TAIPEI (Reuters) - Most Taiwanese believe China is unlikely to invade in the coming five years but do see Beijing as a serious threat to the democratic island, a poll by Taiwan's top military think ...

Supporters of KMT presidential candidate Han Guo-yu attend a mass rally in central Taipei in January 2020. According to the annual World Happiness Report, the island democracy has surpassed Singapore ...

Taiwan is roughly the size of Demark or the state of Maryland, and while known for its exquisite food, night markets, and semiconductor chips is also known for its unique political ecosystem. On ...

China says it has sovereignty over the democratically governed island of Taiwan. Taiwan says no and is in the midst of buying nearly $400 million of U.S. arms to defend itself. And yet, there's ...

As Taiwan’s biggest rock band took to the stage in Beijing late last month, their home island was reckoning with the latest act of Chinese aggression. For two days, the self-governing democracy was ...

The independence-leaning ruling Democratic Progressive Party won last year’s presidential election, but the China-friendly Nationalists, also known as the KMT, and the smaller Taiwan People’s Party ...

Supporters of the Taiwan People’s Party attend a rally with KMT supporters to “oppose Green communism” Apr. 26, 2026. Ko’s detention is an unusual dilemma for the TPP, which was largely formed as the ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The ongoing corruption investigation into Ko Wen-je, the founder and leader of the ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Growing up, Huang Wen-chun remembers listening to friends and family complain about life in Taiwan. So when she saw news reports declaring Taiwan the happiest place in Asia, she ...