China does not have the military capability or the intent to seize Taiwan by force in the immediate future, the top uniformed officer of the U.S. military told Congress Thursday. “China has a ways to go to develop the actual no-kidding… Read More ›
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Cadence Column: Asia, June 14, 2021
The snowball of worldwide hate toward China is past the growth knee. It was slow going, but now it’s gaining unstoppable momentum. China’s self-importance has reached embarrassing levels. G7 wants stability, introducing an alternative plan to China’s tightening Belt Road…. Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, June 7, 2021
It’s that time of year again. While Americans celebrate independence on July 4, Chinese mourn one month before on June 4, to remember the 1989 Tienanmen massacre. Chinese aren’t allowed to gather. People in Communist China are tightly controlled by… Read More ›
Senators say US donating vaccines to Taiwan amid China row
The U.S. will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, part of President Joe Biden’s move to share millions of jabs globally, three senators said Sunday, after the self-ruled island complained that China is hindering its efforts to secure the… Read More ›
Taiwan is a country – and a free one, unlike China
It happens way too often, and it is exactly how China tries to desensitize the world to falsehoods. Wrestler-turned-actor John Cena became the latest victim of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) bullying when he issued a somewhat groveling apology — in… Read More ›
Taiwan says ‘China’s intervention’ blocked vaccine deal with BioNTech
Taiwan has directly accused China for the first time of blocking a deal with Pfizer-BioNTech for COVID-19 vaccines, in an escalating war of words after Beijing offered the German-made mRNA shots to the island via a Chinese company. Taiwan has… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, May 24, 2021
A democratic Pacific alliance is on the rise. Many nations in the Far East may host US troops, but a bond is forming between them that runs deeper than any US influence. At the center: Taiwan; across the battlefield: China,… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, May 17, 2021
Asia produced two shining lamps on two hills this week. One is Ming Yang, CFO of the Daqo solar manufacturer in Xinjiang. The other is Taiwan. Yang, who has a Taiwanese heritage, leads a company in China that is completely… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, May 3, 2021
Navies from across the globe are holding a slumber party in the East Pacific, namely the South Sea. British and other Europeans join the US, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam, and of course China. Everyone says they want things to… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, April 26, 2021
The world is starting to realize that China is just going to ignore everybody. Talking won’t work. Action won’t work unless China loses, then China still won’t listen. This isn’t new. China has never listened. The only reason China respected… Read More ›
Hong Kong press editorial: US Congress sort of declares war on China
The ‘Strategic Competition Act of 2021’ passed through the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee by 21-1 on Apr 21 Wednesday. The bill will very likely get approved by the 100-member Senate soon. This bill includes a boycott of the 2022… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, April 12, 2021
China’s getting more flack from more sides—Vietnam, Japan, the Philippines. Vietnamese are furious with H&M for depicting maps with Vietnam-claimed islands as part of China, even though H&M did that because the Chinese told them to. The noose of perceived… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, April 5, 2021
China looks worse and worse in the public eye. H&M closures have drawn more Western attention. Chinese ads showing a purportedly happy Xinjiang backfired among Facebook staff. The Philippines are evermore concerned about a swelling number of Chinese militia boats… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, March 29, 2021
China’s adversaries face a tightly closing decision. America needs to decide whether it can keep playing the role of the world-cop with only its B-game, or if it is ready to bust out its A-game not seen since FDR. More… Read More ›
Paraguay says Chinese vaccine offers tied to dumping Taiwan
Like many nations, Paraguay faces an uphill battle to procure coronavirus vaccines. But its quest is being complicated by fraught relations between China on one side, and Taiwan and the U.S. on the other. The Paraguayan government has been approached… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, March 22, 2021
Huawei plans to charge royalties for some of its 5G tech, but they may lose respect when they refuse rent payment for anchoring 200 military-manned vessels the Philippines’ backyard pool. International royalties are based on international agreement, which China denies…. Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, March 8, 2021
Military budgets—that’s the talk of the Taiwan Strait. China wants its budget to grow so it can play with the big kids by 2035. China’s apparently not ready to play with the big kids, at least since India just ate… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, March 1, 2021
