Taiwan has once again proven how vital and decisive its democracy is. However, the island's "fateful election" will be held in the United States.
By Redaktion Table
The Chinese leadership has criticized the result of the presidential election in Taiwan, but a military response is not expected. Instead, China is increasingly relying on a dual strategy of embrace and threat.
By Redaktion Table
Economist Wan-Hsin Liu from IfW Kiel believes that cooperation with Taiwan is an important component of de-risking. Conversely, abandoning trade with the island republic would increase geopolitical risks. Finn Mayer-Kuckuk spoke with Liu.
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Lai Ching-te won the presidential election, but his DPP lost its majority in parliament. Voters like his foreign policy program, but want a change in domestic policy. China will try to exploit the rift, while Europe has opportunities.
By Michael Radunski
Taiwan's future president, William Lai, from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), led the vote count shortly before it concluded. Voters thereby affirmed the course set by his predecessor, emphasizing greater independence from China. Beijing's intimidation attempts proved futile.
By Felix Lee
China has appointed former UN Under-Secretary-General Liu Zhenmin as its new climate envoy. Liu succeeds internationally renowned Xie Zhenhua, who has resigned from office for health reasons.
By Christiane Kuehl
Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People's Republic. Today's article is about party and state leader Xi Jinping's contempt for Western economic theories.
By Experts Table.Briefings
China further expands visa facilitation introduced in December. In particular, visiting relatives will become easier.
By Fabian Peltsch
Brussels discussed a law to scrutinize European foreign investments, similar to the US model. The focus was also on concerns regarding the risk of outflows of security-relevant technologies to China via investments. It is now clear that the law will not be introduced for the time being.
By Amelie Richter
Mexico overtook China as the largest exporter to the USA in 2023 – the first time in 20 years. Despite de-risking, however, there are still lasting dependencies.
By Fabian Peltsch
