The Guardian • Taiwan
Issue #2021
Using Taiwan to contain China is doomed to fail
Taiwan has been an integral part of China’s territory since ancient times, there is but one China in the world, and the Government of the...
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Issue #2019
Why the island of Taiwan is so important for mainland China
The Taiwan question remains unresolved to this day. To understand why the island of Taiwan is so important for the mainland, we need to understand...
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Issue #2173
Japan’s Takaichi: be alarmed
Australians have been presented a benign view of the new Japanese Prime Minister. Our Prime Minister has posed for photo ops. The reality is that...
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Issue #2035
DINGO
The latest cost estimate for taxpayers of Australia’s pending nuclear submarines at more than $170 billion. Don’t be surprised when Australia’s supply of weaponry to...
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Issue #2172
GLOBAL BRIEFS
COLOMBIA: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered the country’s security forces to stop sharing intelligence with the United States until the Trump administration stops unprovoked...
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Issue #2041
“Hands off the world”
On 2nd February 2023, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr of the Philippines met with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at Malacañang Palace in Manila, where they...
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Issue #2095
GLOBAL BEIEFS
PERSIAN GULF: Countries in the Persian Gulf including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Kuwait have reportedly told the United States not to...
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Issue #2101
Taiwan, separatism, and military drills: the propaganda war intensifies
Recently media has been abuzz about Chinese military drills around Taiwan. The focus of the news has been on the alleged dangers posed by China...
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Issue #2136
A topsy-turvy approach: the Halifax Forum’s anti-democratic agenda
The so-called “Halifax Forum” has held a meeting in China’s Taipei on 20-21 February, 2025. From the announcement on the Forum’s website, this will include...
Read moreBlinken blinks first at US-China Summit in Alaska
Top officials from China and the United States (US) exchanged verbal blows at the Alaska Summit last week, after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan opened the session by making false and unwarranted accusations about China’s governance and international affairs.
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Issue #2191
Upholding the one-China principle and safeguarding peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait
The one-China principle is where the arc of history bends and public opinion trends, and to uphold it is the right thing to do. No...
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Issue #2111
China-Ukraine talks, Western hypocrisy
China’s diplomatic efforts have been subject to largely unfriendly discussion in Western media recently, following China’s recent talks with Ukrainian officials. While most of the...
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Issue #2045
PEACE NOTES
The current debate over who can decide if Australia goes to war is more urgent and important than ever, now that the rhetoric around war...
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Issue #2084
Taiwan elections: butter before guns
The level of excitement from the USA, Australia and the shrinking clutch of anti-China states about the Taiwanese election is perturbing but hardly surprising. The...
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Issue #2186
Taiwan: a move towards peaceful dialogue
In early April this year, Taiwanese Opposition Chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Cheng Li-wun, travelled to mainland China (PRC) to meet with President Xi Jinping....
Read moreTaiwan is a tinderbox, and the West is attempting to light the fuse
Taiwan island, internationally recognised as a province of China, has again become a key focal point in Washington’s ongoing hybrid war against Beijing.
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Issue #2155
Taiwan: history says One China
To understand why the Chinese remain so firm in their determination to oppose what they describe as a “small gang of splittists” it is only...
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Issue #2084
GLOBAL BRIEFS
NAURU: Nauru switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China, leaving Taiwan with only 12 diplomatic allies that recognise it as a sovereign state. Nauru’s decision...
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Issue #2195
LETTERS
Swazi communists reach Chinese readers Chinese Translation Group The recent visit by “Taiwanese leader” Lai Ching-te to Swaziland once again drew attention to the country’s...
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Issue #2165
Join hands with China, embrace opportunities together
I arrived in Perth on 16 September to assume the role of the 11th Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Perth. I...
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