[Analytics] Beijing’s pressure will only push Taiwan further out of reach
China hopes its strong-arm tactics will persuade the Taiwanese public to spurn Tsai Ing-wen in…
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) is an economy of 23.5 million people. In 1991, the year it joined APEC, the current GDP of Chinese Taipei was recorded at USD 187 billion, while its per capita GDP was USD 9,000. The GDP of Chinese Taipei more than doubled by 2016, at USD 573 billion, as did its per capita GDP at USD 24,000.
China hopes its strong-arm tactics will persuade the Taiwanese public to spurn Tsai Ing-wen in…
TAIPEI, Oct 5, 2019, The China Post. A group of more than 1,500 scooter riders…
TARAWA, Oct 3, 2019, Hawai’i Public Radio. Last month, two Pacific island nations switched diplomatic…
MANILA, Oct 2, 2019, PhilStar. Two Filipino fishery workers were found dead after a bridge…
TAIPEI, Oct 2, 2019, AP. A towering arch bridge over a bay in eastern Taiwan…
TAIPEI, Sep 30, 2019, Reuters. A typhoon will hit northern Taiwan later on Monday, meteorologists…
TAIPEI, Sep 29, 2019, SCMP. Taiwan is wondering how many diplomatic allies it can afford…
BEIJING, Sep 29, 2019, Kyodo. China and the Pacific island nation of Kiribati have signed…
As the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, Indonesia is aiming to be the center of modest…
TAIPEI, Sep 27, 2019, SCMP. Senior US diplomat Sandra Oudkirk will travel to Taiwan in…
SYDNEY, Sep 26, 2019, Reuters. The tiny Pacific country of Nauru will retain long-standing ties…
Taiwan suffered two major diplomatic blows in the Pacific this week with both the Solomon…