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Updated 04:02 UTC, Nov 7, 2026

What is happening in Taiwan?

Taiwan is currently rated Watch on WARNPOINT's open-source instability index, scoring 20/100. The assessment fuses 11 reports from open intelligence sources and refreshes continuously. The most recent development: “Taiwan's KMT old guard fights for power base in tight Taipei mayoral races” (Nikkei Asia, 4m ago).

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• Taiwan's KMT old guard fights for power base in tight Taipei mayoral races
  NIKKEI ASIA4m ago
• Taiwan, South Korea, Japan stock markets hit hard by AI sell-off
  NIKKEI ASIA4m ago
• China-Japan row over Takaichi's Taiwan comment enters 2nd year
  NIKKEI ASIA4m ago
• Taiwan's chipmakers shine brightest in living memory
  NIKKEI ASIA4m ago
• Taiwan to activate NSF amid stock rout
  TAIPEI TIMES4h ago
• Taiwan to close its office in Papua New Guinea
  TAIPEI TIMES4h ago
• Taipei mayor race a victory for democracy whoever wins: Shen
  TAIPEI TIMES4h ago
• Chen Min-hsin of Taiwan wins gold
  TAIPEI TIMES4h ago
• The US Air Force’s Lockheed F-22 Raptor Might Be the Best Fighter on Earth But The Range Issue Is a Problem
  19FORTYFIVE8h ago
• The Taipei Mayor Election Is Not About China
  THE DIPLOMAT9h ago
• China's Return to One-Man Rule
  THE CIPHER BRIEF18h ago
• Paraguay's Trump-aligned president resigns amid bank crisis
  RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT1d ago
• Pakistan takes the One China policy into its airspace
  LOWY INTERPRETER2d ago
• A rare strike in Taiwan exposes labor unrest beneath the global AI rush
  REST OF WORLD2d ago
• Fire Base Australia: Can America’s Southern Base Sustain a Pacific War?
  THE CIPHER BRIEF4d ago
• Analysts: China could erode Taiwan’s hold on remote Pratas Island without invasion
  RADIO FREE ASIA4d ago

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