Reunification – Asia Times

Beijing seriously concerned by McCarthy-Tsai meeting

by Jeff Pao March 8, 2023March 13, 2023

The Chinese government is seriously concerned by a potential meeting between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy, who originally planned to visit Taipei, said Tuesday that he will meet Tsai in the US this year. He stressed that such an arrangement does not preclude his trip to Taiwan in […]

North-South Korea

Frontier tourism confronts South Korean youth

by Andrew Salmon October 5, 2021October 7, 2021

This file photo taken on July 31, 1991, shows US president George Bush and his Soviet counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev during a press conference in Moscow concluding the two-day US-Soviet Summit dedicated to the disarmament. Bush died at age 94, his family announced late on November 30, 2018. Photo: AFP / Mike Fisher

China-Russia Relations

Germany’s rise shifts its relationship with Russia

by MK Bhadrakumar October 2, 2020October 2, 2020

Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov. Photo: Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin

China-Russia Relations

Russia’s foreign policy enters new China-aligned phase

by MK Bhadrakumar October 1, 2020October 3, 2020

Japan, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Thunder of protest echoes across Seoul – but voices mixed

by Andrew Salmon August 16, 2019February 18, 2020

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Norks’ Day of the Sun: Kim Il Sung’s birthday

by Bradley K. Martin April 15, 2019February 18, 2020

Collage image of China, Taiwan and US flags against a naval ship background. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Why a China invasion of Taiwan would fail

by Bertil Lintner January 10, 2019February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping speaks during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 2, 2019. - Taiwan's unification with the mainland is "inevitable", President Xi Jinping said on January 2, warning against any effort to promote the island's independence and saying China would not renounce the option of military force to bring it into the fold. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Laos, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

Xi Jinping’s bold statements often backfire

by Xuan Loc Doan January 10, 2019

Taiwan's flag waved through beams of sunlight.Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, World

What it means to be Taiwanese

by Bertil Lintner June 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Route M503 runs almost parallel with the centerline of the Taiwan Strait, where a new unilateral two-way traffic arrangement has been made by China. Photo: Central News Agency

Beijing, China, Shanghai, Taiwan

Political ramifications of Beijing’s salami-slicing over Taiwan

by Gary Sands March 7, 2018March 7, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Taiwanese counterpart Tsai Ing-wen. Photo: VOA

Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, World

How Xi aims to take Taiwan without pulling a trigger

by Frank Chen February 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Dancers at a 'peace festival' overlooking the DMZ. Photo: Andrew Salmon

AT Finance, Germany, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Prayers for peace, hopes for unity at the DMZ

by Andrew Salmon January 22, 2018February 18, 2020

An ice sculpture of the Olympic rings is seen during the Pyeongchang Winter Festival, near the venue for the opening and closing ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 10, 2017. Photo: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Confronting the naysayers: time to give Korean peace a chance

by Charles K Park January 17, 2018

Chinese national flags and the Republic of China (Taiwan) flags are seen in Taipei. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, Taiwan

Taiwanese officials dismiss push to ban the Chinese flag

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Kim Jong-un’s strategy for a unified Korea

by Stephen Bryen December 31, 2017

Korean unification as pie in the sky? Photo: KCNA via Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Why reunification of the Koreas is unlikely

by Robert E. McCoy November 28, 2017February 18, 2020

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