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Controlling Tibet with lockdowns

Palden Sonam

There is a Tibetan proverb for when you make something worse in the process of making another thing better: “Cut from the head to patch the buttocks.”

It captures the terrible situation Chinese authorities has created in the name of combating COVID-19 in Tibet — particularly in its capital, Lhasa. Although Chinese media continue to present an image of triumph, the human picture from Tibet belies the reality of the state-crafted image.

Jaw offers sugar-coated poison

Chang Kuo-tsai 張國財

Broadcasting Corp of China chairman Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) has said that “voting for the Democratic Progressive Party [DPP] means pushing the youth to the war front.”

His remarks are questionable at best and deeply problematic. There is also the possibility that Jaw has an ulterior motive.

China undermines ‘status quo’: Blinken

Taipei Times

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday accused China of undermining a decades-old “status quo” that has kept Washington and Beijing from going to war over Taiwan, saying China was trying to “speed up” its seizure of the nation.

“What’s changed is this — a decision by the government in Beijing that that status quo was no longer acceptable, that they wanted to speed up the process by which they would pursue reunification,” Blinken said in an interview at Bloomberg’s offices in Washington.

Myth of Taiwan as Pacific nation

Michael Walsh Adam Morrow Yang Wen-chi 楊文琪

The government must find a way to deter and derail the existential threat posed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). To achieve these outcomes, Taipei needs to maintain a strong and enduring partnership with the US.

This strategic bond is reinforced by a number of shared identities. As pointed out by Michael Walsh and John Hemmings (“Sensitive Pacific Pact needs attention,” Oct. 7, page 8), the myth of being a Pacific nation is not one of them. Taipei should explore the merits of reimagining itself as a Pacific nation too.

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