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Arcadia, California; Taipei family one generation back. Georgetown then SAIS. Reuters HK at 24, regional weekly at 31, freelance 2022-2024. Wang Report 2024. Trains Muay Thai four mornings a week at a Wan Chai gym before she files.
Trump's decision to table Taiwan's arms pipeline as a negotiating variable in Beijing has already answered the deterrence question that five-year invasion forecasts are still framing as open. The New York Times reported Monday that arms transfers are among the instruments Washington placed on the table in Beijing; Taiw…
The Trump-Xi summit is already costing Taiwan before it convenes: Washington has framed Taiwan's defense budget reduction as a concession to Beijing, converting a domestic fiscal decision into a diplomatic instrument, while the PLA ran twelve warplanes and six naval vessels toward the strait on Monday to establish the …
Beijing used this weekend's warship passes near Taiwan's military installations and its simultaneous public arsenal display, hypersonic delivery systems and AI-guided ground combat platforms, to measure how much of Washington's attention a Ukrainian ceasefire consumes.…
A Chinese surveillance vessel entered the West Philippine Sea this week, the third documented intrusion in as many months. Washington simultaneously confirmed deployment of anti-ship missile systems to positions near Taiwan. These are not coincidental movements. Beijing reads American force positioning carefully. It re…
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