A Rollercoaster of a Year
For those interested in current affairs and history it is fun but perhaps foolish to try and judge what current events and what time periods really contribute to a meaningfu……
The New Realities
Last month this column looked at the shambolic UK China policy, or lack thereof. For over a decade the UK has floundered when it comes to conducting a sensible and consistent China……
I. Japan’s Strategic Language Under Prime Minister Takaichi
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s embrace of the phrase “A crisis in Taiwan is a crisis for Japan” (台湾有事は日本有事) marks not a rhetorical revival……
President Trump posted the term “G2” in reference to the U.S. and China on Truth Social before and after his meeting with President Xi Jinping in South Korea on October 30. On October 31 (U.S. Eastern……
On October 28, Xinhua released the full text of the “Proposal of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development.” Presented amid accelera……
In recent weeks, Beijing announced the establishment of a “Taiwan Retrocession Day”(台灣光復節) and released a series of commentaries under the pseudonym “Zhong Taiwen” (鍾台文) through Xinhua News Agency, co……
Still in the Headlines
In December of last year the UK news headlines were full of Chinese spies and Prince Andrew. The revelations that one of Prince Andrew’s closest contacts was a Chinese nationa……
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was held in Beijing from October 20 to 23, 2025, during which it adopted the Proposal for Formulating the ……
On October 18, the Kuomintang (KMT) concluded its chairmanship election. Cheng Li-wun（鄭麗文） won by a clear margin, defeating candidates supported by the party’s mainstream establishment and becoming on……
President Xi Jinping’s address on China’s 2025 National Day was not merely a celebratory ceremony or a retrospective reflection. Rather, it represented a reconstruction of political narrative. Through……
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- Not Reconciliation, but Managed Rivalry: A Taiwanese Reading of Trump’s Beijing Visit
- トランプ訪中へ
- 米中首脳会談を前に焦るトランプ――「核問題」がネック なぜイスラエルの核兵器保有は容認されるのか
- イラン・中国外相会談 習近平の存在によりトランプがイランとの合意に傾く
- イラン外相訪中報道だけで、急遽「TACO」るトランプ
- 米政府「イラン戦争はすでに終結」と表明 習近平が背後で動いた4月上旬の一時停戦を根拠に
- Trump Travels to Beijing
- 習近平の対米パンダ外交から見えてくるイラン情勢
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