Published since 2019 by the Fair Winds Foundation and Association of Foreign Relations, Taiwan Weekly provides in-depth report and analysis of the major issues facing Taiwan.

This Week in Taiwan 0912-0918

This Week in Taiwan 0912-0918

September 13: The Navy procured from the United States 100 sets of shore-mounted harpoon missile systems. Due to a tight budget, it originally planned to purchase 32 sets. However, after high-level American national security officials strongly demanded that Taiwan must procure all at once, the Navy was forced to submit a new price offer. The Navy prepared a budget of NT$86.6 billion (about US$3.1 billion) to procure 100 sets of harpoons at once.

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Biden Has No Intention to Change "One China" Policy

Biden Has No Intention to Change "One China" Policy

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation with President Joe Biden on the morning of September 10.

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White House Still Contemplating Proposed Name Change for Taiwan's Representative Office

White House Still Contemplating Proposed Name Change for Taiwan's Representative Office

Following the second phone call between President Joe Biden of the United States and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Financial Times reported that the United States and Taiwan's top national security officials met face-to-face in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Overtones in Biden-Xi Phone Call

Overtones in Biden-Xi Phone Call

President Joe Biden of the United States made a phone call to Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 10, the second phone call since February.

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Afghanistan Withdrawal and Taiwan's Mass Production of Medium-Range Missiles

Afghanistan Withdrawal and Taiwan's Mass Production of Medium-Range Missiles

The withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, coupled with Taiwan's decision to mass produce medium-range missiles, is the worst strategic combination for Taiwan.

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This Week in Taiwan 0905-0911

This Week in Taiwan 0905-0911

September 7: Two-term Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien proposed the merger of Hinchu county and city to become Taiwan's seventh special municipality. Legislator Ker Chien-ming, whip of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus, stated that as long as Article 4 of the Local Government Act is successfully amended by the end of this year, lowering the population threshold of special municipalities from 1.25 million to 1 million, the merger would be just in time before the local elections next year. Mayor Lin can run for mayor, and so can the Kuomintang's Hsinchu County Executive Yang Wen-ke.

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Candidates for KMT Chairman Emphasize Cross-Strait Relations

Candidates for KMT Chairman Emphasize Cross-Strait Relations

The only televised debate for the Kuomintang (KMT) chairpersonship election was held on September 4.

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Dilemma Behind Direct Election of Party Chairman

Dilemma Behind Direct Election of Party Chairman

The chairmanship election of the Kuomintang (KMT) will be held in late September.

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Xi Pushes "ReMaoization" by Concentrating Power in His Hands

Xi Pushes "ReMaoization" by Concentrating Power in His Hands

As part of a lecture series discussing the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party, Academician Wu Yu-shan of the Academia Sinica indicated that since Xi Jinping became leader, the notion that power is highly centralized with the term limit has been lifted.

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This Week in Taiwan 0829-0904

This Week in Taiwan 0829-0904

August 31: In the morning, President Tsai Ing-wen delivered remarks for the Ketagalan Forum—2021 Asia-Pacific Security Dialogue in English. She stated that Taiwan does not seek military confrontation and hopes for peaceful, stable, and beneficial existence with its neighbors. But the official press release of the Office of the President translated "neighbors" as "neighboring countries," interpreted by the opposition Kuomintang as a reprint of the "Two-State Theory" promoting independence. Some scholars indicated that President Tsai's deliberate ball-scoring will only let cross-strait relations continue to deteriorate.

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