13 Jul 2021
Taipei’s growing legion of friends
There’s serious regional clout behind Taiwan’s goal of peace and stability.
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1 Jul 2021
Sweet and sour: Taiwan’s pork and pineapple battles
Nationalist consumer sentiment has become a decisive factor in Taiwan’s food bans with the US and China. -
29 Jun 2021
Hsinchu: Taiwan’s city at the centre of China’s conundrum
Semiconductors are the drivers of the digital economy. The US needs them. So does China. And Taiwan makes the most. -
30 Apr 2021
Taiwan: Renewing a southbound vision
Increasing economic ties with Southeast Asia has been a success for Tsai Ing-wen. She should look beyond to India, too. -
1 Apr 2021
Closer Taiwan-US ties are stabilising the region, not the opposite
Displays of solidarity for Taiwan won’t contain Beijing’s ambition, but US support must factor in its thinking. -
2 Nov 2020
Taiwan: Rising stakes for Australia
America’s policy of “strategic ambiguity” is being hotly contested, but multilateralism might offer a fresh approach. -
30 Sep 2020
The unfinished Chinese civil war
Many frame China’s options against Taiwan as peace or invasion. This is a dangerous oversimplification. -
17 Jul 2020
Taiwan tiptoes in cross-strait relations
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has carefully navigated Beijing’s bullying and wishful thinking about Washington. -
9 Jul 2020
The semiconductor industry is where politics gets real for Taiwan
These tiny strategic products can profoundly change the world as the US and China fight over the brains of electronics. -
19 Jun 2020
COVIDcast: Foreign Minister Joseph Wu on Taiwan’s place in the world
The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region and the world. -
9 Apr 2020
WHO and China: Compounding politics and policy
The World Health Organization has been heavily criticised for appeasing China instead of leading the Covid-19 fight. -
15 Jan 2020
Taiwan voters reject Beijing, but not populism
Tsai Ing-wen’s party used fear of Beijing to see off a weak opponent. She’ll have much to prove during her second term. -
7 Jan 2020
The absurdity shaping Taiwan’s presidential elections
The country that isn’t a country might one day reunify with the PRC, of which it was never a part. That’s just a start. -
29 Nov 2019
Taiwan embraces Southeast Asian migrant workers, one book at a time
A bookstore in New Taipei aims to bring a little piece of home to new migrants and help locals connect to the region. -
11 Oct 2019
For China, “national reunification” with Taiwan remains a dream
Xi Jinping regularly invokes “one country, two systems” to unite China and Taiwan, yet wins little support. -
19 Sep 2019
China-Taiwan: Solomon Islands’ switch and a “new normal”
Should the US and Australia really be surprised that Pacific nations see China filling a vacuum? -
12 Sep 2019
The wisdom of Solomons: Taiwan and China’s Pacific power play
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare offers an insight on the whys and why nots of diplomatic recognition. -
29 Jul 2019
Can Taiwan’s President fend off a populist wave?
<p>The next election is cast as a Clinton v Trump-like contest between a breezy populist and “adult in the room”.</p> -
10 Jul 2019
Hong Kong sets an example to push Taiwan even further from China
<p>Taiwan’s close watch on Hong Kong has only firmed its opposition to Beijing’s “one country, two systems”.</p> -
31 May 2019
The importance of Taiwan’s diplomatic partners in Oceania
With the China challenge in the Pacific, Australia and the US could work together to help Taiwan preserve regional ties. -
30 May 2019
Taiwan’s gay marriage law victory not an obvious win for its President
<p>Passage of a historic law is unlikely to bolster Tsai Ing-wen in her struggle at the ballot box.</p> -
9 May 2019
Taiwan’s tense politics on the international fault line
Beijing hovers with building pressure as the jostling ahead of Taiwan’s next presidential election ramps up. -
2 May 2019
The high seas danger to workers in Taiwan’s fishing fleet
Alleged killings, fisherman lost and punishing work hours leave Taiwan’s lucrative fishing industry at risk of sanction. -
29 Apr 2019
Tsai wins US sympathy, but what about Taiwan’s voters?
