Taiwan is worried about the security of its chip industry
May 26th 2022 | SINGAPORE AND TAIPEIFor a brief moment on May 23rd, it seemed as if American policy towards Taiwan had undergone a sudden and dramatic change. Asked if America would “get involved militarily” to defend Taiwan in case of an invasion, President Joe Biden replied that it would. “That’s the commitment we made,”…
An election in Bangkok heralds an optimistic new kind of politics
On may 22nd 2014 soldiers kidnapped Chadchart Sittipunt, then Thailand’s transport minister, detaining him and other cabinet members in an undisclosed location for a week while army generals seized power in a coup. Eight years later to the day, Mr Chadchart was elected governor of Bangkok, the country’s capital, by a landslide—he won 52% of…
Joe Biden vows to deepen America’s ties with South Korea
When president joe biden paid a visit to South Korea on May 20th, the first stop on a five-day tour of East Asia, he brought a special present for his South Korean counterpart. Yoon Suk-yeol, who took over as South Korea’s president on May 10th, now owns a replica of the sign that adorned the…