Taiwan Weekly is a newsletter released every week by Fair Winds Foundation, Association of Foreign Relations and Taipei Forum that provides coverage and perspectives into the latest developments in Taiwan.
Messages Conveyed by PLA's Police Patrols and Military Drills Around Taiwan
The People's Liberation Army's (PLA) three-day "United Sharp Sword" military exercises encircling Taiwan ended on the evening of April 10.
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April 10: The People's Liberation Army (PLA) concluded its combat readiness patrol and "United Sharp Sword" military exercises. The Ministry of National Defense (MND) stated that the PLA mobilized a total of 232 sorties to operate around the Taiwan Strait in three days, of which 134 sorties crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's southwest and southeast airspace. Among them, 91 sorties of fighter planes were detected by Taiwan on April 9; 54 sorties, including the J-15 fighter planes carried by the aircraft carrier Shandong, crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's southwest and southeast airspace. Both figures broke single-day records previously released by the MND.
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Pro-American and Maintaining Peace with China Not Mutually Exclusive
When former President Donald Trump of the United States appeared at a Manhattan court on criminal charges, President Joe Biden was in a meeting with his science advisors discussing the advantages and disadvantages of artificial intelligence at the White House.
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Tsai and Ma on Parallel Paths：Taiwan Continue to Walk on a Tightrope？
In late March, former President Ma Ying-jeou visited mainland China to pay respects to his ancestors while President Tsai Ing-wen visited Central America and transited through the United States.
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Expert：PLA Military Exercises Around Taiwan Scope Quite Well-Crafted
The People's Liberation Army's (PLA) "Eastern Theater Command" announced today that it will conduct a three-day "combat readiness" patrol and "United Sharp Sword" exercise encircling Taiwan.
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April 3: Wang Chih-huah, a division chief of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Sau Pulo, Brazil, committed suicide by jumping from a building. An open letter signed by his widow Yu Hui-min was circulated on the Internet and stated that the reason for Wang's suicide is related to his reluctance to hastily verify costs associated with repairing the official residence and consequent retaliation and bullying by Director-General Fong Kuang-jong, who heads the office.
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Gone Too Far, President Tsai's Unspeakable Miseries During U.S. Stopover
It was highly expected that President Tsai Ing-wen, en route on her official visit to Central America, could transit through Washington and speak before the United States Congress.
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KMT's Strategic Clarity Tests Relationship with Communist China
Intensive discussions have been taking place within the Kuomintang (KMT) about a new cross-strait narrative, which will still be based on the "1992 Consensus" but will no longer emphasize "One China with different interpretations."
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Ma's Visit to Mainland China Helping Lai's Presidential Campaign？
Recent commentaries in Taiwan on former President Ma Ying-jeou’s visit to mainland China to pay respects to his ancestors are quite polarized.
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March 27: Former President Ma Ying-jeou mentioned the "Republic of China" in his public remarks after paying respects to Dr. Sun Yat-sen at the Mausoleum in Nanjing, stressing that the R.O.C. is now in its 112th year. In his meeting with Xin Changxing, Communist Party secretary of Jinagsu Province, Mr. Ma also mentioned events during his "presidency" in Taiwan. In a discussion with students at Hunan University, Mr. Ma stated that both Taiwan and the mainland are parts of the R.O.C. His repeated emphasis of the R.O.C. is unprecedented for Taiwan politicians who have visited the mainland. Mr. Ma is the first former head of state of the R.O.C. to set foot on the Chinese mainland in 74 years since the two sides of the Taiwan Strait became separately ruled in 1949.
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