In a pre-recorded address played during the third day of the WHA’s annual meeting in Geneva, Japan Health Minister Shigeyuki Goto said the world needed to learn from successful examples of public health responses in tackling the COVID-19 outbreak, “such as Taiwan.” Focustawan.tw
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Could China be the biggest winner in Musk’s Twitter acquisition?
Twitter has shut down a significant number of accounts connected to the Chinese Communist Party. That said, with Mr. Musk’s Tesla already dependent on the special treatment that China affords it for profitability, and given Mr. Musk’s rich history of complying with the communist regime’s many demands, will a laxation or outright reversal of policy soon come under order?
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If Musk’s Purchase of Twitter goes through,
Mr. Musk will soon own 100% of Twitter, and his company relies on China’s business and loans. Then, what is to stop Mr. Musk, under China’s pressure, from tasking a Twitter engine to help China hunt down and attack the Twitter users inside China, where using Twitter is banned and can be criminalized, and the critics of the CCP both in and outside country?
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Why some Chinese universities are opting out of global rankings
During a visit to Renmin University, President Xi Jinping called for Chinese universities to create an independent knowledge system and safeguard their independence South China Morning Post
Economy is security
The Quad countries and others in Asia made clear over the last five days that while things like maritime defense are important, real security has to heed Asian countries’ economic wants and needs. CNBC
Vietnam’s quiet but direct message to Beijing
In March, Vietnam’s government commemorated a deadly 1988 clash with China in the South China Sea. This year’s ceremony, taking place amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, was seen as a quiet message to Beijing. YahooNews
His strength is authenticity
The country’s two most prominent liberal newspapers attempted to rationalize President Joe Biden’s latest foreign policy gaffe Monday where he claimed that the U.S. military would intervene if China invaded Taiwan, which is not official U.S. policy. Fox On MSN
Biden shouldn’t confuse Taiwan with Ukraine
Taiwan is not Ukraine. China, in that part of the world especially, is not Russia. Still, in his off-the-cuff remarks that the United States will come directly to Taiwan’s rescue if Beijing chooses to take the self-governing island by force, President Joe Biden has reawakened China’s worst nightmare. What that looks like is simple: There will be no easy or peaceful accession of Taiwan to the mainland anytime soon, if ever. CNN
Why Biden Is Right to End Ambiguity on Taiwan
It was no gaffe when the president said the U.S. would defend the island against China, but good policy. The Atlantic
last resort
Beijing would only use force as the “last resort” for Taiwan reunification, said Zhou Bo, now a senior fellow at Tsinghua University’s Center for International Strategy and Security Studies. MSN
Don’t read too much into defence pledge
Beijing and Taipei should not read too much into US President Joe Biden’s latest suggestion that the United States would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan against attack from Beijing, according to analysts. South China Morning Post