Lawrence Chung

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Lawrence Chung

A popular YouTuber from Taiwan who was once a vocal critic of Beijing has urged his fellow Taiwanese to experience life in Shanghai first-hand, calling the mainland metropolis a “super first-rate city” during a live-streamed visit aimed at challenging entrenched political narratives on the island. “People in Taiwan should come to Shanghai, take a look at the city, and experience life here for several days,” Holger Chen Chih-han said on Wednesday, on the second day of his six-day trip.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Lawrence Chung

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3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Lawrence Chung

Taiwanese authorities are moving to tighten security protocols on cross-strait travel by expanding oversight to include grass-roots public officials and newly hired staff members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The push, which mirrors similar but much harsher restrictions on the other side of the Taiwan Strait, comes amid fears that mainland Chinese intelligence has deeply infiltrated the Taiwanese political system.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Lawrence Chung

Taiwan is planning to test a home-made kamikaze sea drone later this month as it seeks to boost its naval defences in the face of growing pressure from mainland China. The vessel – developed under the code name “Kuai Chi Project” by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), Taiwan’s top weapons developer – will undergo combat capability evaluations later this month before further tests later this year, a military source said on Monday.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Lawrence Chung

Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang is gearing up for a pivotal leadership election in September – hoping a new party chair can steer it back to power after years on the political sidelines. But before it can look ahead to the 2028 Taiwan leadership race, the KMT faces an existential threat: a sweeping mass-recall campaign engineered by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that could gut its fragile legislative majority and plunge the party into deeper disarray.