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Cheng Li-wun

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Cheng Li-wun
鄭麗文
The latest news and top stories on Cheng Li-wun, a former Taiwanese lawmaker and candidate for the Kuomintang (KMT) leadership. She has a background in law and international relations, holding degrees from National Taiwan University, Temple University and the University of Cambridge.
Taiwanese authorities say that failure to pass the bill could “seriously weaken” military upgrade plans and affect international confidence in the island’s commitment to self-defence. Photo: AFP
Taiwan

Taiwan defence budget delays may push island down US priority list: William Lai

Island’s leader has appealed to opposition parties to stop blocking a US$40 billion spending plan, citing the need to ‘safeguard security’.

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China-Japan relations

How Takaichi’s big win in Japan may complicate Beijing’s Taiwan policy

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Taiwan

Taiwan’s KMT stresses ‘family’ ties with mainland China as vice-chair begins visit

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Taiwan

Communist Party and KMT revive forum stalled by decade of cross-strait tensions

Dialogue channel could pave the way for a meeting between President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese opposition party leader Cheng Li-wun.

KMT vice-chairman Hsiao Hsu-tsen (left), seen here with think tank leader Lee Hong-yuan, will lead a delegation of more than 40 people to attend a party-to-party forum in Beijing next week. Photo: Handout
Taiwan

Are the Communist Party and the KMT reviving a cross-strait political channel?

The Kuomintang’s vice-chairman is expected to head a party delegation from Taiwan to the mainland later this month, reports say.

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Taiwan fears copycat PLA ‘decapitation’ strike after US grabs Venezuelan leader

Taipei says its military stands ready, but security experts warn about Beijing’s ability to quickly pivot from drills to actual combat.

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Taiwan

Taiwan’s lawmakers vote to start impeachment process against William Lai

Opposition-controlled legislature will hold a series of hearings before a formal vote in May.

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Taiwan’s legislature will need a two-thirds majority to impeach William Lai. Photo: EPA-EFE
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China, Russia clash with US at UN; Taipei mayor visit: SCMP daily highlights

From Beijing accusing Washington of violating international law to a study on animal fats, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

US-China relations

Beijing is pinning hopes for Taiwan reunification on KMT – but not all of them

The party’s new chairwoman Cheng Li-wun has adopted a mainland-friendly tone but it remains to be seen if she can live up to Beijing’s hopes.

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Taiwan

Opinion | Momentum for peaceful reunification across Taiwan Strait is growing

Recent shifts in Taiwan’s political environment and international attitudes suggest the time is right for cross-strait engagement.

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Taiwan

Taiwan RedNote ban backfires, driving mainland Chinese app’s top download rise

Many users and opposition politicians accuse Taiwan’s ruling party of overreach and damaging island’s reputation for open internet access.

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Many of RedNote’s more than 3 million active users in Taiwan are young women who rely on the platform for beauty, fashion, travel and lifestyle content. Photo: Shutterstock
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Taiwan blocks mainland Chinese platform RedNote citing ‘high fraud risk’

Island’s digital affairs ministry says five Chinese apps collect sensitive data, access biometric functions and ‘extract system information’.

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Taiwan

Taiwan on edge amid Beijing fury over Takaichi’s ‘survival-threat’ remarks

Island now at risk of becoming a flashpoint in confrontation between two major world powers, opposition says.

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Taiwan

Opinion | The Busan silence: how great-power pragmatism is rewriting Taiwan’s future

With time on Beijing’s side for reunification and the US more focused on deals, a quiet understanding on Taiwan could harden into routine.

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Tourists on Dadan Island in Quemoy take photos of building across the strait on October 18. Photo: Reuters
China-Japan relations

Beijing summons Japanese ambassador in latest protest over PM’s Taiwan comments

Chinese foreign ministry calls Japanese leader’s remarks ‘egregiously wrong’ and urges Tokyo ‘to immediately correct itself’.

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Chinese foreign vice-minister Sun Weidong has described the Japanese leader’s remarks as an “interference in China’s internal affairs”. Photo: Xinhua
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US invites Taiwan KMT chief to Washington, stresses top priority to ‘avoid war’

De facto ambassador Raymond Greene meets opposition party’s new chairwoman two weeks after the Xi-Trump summit in Busan.

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Letters | Vietnam should expect sterner tests of its diplomatic skills

Readers discuss Hanoi’s feat of securing strong partnerships with major powers, the task awaiting Taiwan’s new KMT chair, and the impact of strict rules on Hong Kong’s street life.

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Editorial | On Taiwan, the ‘one-China principle’ is the bottom line

Beijing’s designation of October 25 as a day to commemorate Taiwan’s return to Chinese sovereignty sends a telling message.

People walk past the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 7. An official commentary published by Xinhua stated that after peaceful reunification, Taiwan’s current social system and way of life would be fully respected. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Can the KMT’s new outspoken chairwoman win over Taiwan’s mainstream voters?

The former legislator’s victory shows she can fire up the party’s base, but her stance on mainland China risks alienating the wider public.

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Five-year plan, Trump-Xi meeting, Apec summit

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Taiwan

Xi congratulates new KMT leader, calls for efforts to ‘advance reunification’

Chinese president says he hopes ‘common political foundation’ can be upheld after Cheng Li-wun is elected as Kuomintang chairperson.

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Cheng Li-wun delivers a speech after winning the KMT leadership vote in Taipei on Saturday. Photo: AP
Taiwan

Taiwan’s opposition KMT has an opportunity, but who will take charge?

Few in the Kuomintang appear keen to take on the leadership – a job described as ‘a hot potato that no one wants to touch’.

Kuomintang chairman Eric Chu Li-luan (centre right) with KMT lawmakers on July 26 after they retained their seats in the first mass recall vote. Photo: EPA
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