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.
This Week in Taiwan 0612-0618
June 13: National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan of the United States met with Director Yang Jiechi of the general office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, Chinese Communist Party, unannounced in Luxembourg for 4.5 hours. This was the third time that the two had talks this year. The defense ministers had just met in Singapore from June 10 to June 12, while Sullivan and Yang made a special trip to meet. The timing of the meeting garnered attention.
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Chu Ends U.S. Visit：1992 Consensus is a "non-consensus consensus"
Chairman Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) ended his nine-day visit to the United States and arrived in Taiwan on the morning of June 12.
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What Chu Has Up His Sleeve
Chairman Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) has just concluded his visit to the United States.
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Turing Stigma into Medal：Legislative Violence as Interpretation of "Taiwan Values"
The delegation of the Slovakian Parliament and Bratislava Province visited the Legislative Yuan one June 9.
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This Week in Taiwan 0605-0611
June 7: Eleven (11) F-16 A/B fighter jets deployed by the Air Force at the Luke Air Force Base in Arizona must all be returned to Taiwan and upgraded to F-16V. When one of the first seven jets stopped over in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 7, it made a forced landing due to nose wheel failure. While the nose was damaged, the American pilot was safe. The remaining six jets successfully arrived at the Hualien Air Force Base. A total of four Taiwan pilots participated in the exercise.
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Breakthrough on U.S.-Taiwan Economic Relations: Executive Yuan Announces Launch of "U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade"
On June 1, the Executive Yuan held a press conference on a major breakthrough in deepening U.S.-Taiwan economic and trade relations.
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U.S.-Taiwan Trade Initiative Heralds the Beginning of Nightmare
The launch of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade by Taiwan and the United States, which Minister without Portfolio and chief negotiator John Deng called a 30-year wait, has been hailed by the media as a “major breakthrough” in U.S.-Taiwan relations.
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After Exonerating Corruption, What Else Isn't the DPP Afraid to Do？
With current pandemic still hovering at its peak and approaching local election, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DDP), regardless the distress of people livelihood and hatred against corruption, stubbornly passed an amendment of "accounting act" with its majority in the Legislative Yuan exonerating former President Chen Shui-bian from corruption charges related to misusing the state affairs fund.
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This Week in Taiwan 0529-0604
May 30: Posts about the recent "Many children are gone" incident have circulated on the Internet The police originally stated that it would question and investigate Kuo Yen-chun which caused a public outcry. The Criminal Investigation Bureau, National Police Agency, Ministry of the Interior, changed its stance on May 29 and stated that it will not question Kuo. The direction of the investigation will be to target the hidden hand behind the content.
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Biden Committed to Protecting Taiwan by Force；Blinken Reiterates U.S. Non-Support of Taiwan Independence
President Joe Biden of the United States made it clear at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on May 23 that if China used force, the United States would militarily intervene to defend Taiwan.
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