China’s two Palace Museums and their battle over legitimacy
China's two Palace Museums — one in Beijing, one in Taipei — both claim theirs is the real, legitimate museum. It's a story steeped in history and the cross-strait rivalry.
Taiwan // tagged articles
Latest Posts
More Posts
U.K. and Taiwan welcome Hongkongers as arrests begin under Beijing’s national security law
On the first day of Beijing’s new national security law in Hong Kong, 10 protesters were arrested on charges related to the law, and a chill swept over the city. Meanwhile, the U.K. and Taiwan made plans to welcome fleeing Hongkongers.
Pompeo warns Chinese counterpart of ‘more confrontation to come’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his most direct Chinese counterpart, Yáng Jiéchí 杨洁篪 — who holds two equally important titles, Politburo member, and director of the Office of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China — met yesterday in Hawaii. It was the first high-level diplomatic meeting between the U.S. and China in months, but don’t mistake that for a sign of détente.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang: ‘recession will be followed by a new boom’
China is experiencing its worst economic slowdown in decades with tens of millions of people unemployed and a demand slump around the world dampening chances for a quick recovery. Premier Li Keqiang nonetheless sounded an upbeat message on the sidelines of the National People's Congress.
Beijing lashes out at Pompeo after he congratulates Tsai Ing-wen on second term
Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文 Cài Yīngwén) began her second term as Taiwan’s president today, after winning reelection in a landslide in January. In her inauguration speech...
Most Taiwanese view China negatively, favor closer ties to the U.S.
A new report by the Pew Research Center, a public opinion research organization based in Washington D.C., has found that a majority of Taiwanese adults hold negative views of mainland China, and support closer economic and political ties with the United States.
Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League is the only game in town (and the world)
In Taiwan, professional baseball is back. Games are played in empty stadiums with piped-in crowd noise and, in some cases, mannequin fans — but they...
Taiwan gains influence as it successfully contains COVID-19
The Grand Hotel in Taipei marks April 14, a day with zero new cases of COVID-19. Photo via Facebook (in Chinese). Today, April 14, Taiwan reported...
Popular Chinese science channel, praised for COVID-19 video, falls victim to nationalists
With COVID-19 at its peak in February, authorities in China found themselves fighting on two fronts: the disease itself, and also a rash of misinformation flooding...
China turns up the pressure on Eswatini to abandon Taiwan
The tiny landlocked kingdom of Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is now the last country in Africa to maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan. This is...