Taiwan’s reinvention of diplomacy

The lack of official diplomatic allies isn’t stopping Taiwan from finding ways of winning friends and influencing people.

China aims to crush Taiwan under the ‘wheels of history’

From Adolf Hitler to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, aggressive tyrants often set out exactly what they plan to do then take commentators and democratic leaders by surprise when they do them. Xi Jinping’s plans to invade and assimilate Taiwan are no exception.

Facing facts over China

Australians have as much reason to be wary of China’s communist government as people in Taiwan, because China’s communists have shown they don’t care about people anywhere – not in China, not in Taiwan and not in Australia.

The travails of Taiwan

As with Vladimir Putin’s horrific invasion of Ukraine, Xi Jinping’s violently aggressive actions in the past few days against Taiwan – and Japan – clearly reveal China’s true nature and intentions.

Can Taipei escape the claws of Beijing?

China’s rhetoric and military build up make clear its designs on invading Taiwan, but the support of the West could still avert disaster.

Ukraine’s heroism may help save Taiwan

Ukraine is not the only peaceful, democratic country menaced by a much larger, authoritarian aggressor. If Russia had strolled to an easy victory in Ukraine, China would surely have been emboldened to attack Taiwan, but the combination of fierce resistance and international support may make even President Xi think twice.

The defence of Australia begins in Taiwan

China is building up its military at breakneck speed and preparing to strike at Taiwan. While its apologists will frame the invasion as inevitable, and in internal affair, Australia and the world’s democracies cannot stand helplessly aside.

Stuck in the past of the future

Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating is willing to sell Taiwan down the river to maintain good relations with Communist China, but his appeasement does him, and his country, no credit.

Appeasement of China won’t save Taiwan

The democratic world has done little to oppose Communist China’s militarisation of the South China Sea, wholesale cyber-theft and brutal internal repression. Further appeasement of Xi’s designs on Taiwan would be disastrous, but deterring an attack can work.

Abbot warns of Chinese designs on Taiwan

Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has warned that communist China could soon “lash out disastrously” at Taiwan.

Dealing with a different China

China’s fortification of the South and East China Seas, crushing of Hong Kong’s freedoms, oppression of Uyghurs and other minorities, and extension of Xi Jinping’s leadership from a decade to life signal the need for a strengthening in allied policy to contain its growing ambitions.

Supporting Taiwan

Communist China’s intention to absorb Taiwan is clear, but the position of the world’s only Chinese speaking democracy can strengthened through diplomatic, trade and information sharing means as well as military deterrence.