NPR (Ashish Valentine) - China's Xi meets Taiwan opposition leader ahead of key summit with Trump
Xi Jinping and the KMT's Cheng Li-wun agreed to pursue peace, but Taiwan's ruling party worries it will enable Beijing to undermine its democracy.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ted Galen Carpenter) - On Taiwan and Japan, Chinese Belligerence Backfires
Beijing should turn down the temperature, for its own sake. The post On Taiwan and Japan, Chinese Belligerence Backfires appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs On Taiwan and Japan, Chinese Belligerence Backfires Beijing should turn down the temperature, for its own sake. When conservative Sanae Takaichi became the new leader of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the country’s prime minister in October 2025, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) clearly was unhappy about that development. Chinese officials became even more annoyed when Takaichi voiced strong support for preserving the de facto independence of Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province. During a parliamentary debate in November, she was asked repeatedly about how…Open