Two recent public opinion surveys reveal the choices of Taiwanese people regarding foreign policy. TVBS Poll Center found that 77 percent of respondents consider being pro-U.S. important for Taiwan. Academia Sinica found that more than half of respondents are willing to resist China at any cost and support purchasing U.S military equipment.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Sunday at the Paris headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The discussions are expected to focus on shifting US tariffs, the flow of Chinese-produced rare earth minerals and magnets to US buyers, the US’s high-tech export controls and Chinese purchases of US agricultural products. US …

Ma Ruilin is a former United Front Work Department official who defected to the United States in 2024. He is providing the FBI with granular evidence of how Beijing surveils, intimidates, and silences Chinese diaspora communities on American soil. Ma's portfolio covered ethnic minorities, religious communities, private entrepreneurs, intellectuals, social media influencers, and diasporas in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. …

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Representatives from Beijing and Washington began their economic and trade talks in Paris on Sunday. The delegations are led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. They are expected to discuss trade and economic issues of mutual concern. Trump will visit China from March 31 to April 2. He will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The first day of the trade talks between China and the US in Paris was uneventful. The Chinese delegation left the venue at 6:02 pm local time. The talks will continue tomorrow when the US delegation leaves and the Chinese delegation will stay one more day before leaving on Tuesday.