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Tag: Sovereignty

Tensions Increase Between China and Taiwan

June 03, 2025

In May 2024, Lai Ching-te was sworn in as the new president of Taiwan. Central to his campaign was rejecting any political claims to the island by mainland China (officially the People’s Republic of China or PRC) and establishing a fully independent Taiwan.1 This position is in clear opposition to the PRC’s “One China” principle, […]