Colonized by the Dutch, the Qing and the Japanese, Taiwan's complicated past has led to its multi-layered identity today. We invited the author of a new primer to lay it out for us.

Chris Horton shares his new book 'Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and its Struggle for Survival', a powerful account of Taiwan’s fight for self-determination and its place in shaping the future of t...

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Chris Horton is a freelance reporter in Taiwan, having covered cross-strait politics, domestic politics, the economy, culture and breaking news in Taiwan for The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Atlanti...

The journalist and author discusses Taiwan’s uncertain place in the world and how different generations have responded to the challenges it faces.

Chinese-operated vessels regularly ply Taiwan’s waters and visit its ports, while one of Beijing’s state-owned enterprises operates berths at the island’s biggest harbor through a Hong Kong subsidiary...

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

The island’s democracy poses a powerful challenge to China. But its increasingly polarised politics spell danger

全台大罷免國民黨立委將進入三階投票，民進黨訴求主打「罷免投同意、反共更有力」。中國國台辦今日大嗆民進黨，無所不用其極打壓在野政黨，變本加厲製造「綠色恐怖」，希望廣大台灣同胞充分認清、堅決反對。公督盟反批，獨裁政權在擔心別人會獨裁，一個不民主國家擔心台灣民主運作，絕對是國際笑話。國台辦發言人朱鳳蓮聲稱，賴清德上台以來，頑固堅持台獨分裂立場，謀求一黨獨大，推進台獨分裂，罔顧島內民眾要民生福祉的普遍呼聲...

Journalist Chris Horton explores Taiwan’s colonial past, diplomatic isolation, and what it means to be Taiwanese | Jun. 16, 2025 18:12

A conservative party pledging to return the country to a glorious imagined past. Massive budget cuts across government ministries. Concerns about foreign influence. An unprecedented challenge of gover...

Edgar Matobato says he killed again and again for former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. Now he’s trying to stay alive to testify.

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Congress must prepare a plan now to avoid global meltdown.

In the last two and a half years after regaining power in Afghanistan, the Taliban, have created the world’s most serious women’s rights crisis, systematically violating the rights of women and girls ...

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Policymakers at home and abroad are anxious about offshoring

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

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The Chinese Communist Party’s position on Taiwan is far from consistent. Just look at Chairman Mao’s initial stance.