Taiwan’s President portrays herself as the only reliable choice against an assertive China. -
18 Mar 2019
Diplomatic switch? Solomon Islands relations with Taiwan or China
<p>Honiara might break with Taipei after the April election, and may not be the last in a tug of war with Beijing.</p> -
5 Feb 2019
Not only China, Tsai Ing-wen must master the politics of pork
The agricultural lobby is making trouble for Taiwan’s president, yet tackling vested interests might be key to winning. -
8 Jan 2019
Taiwan: Tsai Ing-wen’s battle to discipline the DPP
The Taiwanese president struggles to get the green light for DPP leadership in the 2020 presidential elections. -
13 Dec 2018
What went wrong? Taiwan fails to legalise same-sex marriage
Foreign influence helped scupper a bid to be the first Asian nation to formally legalise gay marriage. -
28 Nov 2018
Key takeaways from the Taiwan elections
The Kuomintang made big gains which have given the party a second opportunity at political relevance. -
19 Nov 2018
What to watch in the Taiwan elections
These elections are a barometer for the ruling party and will provide a sense of the public's satisfaction with it. -
13 Nov 2018
Scoring China’s happiness quest
Data from China challenges assumptions of what indicates a country’s happiness – and allows for interesting comparisons. -
26 Sep 2018
China’s ‘divide and conquer’ charm offensive
China’s creeping influence in Taiwan’s democracy is a prelude of what a possible ‘Chinese Century’ might look like. -
25 Sep 2018
Exploring Taiwan’s aid to the Pacific
Per capita, Taiwan spends more than twice as much as China on Pacific aid. -
19 Sep 2018
Taiwan: the lonely winter
China aims to cut Taiwan off from Japan, as well as backing from the Vatican, to ensure the island is out in the cold. -
12 Sep 2018
How Taiwan deters China – and can do better yet
Far from a “lost cause”, the Asia Power Index demonstrates the chance Taiwan has to strengthen its defence networks. -
10 Sep 2018
Political blackmail in the Taiwan-China contest
Countries with diplomatic ties to Taiwan are blackmailing Taipei before ditching ties in favour of Beijing. -
4 Sep 2018
Will Solomon Islands abandon Taiwan?
Taipei will find it increasingly hard to dispel the intangible sense the tide of history is running in China’s favour. -
14 Aug 2018
Taiwan’s small-power diplomacy
Taipei is facing more competition from Beijing over which “China” is allowed to exist in the international community. -
23 Jul 2018
Taiwan and Australia’s refugee treatment deal
The Taiwanese have expressed mixed attitudes towards arrangements for the medical treatment of asylum seekers on Nauru. -
9 Jul 2018
US Navy sails into Taiwan sunset
Whereas in 1996 America’s affirmations of support for Taiwan were genuine, they are now a bluff. -
7 Jun 2018
Name shame: China’s trouble with Taiwan
Beijing’s nomenclature belligerence may actually be working in Tapei’s favour. -
30 May 2018
Taiwan: Tsai Ing-wen at the halfway mark
The security threat from China grows by the day, but domestic policies increasingly shape how voters see Taiwan’s president. -
4 May 2018
The language of cross-strait tensions
The Chinese military has released a propaganda video aimed at Taiwan recorded in Hokkien, a language widely discouraged in China. -
23 Mar 2018
Cross-strait tensions rising, but Chinese aircraft carrier poses no threat
Sending the Liaoning through the Taiwan Strait may signal China’s displeasure, but in military terms is an irrelevance. -
11 Dec 2017
Taiwan and its South Pacific allies
President Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to the Pacific took an intriguing detour, perhaps a signal of trouble to come. -
6 Dec 2017
How America can build a durable military balance in Asia
China’s neighbours are not passive dominoes or feckless pawns in a US-China power contest. -
18 Oct 2017
Pacific island links: PNG politics, Ambae, Tsai’s visit and more
Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the Pacific. -
11 Oct 2017
Australia’s One-China Policy and why it matters
Australia's One-China Policy requires a familiarity with China's modern and classical history. -
13 Jul 2017
The end of martial law: An important anniversary for Taiwan
When martial law ended on 15 July, 1987, people began the fraught and intricate task of speaking truths silenced by Taiwan’s coercive state. -
22 Jun 2017
Who will abandon Taiwan next?
A ‘cascade’ of countries flowing from Taipei to Beijing isn't likely any time soon. Nonetheless, the question remains – who’s next after Panama?