Breaking news events can be confusing due to a deluge of information, much of which can be redundant or inaccurate. However, maintaining a healthy sense of skepticism and utilizing tools and techniques, such as vetting news sources and using social media to see various angles of an event, can help untangle breaking events and contextualize…
As tensions increase between China and Taiwan, Beijing has resorted to various means of interference beyond war, including banning imports of Taiwanese produce, leveraging access to its market to force international companies to follow its policies on Taiwan, running constant disinformation, cyber-attacks and espionage campaigns, and coordinating acts of sabotage against Taiwanese critical infrastructure. Such…
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is set to meet with the US Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, during a stopover in Los Angeles on 5-7 April. It is understood the meeting is taking place in the U.S. to avoid a hostile Chinese response like the one that followed Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last…
