Cornelius Dieckmann
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Taipei correspondent @spiegel.de
Taiwan’s former president Tsai Ing-wen speaks in Berlin:
“Making ourselves resilient in the face of authoritarian challenges is the key to our survival. In Taiwan, we know what resilience looks like. We understand all too well the danger posed by those who exploit democracy’s imperfections.”
“Making ourselves resilient in the face of authoritarian challenges is the key to our survival. In Taiwan, we know what resilience looks like. We understand all too well the danger posed by those who exploit democracy’s imperfections.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Taiwan’s former president Tsai Ing-wen speaks in Berlin:
“Making ourselves resilient in the face of authoritarian challenges is the key to our survival. In Taiwan, we know what resilience looks like. We understand all too well the danger posed by those who exploit democracy’s imperfections.”
“Making ourselves resilient in the face of authoritarian challenges is the key to our survival. In Taiwan, we know what resilience looks like. We understand all too well the danger posed by those who exploit democracy’s imperfections.”
Taiwan’s ex-president Tsai Ing-wen has landed in Germany. She’s to speak at a Berlin conference Monday.
Tsai flew commercial on China Airlines, Taipei to Frankfurt, notably avoiding PRC airspace. Usually CI61 overflies Guangxi. A passenger on the flight told me crew cited the weather when asked.
Tsai flew commercial on China Airlines, Taipei to Frankfurt, notably avoiding PRC airspace. Usually CI61 overflies Guangxi. A passenger on the flight told me crew cited the weather when asked.
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Taiwan’s ex-president Tsai Ing-wen has landed in Germany. She’s to speak at a Berlin conference Monday.
Tsai flew commercial on China Airlines, Taipei to Frankfurt, notably avoiding PRC airspace. Usually CI61 overflies Guangxi. A passenger on the flight told me crew cited the weather when asked.
Tsai flew commercial on China Airlines, Taipei to Frankfurt, notably avoiding PRC airspace. Usually CI61 overflies Guangxi. A passenger on the flight told me crew cited the weather when asked.
The view from Taipei
October 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The view from Taipei
“Taiwan never came up, it was not discussed actually”: Trump on Xi meeting.
October 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
“Taiwan never came up, it was not discussed actually”: Trump on Xi meeting.
This was one year ago:
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This was one year ago:
Wo bleibt in den USA eigentlich der gesellschaftliche Widerstand? Sehr lesenswert dazu Kollege Jörg Schindler:
www.spiegel.de/ausland/dona...
www.spiegel.de/ausland/dona...
September 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Wo bleibt in den USA eigentlich der gesellschaftliche Widerstand? Sehr lesenswert dazu Kollege Jörg Schindler:
www.spiegel.de/ausland/dona...
www.spiegel.de/ausland/dona...
The recalls failed: All 24 KMT lawmakers on the ballot survived the vote. Taiwan remains in a deadlock. Huge blow to the DPP.
July 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The recalls failed: All 24 KMT lawmakers on the ballot survived the vote. Taiwan remains in a deadlock. Huge blow to the DPP.
Wie lange noch?
July 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Wie lange noch?
Es scheint mir unlogisch, zu der Schlussfolgerung zu kommen, dass die Welt jetzt eine sicherere sei.
www.spiegel.de/ausland/iran...
www.spiegel.de/ausland/iran...
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Es scheint mir unlogisch, zu der Schlussfolgerung zu kommen, dass die Welt jetzt eine sicherere sei.
www.spiegel.de/ausland/iran...
www.spiegel.de/ausland/iran...
June 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
US defense secretary Hegseth at Shangri-La:
“President Trump has also said that Communist China will not invade Taiwan on his watch. So our goal is to prevent war. To make the cost too high, and peace the only option. (…) But if deterrence fails (…) we are prepared (…) to fight and win decisively.”
“President Trump has also said that Communist China will not invade Taiwan on his watch. So our goal is to prevent war. To make the cost too high, and peace the only option. (…) But if deterrence fails (…) we are prepared (…) to fight and win decisively.”
May 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
US defense secretary Hegseth at Shangri-La:
“President Trump has also said that Communist China will not invade Taiwan on his watch. So our goal is to prevent war. To make the cost too high, and peace the only option. (…) But if deterrence fails (…) we are prepared (…) to fight and win decisively.”
“President Trump has also said that Communist China will not invade Taiwan on his watch. So our goal is to prevent war. To make the cost too high, and peace the only option. (…) But if deterrence fails (…) we are prepared (…) to fight and win decisively.”
Zum 9. Mai ein älteres Interview mit Alexej Heistver, der den Holocaust überlebte und in Moskau und Odessa aufwuchs.
Der Historiker sprach über Putins »zynische Orgie des Militarismus«. Er sagte: »Frieden ist in diesem Weltbild unnatürlich.«
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
Der Historiker sprach über Putins »zynische Orgie des Militarismus«. Er sagte: »Frieden ist in diesem Weltbild unnatürlich.«
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
May 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Zum 9. Mai ein älteres Interview mit Alexej Heistver, der den Holocaust überlebte und in Moskau und Odessa aufwuchs.
