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.
Putin Backs China's Taiwan Policy：China Needs Not Use Military Force to Achieve Unification
President Vladimir Putin of Russia said to a United States reporter during the Russia Energy Week conference on October 13 that China is a huge and powerful economy, and through economic strength, China is fully capable of achieving its goal to unify Taiwan.
Details
Putin Remarks Leave President Tsai Lonely After Her National Day Performance
In a rare public comment on how Beijing could unify Taiwan, President Vladimir Putin of Russia stated in a recent interview that China is now the world's top economy and is already ahead of the United States, and that it does not need to use force to achieve the goal of unification with Taiwan but can do so through economic strength.
Details
Extraordinary Significance of High-Level Call Between U.S.-China Military Officials
A new book Peril recently set off a wave of heated discussion in Washington.
Details
This Week in Taiwan 1010-1016
October 11: In response to President Tsai Ing-wen's remarks that the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China are not subordinate to each other, the mainland's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) of the State Council criticized the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities as conspiring independence and provoking the mainland. According to the TAO, this is the source of tension and turbulence which threatens the peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
Details
President Tsai Cautions Beijing to Exercise Restraint
Before the National Day on October 10, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) air crafts intruded the southwest airspace of Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), and the number of sorties repeatedly reached a new high.
Details
Is Biden's Taiwan Agreement Empty Talk？
In answering the media question about Taiwan, President Joe Biden of the United States brought up the so-called "Taiwan agreement".
Details
Xi Attempts to Ease Tensions, Assuage Hawks on Taiwan
The Chinese Communist Party held a meeting to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the 1911 republican revolution.
Details
This Week in Taiwan 1003-1009
October 4: The Ministry of National Defense stated that from October 1 to 10:50 PM on October 4, People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft intruded Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) 149 times. The fleet of 56 military aircraft on October 4 was the highest number ever in a single day. There were about 10 aircraft intrusions in 2019, 380 in 2020, and 600 this year as of early October. The targeted military provocations have seriously affected Taiwan's air defense and security.
Details
U.S. Sets Deadline for TSMC to Hand Over Trade Secrets
In order to address its chip shortage, the United States has requested major semiconductor manufacturers, among others, to hand over their customer lists, inventories and related confidential corporate information within 45 days.
Details
Taiwan's Government Needs Guts
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo of the United States issued a notice to international semiconductor companies, including the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), at the semiconductor summit on September 23, demanding that the supply chains to voluntarily share information about their inventories and related data before November 8.
Details