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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicLai Ching-te

Topic: Lai Ching-te

Why China has launched mega military drills around Taiwan and what do these entail

Taiwanese President in a speech had said Beijing & Taipei are not 'subordinate' to each other & that he's 'determined to defend' Taiwan's 'national sovereignty', drawing China's ire.

China can’t stand Taiwan President’s independence speech. Beijing’s using it to hinder peace

Beijing won't engage with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-Te because it perceives him as a separatist and an agitator.

US Congressional delegation arrives in Taiwan following China’s 2-day military drills

Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul said the visit 'sends a signal to the Chinese Communist Party that the United States stands with the people of Taiwan.'

‘Will defend values of freedom & democracy,’ says Taiwan’s new president in face of Chinese threat

President Lai Ching-te pledges to stand side by side with military and safeguard Taiwan, hours after China Thursday launched 2 days of military exercises surrounding Taiwan.

Taiwan vice-president’s win was unexpected, unwanted in China. He must brace for a hard time

Beijing is expected to intensify economic coercion, diplomatic poaching and intimidation through grey zone activities against Lai’s Taiwan.

On Camera

MEA should stop living in dread of Trump. We’ve lived through Nixon before

Donald Trump seems to have rejected the old assumptions. He does not care that India is the world’s largest democracy. As for the Indian market, he wants access on his own terms.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

India’s defence sky gets a solar boost: Army orders iDEX solar-electric drone 

Indian Army has inducted loitering munitions, kamikaze and surveillance drones for over Rs 5,000 crore post Operation Sindoor from various domestic firms.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.