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Can Taiwan defend itself from Chinese invasion?
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Can Taiwan defend itself from Chinese invasion?

China appears to be preparing for an invasion of Taiwan, but the island’s physical geography and international support would make any armed conflict the most complex and deadly in modern history. CSIS China Power Project director Bonny Lin joins Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Could China invade Taiwan?
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Could China invade Taiwan?

China is conducting near-daily military exercises in the Taiwan Strait and the risk of conflict is getting higher. Could Beijing and Taipei be heading toward war? Ian Bremmer sits down with Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project at CSIS.

GZERO World podcast logo superimposed on a photo of a statute of a Taiwanese soldier with a Taiwan flag.
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Taiwan's strategy for countering a Chinese invasion, with Bonny Lin of CSIS

Tensions are rising on the Taiwan Strait. Could Beijing and Taipei be heading toward war? Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project at CSIS joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World Podcast.

How China would seize Taiwan without firing a shot
Ian Explains

How China would seize Taiwan without firing a shot

China’s military activity around Taiwan is raising alarms about a possible invasion, but Beijing has plenty of options for seizing the island without firing a shot. On Ian Explains, Ian Bremmer breaks down China's strategy for reunification.

U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon sails alongside the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Montreal during Surface Action Group operations as a part of exercise “Noble Wolverine" in the South China Sea May 30, 2023.
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Hard numbers: Canadian ship passes through Taiwan Strait, Arrests plummet at US southern border, New mortgage rules (keyword: new), EV plant construction stalls

110: A Canadian warship passed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday in what Ottawa called a commitment to an open Indo-Pacific – and in what China called an undermining of peace.

The Taiwan election and its AI implications
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The Taiwan election and its AI implications

Taylor Owen, professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and director of its Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy, looks at the first election in Taiwan and the implications it could have for the future of technology, including AI in our new video series GZERO AI.

​Hou Yu-ih, left, candidate for Taiwan's presidency from the main opposition Kuomintang Party, and Jaw Shaw-Kong, vice presidential candidate, wave at the Central Election Commission in Taipei on Nov. 24, 2023.
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Taiwan’s unity ticket falls apart at the altar

Just two weeks ago, with the blessing of Beijing, the Kuomintang Party and the Taiwan People’s Party announced their intention to field a single candidate in the country’s Jan. 13 election in the hopes of defeating the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. Now, the opposition’s shotgun wedding is off.

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Hard Numbers: US firms go on a Canadian energy run, Taiwan strait drama continues, Russian sanctions-busters busted, Names are for the birds

The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon sails alongside the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Montreal during Surface Action Group operations as a part of exercise “Noble Wolverine" in the South China Sea.
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Canada caught up in US-China maritime tensions

This week, China sailed a warship very close to a US destroyer and a Canadian frigate transiting through the Taiwan Strait