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Taiwan, allies must think ahead

Gerrit van der Wees

Often we are so preoccupied with present-day concerns that it is difficult to keep an eye on the longer-term vision for Taiwan’s future.

However, the opening of the new American Institute in Taiwan building in Taipei this week provides a good opportunity to look 10, 20 or 30 years into the future and envision where we, collectively, would like Taiwan to be. The building will be there for a long time to come, but it is the vision of the people that will give US-Taiwan relations substance and purpose.

US to transfer technology for aero, defense industry

Taipei Times

A MIM-104 Patriot Advanced Capability-2 missile is fired during a live-fire exercise at Jioupeng Military Base in Pingtung County in an undated photograph.
Photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense

The US has agreed to transfer titanium investment casting process technology to Taiwanese companies, providing them the capability to produce aerospace and military-grade titanium, a senior Ministry of National Defense official said yesterday.

New Party arrests show China’s deep infiltration: pundit

Taipei Times

Wednesday’s indictment of New Party spokesman Wang Ping-chung (王炳忠) and other party members on charges of organizing a spy network and violating national security laws highlights the broadening scope of China’s espionage operations and “united front” work tactics against Taiwan, political commentator Yang Wei-chung (楊偉中) said yesterday.

What comes next for angry Tsai?

Huang Tien-lin 黃天麟

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) is angry. Despite her policy of maintaining the “status quo,” China has poached four of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies since she became president, pushing her to say: “China’s efforts to undermine our national sovereignty are already challenging Taiwanese society’s bottom line. This we will no longer tolerate.”

These are brave words indeed, but the question is: “What is next?”

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