Yen-han Chen 陳彥翰 🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦
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Georgetown Security Studies Program. Taiwan's defense, Taiwan military history, U.S.-Taiwan relations. Brock Purdy acolyte.
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Taiwan Relations Act in a New Era of Security Cooperation - Foreign Policy Research Institute
For a document intended to carefully outline relations with a key US partner while navigating a region’s complex history and geopolitical realities, eight
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The Foreign Policy Research Institute just published my commentary on how the U.S. can use the Taiwan Relations Act to provide Taiwan with the military capabilities it needs as the military balance shifts across the Strait!
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After getting back from his big meeting with Wang Hu-ning in Beijing, KMT deputy chairman Hsiao Hsu-tsen had this to say about the US ambassador to Taiwan: "Raymond Greene is just a bit more than section chief, if that—he may not even be a division director."
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剛從中國回來就開轟AIT！蕭旭岑：谷立言只比科長大一點 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報
中國國民黨副主席蕭旭岑本月2日至4日率團前往中國參加「兩岸交流合作前瞻論壇」。針對外傳立法院外交國防委員會的國民黨立委遭受美方施壓，蕭旭岑今（6）日批評此為「美國政客對台灣內政說三道四」。另外，對美國在台協會（AIT）處長谷立言近來言論，他更批「谷立言只比科長大一點而已，搞不好連司長都不是」。他還說，自己在中國見到的宋濤、王滬寧是「部長級」和「正國級」，在台灣卻被比司長小的官員整天提出要求，很奇怪...
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February 7, 2026 at 4:29 AM
After getting back from his big meeting with Wang Hu-ning in Beijing, KMT deputy chairman Hsiao Hsu-tsen had this to say about the US ambassador to Taiwan: "Raymond Greene is just a bit more than section chief, if that—he may not even be a division director."
news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...
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Taiwan's air force procuring the F-CK-1, F-16, and Mirage 2000 in the 1990s:
February 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Taiwan's air force procuring the F-CK-1, F-16, and Mirage 2000 in the 1990s:
Taiwan to purchase 102 Patriot PAC-3 MSE missiles, sources tell Liberty Times.
The missiles will be purchased with the US$40 billion special defense budget.
The missiles will be purchased with the US$40 billion special defense budget.
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Taiwan to purchase 102 Patriot PAC-3 MSE missiles, sources tell Liberty Times.
The missiles will be purchased with the US$40 billion special defense budget.
The missiles will be purchased with the US$40 billion special defense budget.
glass houses
February 10, 2026 at 6:33 PM
glass houses
You, citizen, are the only ones who can do anything to save your country.
February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
You, citizen, are the only ones who can do anything to save your country.
Chinese J-16 fighters flew aggressively and simulated attacks when intercepted by Taiwan's F-16s during Exercise Justice Mission 2025, sources tell Financial Times.
February 10, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Chinese J-16 fighters flew aggressively and simulated attacks when intercepted by Taiwan's F-16s during Exercise Justice Mission 2025, sources tell Financial Times.
Please explain to me why it’s perfect okay that NATO expanded to the U.S. at its founding, but it’s not okay for Ukraine or Georgia to want to exist in the same security environment as you?
February 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Please explain to me why it’s perfect okay that NATO expanded to the U.S. at its founding, but it’s not okay for Ukraine or Georgia to want to exist in the same security environment as you?
Complaints about “NATO expansion” by Americans is basically telling post-colonial states that they don’t have a right to enjoy the security benefits that the people saying this take for granted.
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Complaints about “NATO expansion” by Americans is basically telling post-colonial states that they don’t have a right to enjoy the security benefits that the people saying this take for granted.
There's a certain country with 23 million Chinese-speaking liberal democrats (some more liberal than others, some more democratic than others) who also love baseball
February 9, 2026 at 5:59 AM
There's a certain country with 23 million Chinese-speaking liberal democrats (some more liberal than others, some more democratic than others) who also love baseball
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Reporters and police surrounded Cardinal Joseph Zen and Jimmy Lai's wife Theresa as they left the courthouse after the media tycoon was sentenced to 20-years in prison. They got onto a seven-seater vehicle.
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Reporters and police surrounded Cardinal Joseph Zen and Jimmy Lai's wife Theresa as they left the courthouse after the media tycoon was sentenced to 20-years in prison. They got onto a seven-seater vehicle.
hi neighbor!
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 AM
hi neighbor!
Mirage 2000s have been much more expensive to maintain than F-16s and F-CK-1s.
