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Taiwan's options for survival

Not really a fair fight. Recently, China persuaded Panama to withdraw recognition of Taiwan as a country. Mainland China is increasingly isolating Taiwan economically and diplomatically, while simultaneously spending much more on military to increase its potential of a swift and low-casualty invasion of Taiwan. In this article , the author discusses how Taiwan is in a dangerous spot after the betrayal of Panama, and proposes that the best deterrence would be to increase military spending. Taiwan will be increasing its military spending to 3% of its GDP -- something that the author clearly approves of. I can't say that I'm as much of an expert as the author, but given Taiwan's current economic struggles, I feel that it is wiser for the government to be spending on social services. The reason for this is because I don't believe Mainland China can attack Taiwan without severe political ramifications. This in-depth article about why China will not reunify with Taiw...

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