Taiwan Tati Cultural and Educational Foundation

US President Joe Biden and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the end of last month each delivered important remarks and speeches that put more flesh on the bone of their administration’s China policy.

Biden’s remarks and Blinken’s speech have attracted a great deal of attention, with commentators and analysts sharing their interpretations of the key takeaways.

Regarding Taiwan, the US’ China policy is becoming increasingly clear. Faced with the threat of Beijing’s rapacious designs on Taiwan, there is no longer any doubt that the US military would assist Taiwan to defend itself.

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯) sparked a controversy for allegedly pressuring a police officer not to give her a parking ticket.

On Tuesday last week, she and her husband parked their vehicle in a no parking zone in a lane along Guangfu S Road in the capital before going into a restaurant. The officer’s body cam footage, which was later released, showed Hsu’s husband emerging from the restaurant and spotting the officer checking their vehicle’s license plate. The police officer told him that he would be receiving a parking ticket.

Hsu joined the men, pulled down her mask and identified herself, informing the police officer that the car belonged to her.