KMT-CCP Forum Underway in Beijing – Feb. 3, 2026
Figures representing Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party hold a think tank exchange in Beijing as a special defense budget review remains blocked in Taiwan's legislature. A new Taiwan People's Party lawmaker, Li Chen-hsiu, is sworn in as opponents question her allegiances given her Chinese citizenship. The 2026 Taipei International Book Exhibition opens, attended by over 500 publishers and 29 countries with a focus on Thai literature. Plus: - Taiwan's court of final appeal turns down a retrial for the country's oldest inmate on death row. Human rights advocates say his murder case was mishandled. - Is China actually moving away from coal? TaiwanPlus speaks with Qi Qin about the latest report from the Centre on Research Energy and Clean Air, which says China's locked into more years of coal burning despite renewables growing to meet new energy demand. - China executes four more people tied to scam rings in a border region in Myanmar, following the execution of 11 others last week.
