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The US must do more to support Taiwan: Bolton

Taipei Times

The US must warn China of the severe consequences of taking military action against Taiwan, former US national security adviser John Bolton said in Taipei yesterday.

Bolton made the remarks while giving the keynote address at the World Taiwanese Congress’ annual meeting.

He added that the US must work closer with Taiwan and allied countries in Asia on national security to counter Chinese aggression, and ensure that Taiwan remains a free and democratic country.

Blind to China’s cognitive warfare

Jethro Wang 王濬

On Tuesday last week, the New York Times published an op-ed entitled “In Taiwan, Friends are Starting to Turn Against Each Other” by Lung Ying-tai (龍應台), a writer and former minister of culture who served in the administration of former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九).

Lung’s prose is deceptively soft and tender, but in reality, she was directing her fire at the Taiwanese public — specifically, pro-Taiwan and pan-green supporters, as well as independent voters — blaming them for sowing dissent in society.

Occam’s razor relevant to Taiwan

Jerome Keating

Looking to the future and next year’s presidential election, it is a good time for Taiwanese to take stock of their democracy.

In this, Russia, with its war in Ukraine and its recent visit from Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) provides interesting insights.

Russia has always had an indirect historic relationship with Taiwan through its Marxist/Leninist principles and ideology. When Russia’s 1917 revolution was still being fought, the Bolsheviks took the communist name in 1918, and then founded the Communist International, or Comintern, on March 2, 1919, with the aim of establishing communist governments around the world.

Non-green alliance supports China

The Liberty Times Editorial

The “non-green” alliance, which often talks about “avoiding war and seeking peace,” has recently added two more catchphrases about “defusing the confrontation between the US and China,” and acting as a “bridge of communication between China and the US.”

These propositions are out of tune with the state of US-China relations, because Beijing and Washington are well aware that a structure of conflict has been formed between them.

In the international arena, no country dares talk about “defusing the US-China confrontation” or communicating between them. On the contrary, French President Emmanuel Macron said that France and other countries should avoid getting involved in any conflict between the US and China.

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