DPP confident of winning 2016 polls, but vows to keep status quo
By Joseph Cheng Yu-shek – The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) feels confident that it can win both the presidential and the legislature elections in January…
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Xi Jinping sets timetable for “national reunification”
Byy Willy Lam The ostensible motive for the historic handshake last Saturday between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan counterpart Ma Ying-jeou is to anchor…
Mr Xi versus Mr Ma ends in a 3-3 draw
By Chris Yeung Three points from the historic summit between Mr Xi Jinping, whose official title is Chinese President, and Mr Ma Ying-jeou, the outgoing…
Xi-Ma talk long in symbolism, short in substance
By Chris Yeung Billed as the first encounter between the two leaders across the Taiwan Strait after 1949, the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping…
China’s game plan to counter US Asia policy a failure, Lam Hang-chi says
China’s two-pronged tactic to charm the Americans with economic benefits and to scare them with the show of military muscles aimed to force the US…
State fiats trump private initiative in China’s 13th Five Year Plan
By Willy Lam Whenever President Xi Jinping talks about the economy, he likes to flag two concepts: “top-level design” and “innovation.” The Chinese strongman obviously…
Change of KMT candidate will not stop DPP landslide
By Mark O’Neill On October 17, the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) changed its candidate for the presidential election in January – but this will not stop…
CY Leung ridiculed for calls in 2013 for Hong Kong to learn from Tianjin
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying would only have himself to blame when he has become an unlikely victim of the deadly explosions in Tianjin…
China footprint spreads rapidly in Britain
One day in mid-July, a developer put on the market more than 200 units of a building in the Canary Wharf district of London that…
Xi consolidates power in PLA by promoting protégés to full generals
Just before China’s Army Day on August 1, President and Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman Xi Jinping elevated ten senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers…