Taiwan—a central issue in the historically tense U.S.-China relations—is set to hold elections early next year that may be the most unusual the country has ever seen, with direct implications for America’s politics and economy.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's world-renowned trip to China has come to an end, with major differences between the U.S. and China remaining over Taiwan that have lingered for decades, though Congressional Republicans are critical of Blinken. Disappointed by the visit, and Blinken's public statement in China that the United States "does not support" Taiwan independence has also aroused criticism from the opposition. Some Republican members of Congress said that Taiwan has become independent, and no matter what Blinken says, it cannot change this fact.

As the voter turnout rate in university student union elections has continued to drop in recent years, more and more people have questioned whether university student self-government is necessary. Taiwan is proud of its democracy. Why do college students feel less and less interested in participating in student self-healing?

Austin Wang, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, believes that in order to stabilize the US-China relationship and get it back on track, Washington is not without demands on Beijing.

The former Trump national security advisor will be hosted by pro-independence groups in Taipei.

The Politics Department of Duke University in North Carolina (Duke) recently invited a professor from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to give a lecture on "The Impact of the Ukraine War on Taiwan and the World", and also to analyze and reflect on the crisis in the Taiwan Strait.

Taiwan will hold elections in January next year, and the election campaign is unprecedentedly fierce. Michael McCaul, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, issued a warning on this a few days ago, saying that the CCP may influence the election and control Taiwan without firing a single shot, which is more influential than the threat of force.

Defying Beijing’s repeated threats, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy presented a carefully choreographed united front in California on Wednesday against an increasingly powerful and aggressive China.