After Japan's unconditional surrender in 1945, the United States designated the Far East theater to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek of the government of the Republic of China, based on the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Declaration. Japan then legally returned Taiwan, the Pescadores, and all occupied Chinese territories.
This article questions why China refuses to allow the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) to inspect Xinjiang cotton for potential human rights violations, exploring the political and sovereignty implications.
KMT Chairman Chiang Chi-chen believes Premier Su Chen-chang refused to directly answer questions, evaded the issue, and even counter-questioned legislators with interrogation rights, asking them if they had consumed American clenbuterol beef and pork, mockingly taunting the current legislators representing the people's will by asking 'Did you get sick?' This shows the Premier himself has serious issues.
On National Day, Deputy Director Shi Wenyi of the Disease Control Bureau under the Department of Health publicly denied the US's visa-free privilege granted to Taiwanese citizens on social media. Even a friend working at the AIT privately criticized this as absurd. The author details Shi's claims and the Foreign Ministry's rebuttal, analyzing the logical fallacies in Shi's arguments.