China was fooled again. They thought Biden would be the same pushover he was as vice president. Oops. Human Rights groups are amassing. Now the Beijing 2022 Olympics are a candidate for boycott. As if that’s not enough, the USS… Read More ›
War of words erupts as China blocks Taiwan from getting Pfizer COVID vaccine
Taiwan and China are locked in a dispute over who is actually to blame for the self-governing island’s lack of vaccine supplies, underscoring the two sides’ wider political and strategic conflicts. Ruling Democratic Progressive Party politicians have claimed Beijing is… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, February 15, 2021
The WHO probe into China over the pneumoniavirus pandemic doesn’t help ties. The team requested raw data; they were given a summary. China blames America. Joe Biden takes on China over Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Uighurs of Xinjiang. Now,… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, February 8, 2021
Biden doesn’t only continue the stance on China from the previous administration, he seems to be clamping down. The US sails through the Taiwan Strait, again. China strong arms Guyana out of an office for Taiwan; the US defends Taiwan…. Read More ›
Biden admin vows to ‘deepen ties’ with Taiwan as Chinese warplanes threaten island
The U.S. State Department vowed to back Taiwan over the weekend and called on China to discontinue its military, diplomatic and economic pressures against the sovereign island. On Saturday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said, “The United States notes with… Read More ›
January 29, 2005 – First direct commercial flights from mainland China to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei
On January 29, 2005, the first direct commercial flights from mainland China left Guangzhou for Taiwan. The first flights landed in Taipei. They were the first flights since the Communist government took control of mainland China in 1949, and the… Read More ›
China-Taiwan tensions rise days into Biden presidency
Chinese air force planes including 12 fighter jets entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone for a second day on Sunday, Taiwan said, as tensions rise near the island just days into US President Joe Biden’s new administration. China views democratically… Read More ›
Taiwan reports large incursion by Chinese air force
Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan’s air force deployed missiles to “monitor” the incursion, the island’s defense ministry said. China, which claims Taiwan as… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, January 18, 2021
This is a linchpin week. Britain’s new aircraft carrier stands by with courses ready for the South Sea. America has an inauguration scheduled amid more foreseeable chaos, likely greater than Hong Kong. Bad news on China only gets worse—while the… Read More ›
January 15, 1923 – Birth of Lee Teng-hui, 4th President of the Republic of China
Lee Teng-hui (15 January 1923 – 30 July 2020) was a Taiwanese statesman and economist who was the fourth president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the 1947 Constitution and chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000. He… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, January 9, 2021
Let’s look past the fact that Chinese state media doesn’t know what it means to be “cowardly”. Pompeo rejecting Chinese Communist preferences on US policy with Taiwan is not “cowardly”, at worst it would be “foolish” or “over-confidence”; but “cowardly”… Read More ›
Taiwan population has fallen, 1st time in memory
Taiwan’s population shrank for the first time ever in 2020, government data showed Friday, as the island faces a burgeoning demographic crisis similar to those affecting South Korea and Japan. Births last year plunged to 165,000, down seven percent from… Read More ›
January 6, 1950 – United Kingdom recognises People’s Republic of China. Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response
Chinese-United Kingdom relations, more commonly known as British–Chinese relations, Anglo-Chinese relations and Sino-British relations, refers to the interstate relations between China (with its various governments through history) and the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom and China were on opposing sides… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, January 4, 2021
The Chinese make one huge gamble based on two doubtful conclusions. They think Biden will be inaugurated in January. They think they have deterred the US military in the Pacific. Both notions have been carefully feigned and crafted by the… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, December 28, 2020
Anymore, it’s not only bad news about China, but continued action in both military and trade. The pressure Washington puts on Beijing keeps finding new ways to keep turning up. Sanctions continue to increase. Military attention rises. And, Japan puts… Read More ›
December 28, 1931 – Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as President of Nanjing-China
Lin Sen (16 March 1868 – 1 August 1943) was a Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China from 1931 until his death. Born to a middle-class family in Shanggan Township, Minhou… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, December 21, 2020
