Guardian (UK), 2022-9-21 | the president's remarks are provocative to Beijing without providing security to Taiwan or the US, Biden is conveying anxiety rather than confidence ... theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/21/biden-taiwan-comments-china-war-independence |
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 |
Chicago Tribune, 2022-9-23 | 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 |
Modern Diplomacy.eu, 2022-2-25 | Under the Budapest Memorandum, the US and UK promised to ensure Ukraine's security, geographical integrity and sovereignty, but, the world has seen that both the US and UK have not fulfilled their promise. moderndiplomacy.eu/2022/02/25/ukraine-is-betrayed-by-the-us-and-uk/ |
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 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 |
◆ Reuters, 2022-8-7: The ability to enforce a blockade would give Beijing leverage to bring Taiwan to the negotiating table ;A former Chinese defence official :"Seeing how the U.S. and its allies responded to the drills, how confident can Taiwan leaders be in counting on them to come to the rescue should the PLA attack?" ◆ New York Times, 2022-8-2: China is preparing a hostile response of some sort...This is an exceptionally dangerous situation, perhaps more so than Ukraine ◆ NY Times, 2022-7-28: The United States and China are on a collision course in the Taiwan Strait. China may soon be capable of seizing democratically ruled Taiwan — even in a fight with the United States. ◆ CNN,2022-7-29: Pelosi's possible visit potentially triggers the worst cross-strait crisis in decades ... the escalating tension barely made headline news in Taiwan this week. Taiwan has made few comments about the situation. ◆ NY Times, 2022-7-25: Chinese leaders might try to move against the self-governing island over the next year and a half — perhaps by trying to cut off access to all or part of the Taiwan Strait ◆ CNN,2022-7-25: Under Xi, a rising wave of nationalism has swept China, and support for "reuniting" with Taiwan — possibly by force — is running high ◆ Washington Post, 2022-7-23: Many Asian leaders have voiced fears that Russia’s effort to take over Ukraine could embolden China to move aggressively into Taiwan ◆ le Monde (France), 2022-7-21: China appears determined on using force in Taiwan ◆ DW (Germany),2022-7-22: Japan defense report warns Russia's invasion of Ukraine could encourage China to act against Taiwan ◆ Business Insider, 2022-7-21: CIA chief: the Ukraine war likely won't shake China's resolve to invade Taiwan ◆ FoxNews, 2022-7-20: CIA director 'wouldn't rule out' near-term Taiwan invasion ◆ Asia Nikkei (Japan), 2022-7-20: Taiwan's ex-defense chief calls for sweeping military reforms ◆ full text
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"We
call ourselves the Republic of China, Taiwan", president Tsai has told BBC
UK at Jan. 15, 2020, but later BBC changed it to "the Republic of China
(Taiwan)". This
self-governing
island country
lies roughly 100 miles off the coast of southeastern China
(
Taiwan's small island, Kinmens, just one mile off China
)
.
Taiwan's current population around
24 million is roughly the same as Australia's,
close to New York's, but the area of Australia is 207 times larger than
Taiwan's, that of NY is about 4 times Taiwan's. Taipei's
housing price is
about triple Tokyo's or Singapore's. Taiwan's
climate is
subtropical.
Taiwan's travel and tourism competitiveness is ranked No.10 among Asian nations (WEF, 9-4-2019), ranked about No.13 in Asia & Pacific (Statista, 2-4-2021) , ranked n/a in 2022 (WEF) . Taiwan's higher education is ranked about No.7~9 in the region (QS UK, Times, Nature Index, ARWU World 2019~2022) , Taipei ranks No.53 in EIU's Global Livability Index Ranking 2022. Taiwan's justice ministry was insufficiently independent and was questioned the impartiality of judges and prosecutors involved in high profile, politically sensitive cases (USA Country Reports on Human Rights practices , 2018, 2019, 2021 ; http://intlhumanrights.com/PoliticalPersecutionsTaiwanENG.htm ) . CTN opinion (4-12-2019): Taiwan's three presidents should be ashamed of Taiwan's judiciary. Taiwan's physicians density is almost the last in Asia. Taiwan was still "in its early days" of building soft power (abc news Australia, 9-28-2022) .Taiwan's soft power has never entered top 30 before CovID-19, losing Asia-Pacific's Japan, Australia, NZ, China, Singapore, Korea, UAE, India, Thailand, Qatar in recent years (USC, Portland , Monocle's Soft Power Survey, 2010 ~ 2020)
To contrast China's 'authoritarian', Westerners gave too many fulsome compliments to Taiwan's democracy, however, Taiwan's democracy is at surface level. USA Country Reports on Human Rights practices (2022-4-12, 2021-3-30): There were allegations of vote buying by candidates and supporters of both major political parties in Presidential election in 2020. Besides, Taiwan lacks good separation & balance of powers between the ruling party and the opposition, the executive and the legislative, the government and the media. New York Post (4-25-2020) comments that Taiwan deals with CovID-19 with "a lot more authoritarian". Global Times, 2022-8-11: under the guise of "democracy", the DPP authorities are practicing "green terror". Taiwan's ruling party, DPP's official website : human rights abuses occur anywhere and anytime in Taiwan (https://www.gotv.ctitv.com.tw/2020/12/1648383.htm).
Economist at 2022-11-29 reported many Taiwanese are tired of squabbles over national identity, especially after president Tsai's refusal to accept an offer of much-needed vaccines from China during a severe coronavirus outbreak. |