By:
Romain Blachier
In 1971, United Nations Resolution 2758 effectively ejected Taiwan from participation in United Nations institutions. Today, the island has only , down from seventy in 1969. And yet, Taiwan conducts about USD 900 billion a year in international trade, maintains 111 representative offices in 57 countries, and receives foreign delegations at the ministerial level from every continent. The gap between formal recognition and concrete presence is staggering.
By:
Riley Walters
Since the beginning of the year, Taiwan’s stock market, the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation, (TWSE, 臺灣證券交易所) has surpassed the United Kingdom, Canada, and India to become the world’s fifth largest exchange by total market capitalization (i.e., the total value of stocks on an exchange). Companies in Taiwan, South Korea, and the United States at the center of (or tangent to) the boom in global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) are driving investors’ interests and pushing up stock values.
By:
Noa Wynn
Leaving a country does not always mean turning away from it. However, when the choice to leave is weaponized as propaganda against the place you came from, it becomes a more complex story. In the case of Taiwan, individual choices to relocate have become part of something much bigger—a deliberate, long-term campaign to redirect Taiwan's human capital elsewhere. The Chinese government has set up a range of programs specifically meant to attract Taiwanese workers, scholars, and entrepreneurs, all backed by the resources only a state can provide.
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