Voters in Taiwan have once again rejected an effort by President Lai Ching-te’s party to flip parliament, a setback that could deepen political deadlock and complicate the island’s push to ramp up defense spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-reject-recalls-defense-budget/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #dpp #kuomintang #laichingte #defense #budgets #china #pla
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is weakened by domestic setbacks and uncertain U.S. support as he tries to balance Beijing’s pressure and rising political opposition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/31/world/taiwans-president-running-out-of-options/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #taiwan #laichingte #dpp #kmt #china #donaldtrump #us #tariffs
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is having a bad week. It could become worse, depending on whether Washington uses Taipei as a bargaining chip in its trade talks with Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-president-us-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #laichingte #china #tsmc #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is set to delay a diplomatically sensitive trip his team had floated to the Trump administration for August that would have included stops in the United States https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/world/politics/taiwan-lai-us-stopover-china-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #taiwan #laichingte #xijinping #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
A failed campaign in Taiwan to unseat lawmakers has handed Beijing and the island’s opposition new ammunition against President Lai Ching-te, potentially deepening a political deadlock. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-opposition-china-leverage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #dpp #kmt #laichingte
Taiwan’s opposition will keep its legislative majority in a blow to President Lai Ching-te’s Democratic Progressive Party, with voters overwhelmingly rejecting an attempt to recall 24 Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/27/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-recall-election-kuomintang/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #dpp #kuomintang #china #laichingte
Taiwan will simulate a Chinese blockade and invasion of the democratic island in its annual military and civil defense drills next week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-military-drills-china-invasion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #pla #laichingte
China said Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te was spreading "heresy," hostility and provocation following a speech in which he said the island is a country and that there is historical evidence and legal proof of this. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/asia-pacific/politics/china-taiwan-president-heresy-sovereignty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #laichingte
Taiwan is "of course" a country and China lacks both the historical evidence and legal proof to back up its sovereignty claims, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/22/world/politics/taiwan-tells-china-it-is-a-country/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #china #taiwan #laichingte