Whispering Thoughts No 43 Taiwan – The Flashpoint Part II: Emerging Challenges

03 April 2024                                                                                           On 13th January 2024, Taiwan elected William Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), to be its next President to be inaugurated in May, although the party lost its legislative majority. The 113-seat Legislative Yuan consists of an eclectic mix of 73 geographic constituency seats, three each low-land and high-land […]

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Whispering Thoughts No 42 Taiwan – The Flashpoint? Part I: Immediate Background

Canberra, 26th March 2024                                                                                         Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from mainland China by the Taiwan Strait. It is a democracy of 23 million people, governed independently since 1949. Mainland China, officially the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) asserts that there is only ‘one China’, themselves, views Taiwan as […]

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