“China wants to promote the ‘one country, two systems’ scheme, which has proved to be a total failure in Hong Kong. I don’t think China can keep fooling people in Hong Kong and Taiwan, none of which will accept the...
Ralph Jennings | Voice of America TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Amid tensions with Taiwan, China appears to be flexing its political muscle by capturing a growing number of Taiwanese for suspected political crimes, say analysts. At least four people have vanished...
Ralph Jennings | Voice of America conference in Hong Kong, June 16, 2016. TAIPEI - Three years ago authorities in China were expecting Lam Wing-kee to get his PC, and then return across the border for the final stages of...
Ralph Jennings | Voice of America TAIPEI - China's decision last week to stop issuing permits for independent tourists to Taiwan applies new economic pressure to their already strained relations, and analysts see three underlying reasons behind Beijing's move. ...
Hsia Hsiao-Hwa | Radio Fre Asia Six members of the Early Rain Covenant Church that was recently raided by authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have applied for visa extensions on the democratic island of Taiwan, pending asylum...
Ralph Jennings | Voice of America TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Taiwan’s presidential race kicked off Monday with China the top issue as a Beijing-friendly mayor won the chief opposition party’s primary to face an incumbent who wants Beijing to keep a...
MILAN KAJINEK | EPOCH TIMES Despite political pressure from China, the Mayor of Prague met with Taiwan officials to strengthen future ties with the country PRAGUE—The Czech Republic’s orchestra Prague Philharmonia has planned an autumn tour in China this year, during which...
Joshua Lipes | Radio Free Asia U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has slammed China for an incursion into Taiwan’s airspace, reminding the Asian superpower of Washington’s “commitment” to the democratic island that Beijing regards as a renegade province which...
Ng Yik-tung, Sing Man and Han Jie | Radio Free Asia Two years after his initial 'disappearance' on March 19, 2017, Taiwan rights activist Lee Ming-cheh has endured ill-treatment and is suffering declining health in prison, a rights group says."Since then, Lee has...
