--> --> Click and Listen to Taiwan Analytics How China Manipulates Taiwan’s Media and Social Media Platforms -->   A newspaper front page reporting about U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pictured in Taipei, Taiwan, August 2, 2022. (REUTERS/Ann Wang/TPG IMAGES)   Fucha (real name Li Yanhe), editor-in-chief of Gusa Press in Taiwan, was arrested when he returned to Shanghai in March this year. It was only in late April that his detention was made public, and China’s Taiwan Affairs Office confirmed that he was being accused of “engaging in activities endangering national security.” Fucha, who has also worked as a host at Radio Taiwan International, has been living in Taiwan since 2009 after marrying a Taiwanese national, but had to return to China to renounce his nationality in order to obtain Taiwan citizenship. It is generally believed that he was arrested because Gusa Press has published a series of books, which, while...

Click and Listen to Taiwan Analytics -->   TPG IMAGES   In her final May 20 speech as president, Tsai Ing-wen this year made clear her own awareness of the “post-Tsai era” and her understanding of future challenges facing Taiwan, as well as reflecting on her administration’s performance to date. Most notable among President Tsai’s achievements is clearly her foreign policy, since Taiwan has gone from being marginalized as a small island trapped off China’s coast, to playing a pivotal role in world affairs. This new focus on Taiwan is evidenced by active discussion of the Taiwan issue and de-risking instead of decoupling China by world leaders at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan.   TPG IMAGES   Numerous significant events have occurred since President Tsai entered office in 2016. These include the UK referendum to leave the EU; Donald Trump’s election in the US; Xi Jinping’s abolition of the PRC’s presidential term system; anti-extr...