Readers still can’t get a break from bad news of China. More Chinese companies are added to the notorious “entities list”. The WHO sends a team to China, which isn’t exactly wonderful press. China is the biggest military threat. The… Read More ›
December 15, 1978 – United States announces that it will recognise communist China
In one of the most dramatic announcements of the Cold War, President Jimmy Carter states that as of January 1, 1979, the United States will formally recognize the communist People’s Republic of China (PRC) and sever relations with Taiwan. Following… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, December 14, 2020
Hit pieces against China are coming out as if from an avalanche. More dangerous, they are coupled with Western plans of military expansion in China’s back yard. From Xinjiang teens to disappearing journalists to Australian wine to spies in America… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, December 7, 2020
A date which will live in infamy, 79 years ago. The Chinese warned the Japanese not to attack America for fear of waking a sleeping giant. Now, the Chinese are speeding against their own advice. The move will likely be… Read More ›
Chinese History: December 7, 1949 – The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan during Chinese Civil War
The Government of the Republic of China was formally established in 1912 in Nanking, with Sun Yat-sen as President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China under the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China. This government moved… Read More ›
Invasion killer: Taiwan’s new subs a formidable force
On paper, as they say, China has a distinct advantage when it comes to naval power. Over the past decade, it has aggressively built up its navy to over 300 warships and submarines, making it the largest navy in the… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, November 16, 2020
America is one of the most cunning nations, almost as much so as Britain. Chinese are known for signing contracts early, then negotiating after—something the West calls “reneging”, which breaks the contract. London always knew China wouldn’t be able to… Read More ›
China warns of action after US Secretary of State says Taiwan not part of China
China will strike back against any moves that undermine its core interests, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Taiwan “has not been a part of China”. China calls Taiwan the most… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, November 9, 2020
China and Taiwan are in a military face-off for a singular reason: xenophobia. Taiwan had everything it needed to counter China without help from the US, but it snubbed foreigners and still continues to do so today. Were it not… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, November 2, 2020
China, China, China. What is the world to think? As a condition of formalizing relations between the United States and Communist-controlled China, US law mandated weapons sales to Taiwan. Now, China is angry that the US upheld this law. Would… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, October 26, 2020
The flashpoint of Taiwan has become a pregnant possibility. Reportedly, a US military jet flew across Taiwan, and no one is fully certain over who claimed what and why. Taiwan’s government said something after the US government said something about… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, October 19, 2020
The new global trend is hit pieces against China; even a Taiwanese rapper is on the bandwagon. China’s solution to lack of technology is to take over countries that have enough freedom to create technology, then deprive those countries of… Read More ›
Americans willing to take risks to defend allies against China
Americans are overwhelmingly willing to take military risks in defending allies from China, according to a new poll from the Center for Strategic and International Studies. On a scale of 1 to 10—where 10 means one is willing to take… Read More ›
Taiwan Strait’s change is also waiting for US presidential post-election chaos
A Taiwan Strait civil war is what Washington hopes for. A first gun shot from Taipei is what Beijing hopes for. A direct military participation from the U.S. is what Taipei hopes for. It is the waiting game all have… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, October 5, 2020
The world is entering a realization phase: China doesn’t care what the world thinks or how the world responds. Beijing has become that annoying kid at school who has no friends, and his solution is to be more annoying. The… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, September 28, 2020
There are no new developments with China, only old squabbles. China is shouting louder and louder, and Western media publish more in-depth stories outlining the many countries China has squabbles with. China is losing over the TikTok ordeal, as well… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, September 21, 2020
Taiwan has become the center of China’s conflict with the world. One economy at a time, one government at a time, China has managed to insult the world. The Chinese have done such a good job of losing friends and… Read More ›
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