I have been to several tense borders over the years. I’ve seen the demilitarised zone separating North and South Korea – from both sides of the border – crossed into Iraq from Kuwait during the 2003 US invasion, walked into Pakistan, flown into Afghanistan and entered Gaza from Israel. However, my recent trip to Quemoy, … Read more
In February 1986, on the final day of Lunar New Year, Yue-Sai Kan sat anxiously in her hotel suite in Beijing. She had spent the past two years preparing for One World – billed as the first television show to bring cultures from around the world to Chinese viewers – and its first episode was … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a coastal island just across the Taiwan Strait a day after the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) wrapped up massive military drills around Taiwan. Xi inspected Dongshan county in the southeastern province of Fujian on Tuesday afternoon, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The Taiwan-facing island county has served as a regular base … Read more
Beijing has accused Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te of escalating hostility after his recent comments that the People’s Republic of China could not be the island’s motherland. Zhu Fenglian, a spokeswoman for the mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said Lai had not only tried to deceive and intimidate the Taiwan people, harming their interests, but was … Read more
