WWII Anniversary Marked on Both Sides of Taiwan Strait – Sept. 3, 2025

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Taiwan President Lai Ching-te commemorates the end of World War II by honoring fallen soldiers while China puts on a massive military parade, showcasing its cutting-edge "fourth generation" weapons systems. China has been conducting gas and oil exploration within Taiwan's exclusive economic zone, according to a think tank report that warns of Beijing's erosion of Taiwan's sovereignty. And TaiwanPlus meets the author of a book about using publicly available tools to conduct open-source intelligence on China's military. Plus: - TaiwanPlus meets a same-sex couple who have started a family through a practice that remains controversial...and largely inaccessible...despite Taiwan's desire to reverse its low birthrate. - Lawmakers from the (minority) ruling parties of Taiwan and Japan meet in Taipei for party-to-party talks on foreign diplomacy, defense and undersea cable security. - Taiwan will hold its first nuclear disaster training drill at a retired nuclear plant that was at the center of a failed referendum last month.