Der Historiker sprach über Putins »zynische Orgie des Militarismus«. Er sagte: »Frieden ist in diesem Weltbild unnatürlich.«
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
Der Historiker sprach über Putins »zynische Orgie des Militarismus«. Er sagte: »Frieden ist in diesem Weltbild unnatürlich.«
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
Meanwhile in Moscow:
May 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Meanwhile in Moscow:
A striking image: Taiwanese President Lai along with European representatives in front of Churchill’s “We shall fight on the beaches” speech.
May 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A striking image: Taiwanese President Lai along with European representatives in front of Churchill’s “We shall fight on the beaches” speech.
The KMT‘s rhetoric has been unhinged, but this, by party chairman Eric Chu, is truly revolting. Chu says that president Lai is “doing what Hitler did”.
udn.com/news/story/6...
Germany’s de-facto embassy in Taiwan has published a long statement in condemnation.
udn.com/news/story/6...
Germany’s de-facto embassy in Taiwan has published a long statement in condemnation.
May 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The KMT‘s rhetoric has been unhinged, but this, by party chairman Eric Chu, is truly revolting. Chu says that president Lai is “doing what Hitler did”.
udn.com/news/story/6...
Germany’s de-facto embassy in Taiwan has published a long statement in condemnation.
udn.com/news/story/6...
Germany’s de-facto embassy in Taiwan has published a long statement in condemnation.
If TableMedia is right, Merz will appoint a foreign minister highly critical of Beijing.
Johann Wadephul has called Xi a dictator & criticised China’s violations of int’l law & human rights. He’s said the HK crackdown damaged Beijing’s credibility. And on Taiwan: “The free world stands together.”
Johann Wadephul has called Xi a dictator & criticised China’s violations of int’l law & human rights. He’s said the HK crackdown damaged Beijing’s credibility. And on Taiwan: “The free world stands together.”
April 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If TableMedia is right, Merz will appoint a foreign minister highly critical of Beijing.
Johann Wadephul has called Xi a dictator & criticised China’s violations of int’l law & human rights. He’s said the HK crackdown damaged Beijing’s credibility. And on Taiwan: “The free world stands together.”
Johann Wadephul has called Xi a dictator & criticised China’s violations of int’l law & human rights. He’s said the HK crackdown damaged Beijing’s credibility. And on Taiwan: “The free world stands together.”
April 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Eigentlich war das Interview ein Recherchegespräch über den Rock-Impresario Bill Graham, der im Berlin der Nazizeit im selben jüdischen Waisenhaus gelebt hatte wie Frankenstein. Der Artikel erschien, mit Frankensteins Erinnerungen, in der FAZ. (6/8)
archive.ph/goUFF
archive.ph/goUFF
April 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Eigentlich war das Interview ein Recherchegespräch über den Rock-Impresario Bill Graham, der im Berlin der Nazizeit im selben jüdischen Waisenhaus gelebt hatte wie Frankenstein. Der Artikel erschien, mit Frankensteins Erinnerungen, in der FAZ. (6/8)
archive.ph/goUFF
archive.ph/goUFF
Looking at China’s state news agency Xinhua, you wouldn’t know anyone noteworthy died today. No mention of the Pope. Only when you click on the “Europe” section do you find a two-sentence obituary.
(The PRC and the Vatican do not have official diplomatic relations.)
(The PRC and the Vatican do not have official diplomatic relations.)
April 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Looking at China’s state news agency Xinhua, you wouldn’t know anyone noteworthy died today. No mention of the Pope. Only when you click on the “Europe” section do you find a two-sentence obituary.
(The PRC and the Vatican do not have official diplomatic relations.)
(The PRC and the Vatican do not have official diplomatic relations.)
Aus gegebenem Anlass:
April 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Aus gegebenem Anlass:
An ideology forged, and frozen, in the 1980s just fully unleashed itself
(pic: Trump’s infamous newspaper ad from 1987)
(pic: Trump’s infamous newspaper ad from 1987)
April 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
An ideology forged, and frozen, in the 1980s just fully unleashed itself
(pic: Trump’s infamous newspaper ad from 1987)
(pic: Trump’s infamous newspaper ad from 1987)
For the second time in about a week, Japan publicly corrects something it allegedly said to China, but actually didn’t:
x.com/japan_emb_in...
x.com/japan_emb_in...
April 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For the second time in about a week, Japan publicly corrects something it allegedly said to China, but actually didn’t:
x.com/japan_emb_in...
x.com/japan_emb_in...
The PLA also said that it conducted long-range live-fire drills in the East China Sea involving “precision strikes on simulated targets of key ports and energy facilities”.
Or, as Wang Yi likes to tell European diplomats: The People’s Republic of China is a peace-loving nation.
Or, as Wang Yi likes to tell European diplomats: The People’s Republic of China is a peace-loving nation.
April 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The PLA also said that it conducted long-range live-fire drills in the East China Sea involving “precision strikes on simulated targets of key ports and energy facilities”.
Or, as Wang Yi likes to tell European diplomats: The People’s Republic of China is a peace-loving nation.
Or, as Wang Yi likes to tell European diplomats: The People’s Republic of China is a peace-loving nation.