And that's only when Taiwan actually gets to buy the equipment.
And that's only when Taiwan actually gets to buy the equipment.
February 8, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Mirage 2000s have been much more expensive to maintain than F-16s and F-CK-1s.
And that's only when Taiwan actually gets to buy the equipment.
And that's only when Taiwan actually gets to buy the equipment.
Additionally, I think the assumption that a Taiwan Strait contingency will be a limited war is a mistake to begin with
February 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Additionally, I think the assumption that a Taiwan Strait contingency will be a limited war is a mistake to begin with
You also physically cannot both sail across the Taiwan Strait and set up a beachhead in “a few hours.”
The constraints of physics forbid it.
The constraints of physics forbid it.
February 8, 2026 at 9:43 PM
You also physically cannot both sail across the Taiwan Strait and set up a beachhead in “a few hours.”
The constraints of physics forbid it.
The constraints of physics forbid it.
It would take a few hours for Chinese ships to even just sail across the Taiwan Strait.
February 8, 2026 at 9:42 PM
It would take a few hours for Chinese ships to even just sail across the Taiwan Strait.
Why is it that you have a problem with Taiwan resisting an authoritarian ideology then?
February 8, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Why is it that you have a problem with Taiwan resisting an authoritarian ideology then?
The U.S. is far more reliable than “other NATO countries,” “Asian countries,” or Israel in this respect.
This isn’t the 1980s anymore.
This isn’t the 1980s anymore.
February 8, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The U.S. is far more reliable than “other NATO countries,” “Asian countries,” or Israel in this respect.
This isn’t the 1980s anymore.
This isn’t the 1980s anymore.
Image dated 2/6.
February 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Image dated 2/6.
Zhang Shengmin is alive.
(He is the man standing behind Xi Jinping here at a function to celebrate retired military and party members)
(He is the man standing behind Xi Jinping here at a function to celebrate retired military and party members)
February 8, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Zhang Shengmin is alive.
(He is the man standing behind Xi Jinping here at a function to celebrate retired military and party members)
(He is the man standing behind Xi Jinping here at a function to celebrate retired military and party members)
which actually comes from the word for "industry cooperative" from ww2
February 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
which actually comes from the word for "industry cooperative" from ww2
This is very much folk etymology, but I think it is a good mindset to live by, whether in personal life or national policy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...
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Chinese word for crisis - Wikipedia
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February 8, 2026 at 8:07 PM
This is very much folk etymology, but I think it is a good mindset to live by, whether in personal life or national policy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...
The defeatism aside, you really think that Russia and Asia will form two distinct poles?
February 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The defeatism aside, you really think that Russia and Asia will form two distinct poles?
Why is it that, to only a certain subsection of Americans, only your country gets to fight for their dignity against a superior force and against odds?
Why is it that when the rest of the world does it, you call for us to surrender? This is how you won Yorktown and Saratoga?
Why is it that when the rest of the world does it, you call for us to surrender? This is how you won Yorktown and Saratoga?
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Why is it that, to only a certain subsection of Americans, only your country gets to fight for their dignity against a superior force and against odds?
Why is it that when the rest of the world does it, you call for us to surrender? This is how you won Yorktown and Saratoga?
Why is it that when the rest of the world does it, you call for us to surrender? This is how you won Yorktown and Saratoga?
Taiwan is not consulting with Korea, Germany, and Israel in the sense that Taiwan is not likely to procure any of their platforms.
Taiwan already has the M1A2T and HIMARS (in addition to M60s, CM-11s, and Thunderbolt 2000), adding another type of equipment would just make logistics more difficult.
Taiwan already has the M1A2T and HIMARS (in addition to M60s, CM-11s, and Thunderbolt 2000), adding another type of equipment would just make logistics more difficult.
February 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Taiwan is not consulting with Korea, Germany, and Israel in the sense that Taiwan is not likely to procure any of their platforms.
Taiwan already has the M1A2T and HIMARS (in addition to M60s, CM-11s, and Thunderbolt 2000), adding another type of equipment would just make logistics more difficult.
Taiwan already has the M1A2T and HIMARS (in addition to M60s, CM-11s, and Thunderbolt 2000), adding another type of equipment would just make logistics more difficult.
this is not the 90s.
we cannot ask the russians to sell us an-12s.
we cannot ask the russians to sell us an-12s.
February 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
this is not the 90s.
we cannot ask the russians to sell us an-12s.
we cannot ask the russians to sell us an-12s.