Taiwan

by Ai-lueh Chen

by Alex Lin

by James Yu

by 4-6

China Urges U.S. to Cancel Arms Sales to Taiwan

The Pentagon is poised to make a $330 million arms sale to Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province that will be reunified with the mainland by force if necessary. If approved by Congress, this arms sale would follow a June 2017 sale of $1.4 billion worth of torpedoes, missiles, and early-warning radar support—a move that had effectively ended the honeymoon between Presidents Xi and Trump. China has again reacted with anger, and has asked the US to cancel the deal. ...

September 26, 2018

How Police Databases Sort China’s Citizens

Chinese authorities’ efforts to gather data about citizens have attracted growing attention, from DNA collection and AI-enhanced video ...

September 19, 2018

New iPhones, Google Plans Could Track Chinese Users

The ability to persistently link people’s identities and activities is a core theme of China’s raft of developing surveillance and population ...

September 14, 2018

El Salvador Severs Ties with Taiwan

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen made a brief transit in the United States over the weekend, stopping in Los Angeles and Houston en route to South ...

August 21, 2018