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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.

​Taiwan's then-Vice President William Lai at a news conference in Taipei, in January 2023.
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Taiwan signals arms buildup in attempt to impress Trump

Taiwan’s leaders know that President-elect Donald Trump expects US allies to act as clients, not dependents. For Taiwan’s government, that means making clear that it intends to invest heavily in the country’s security.

​Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech at the Presidential Palace during the Taiwan National Day (Double Ten) celebration at the Presidential Palace in Taipei on October 10, 2024.
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Taiwan’s president flexes independence in National Day speech

Taiwanese President William Lai on Thursday took a shot at mainland China’s claims of sovereignty over self-governing Taiwan, saying, “The People’s Republic of China has no right to represent Taiwan.”

​Lai Ching-te attends an inaugural ceremony as president of Taiwan in Taipei, Taiwan on May 20, 2024.
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William Lai takes the reins in Taiwan

The Democratic Progressive Party’s William Lai was inaugurated as Taiwan’s 8th president on Monday.

​Taiwan honour guards march in front of a statue of Chinese Nationalist Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek at a changing of the guards ceremony on October 27, 2003. Chiang's widow, Soong May-ling, died aged 106 in New York last week. Family members are considering whether to bury the former first lady in the United States, Taiwan or China.
Analysis

Why Taiwan struggles to move past Chiang Kai-shek’s legacy

Taiwan’s government has pledged to remove over 700 statues of Chiang Kai-shek, the former leader responsible for Taiwan’s independence and decades of authoritarian rule.

​FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he walks with U.S. President Joe Biden at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Woodside, California, U.S., November 15, 2023.
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Biden and Xi catch up

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours on Tuesday, in a wide-ranging conversation meant, as one senior official put it, to serve as a “check-in.”