China M503: Cross-Strait politics is intervening in people’s safety February 28, 2018 1 Written by Chun-yi Lee. The controversy surrounding the M503 air route started in January 2018. On January 4th, China announced the new northbound flights on the…
China The winners and losers of the Taiwan Strait aviation row February 27, 2018 1 Written by Mark Wenyi Lai. Early morning on January 4, China announced that it would begin using the new aviation route M503, connecting its most important…
China Cross-Strait relations: The strategic importance of Taiwan February 26, 2018 6 Written by Joseph Bosco. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, it also simultaneously attacked the Philippines, triggering World War II in the…
China Cross-Strait aviation and Beijing’s hybrid warfare February 21, 2018 1 Written by Russell Hsiao. On January 4, the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) announced that…
China A matter of national security? The M503 route reconsidered February 21, 2018 5 Written by Yang Shih-Yueh. The M503 Route, a route for civil airlines transiting Taiwan Straits, is once again under the spotlight. When it was first…
China China’s United Front Strategy and Taiwan February 19, 2018 2 Written by June Teufel Dreyer. “United Front Work is an important magic weapon for the victory of the party’s cause.” Xi Jinping, October 2017 The Chinese…
China Introduction to Special Issue on Cross-Strait Air Safety February 19, 2018 2 Written by Karolina Wysoczanska. Since 1949, when Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists lost the civil war to Mao Zedong’s Communist forces and set up a government in…