China/Indopazifik
China/Indopazifik · 21. Mai 2026
What does it mean to live on a frontline where the Cold War was heard as much as it was seen? From the early 1950s, the Taiwan Strait became a frontline of psychological confrontation, where sound emerged as a powerful medium of cross-strait communication, persuasion, and control. For nearly four decades, broadcasting campaigns between Xiamen and Kinmen produced a sustained sonic confrontation across only a few kilometres of water.
China/Indopazifik · 08. Mai 2026
As Indonesia accelerates its role in the global energy transition, its capital, Jakarta, is sinking by up to 20 centimeters per year. Between $40 billion seawalls and the mirage of a new capital in the jungle, the fate of 42 million people wavers between ecological security and social injustice.
China/Indopazifik · 02. April 2026
Kinmen was more than a Cold War frontline. It was a place where war shaped everyday life.
This article explores how military tension shaped civilian life over decades and how these experiences remain visible today in both memory and the landscape.
Part 2 of the SIGA blog series on Kinmen.
China/Indopazifik · 17. März 2026
The Philippines stands today at a historical crossroads that will define its role in Southeast Asia. The country aims to become a strategic economic hub and is preparing to assume the ASEAN chairmanship[1] in 2026. However, its international credibility is heavily clouded by an archaic and violent practice: “Red-Tagging”. This government strategy consists of criminalising inconvenient figures - activists, journalists, unionists, and lawyers - by publicly labelling them as “communists”...
China/Indopazifik · 02. März 2026
When a legislator from Kinmen 金門 (Quemoy), Chen Yu-jen 陳玉珍, a Kuomintang representative for the island constituency, recently stated, “I am Fujianese; I was never Taiwanese,” the remark quickly became a political controversy in Taiwan, where questions of national identity remain deeply contested (Liberty Times Net 2026; Formosa TV News Network 2026). Yet for many residents of Kinmen, the statement did not sound radical; it sounded familiar.
China/Indopazifik · 17. November 2025
China macht Ernst im Bereich der Robotik. Durch massive Investitionen hat sich das Land in den vergangenen Jahren eine führende Rolle in der Technologieentwicklung und Automatisierung verschafft. Damit positioniert sich China als zentraler Akteur im globalen Wettlauf um die technologische Vorherrschaft. Durch diesen Entwicklungsschritt festigt Peking weiter seine Eigenständigkeit und verschiebt zugleich die globalen Abhängigkeitsverhältnisse zu seinen Gunsten.
China/Indopazifik · 05. November 2025
Aktuell rumort es in der Volksbefreiungsarmee Chinas (PLA). Das Militär wird durch die Entlassung und Verhaftung von hochrangigen Generälen/Admirälen durchgeschüttelt. Diese personellen Veränderungen werden erneut mit dem Thema Korruptionsbekämpfung begründet. Dies ist keine neue Entwicklung, sondern knüpft an Xi Jinpings Reformen und Transformation der PLA an. Schwerpunkt und Signal, die Xi damit senden will: Die zivile, einheitliche Kontrolle des Militärs soll gestärkt werden.
China/Indopazifik · 02. November 2025
The 2025 APEC Summit in Seoul demonstrated that Asia’s focal point currently resides in its capacity for connectivity. Over the course of two days, from 31 October to 1 November, leaders from twenty-one economies convened in Gyeongju under the theme Building a Sustainable Tomorrow: Connect, Innovate, Prosper. The meeting did not have spectacular announcements but rather a subtle affirmation that APEC has established itself as the region’s cornerstone.
China/Indopazifik · 30. Oktober 2025
Während westliche Medien vor allem Präsident Trumps Tänzchen vor der Air Force One bei der Ankunft in Malaysia portraitierten und das vermeintliche Friedensabkommen zwischen Kambodscha und Thailand unter Trumps Vorzeichen lasen, rücken realpolitisch die Kräfte in Asien und um den Pazifik zusammen.
China/Indopazifik · 30. Oktober 2025
The 47th ASEAN Summit, conducted in Kuala Lumpur from 26 to 28 October 2025, in conjunction with the fifth RCEP Leaders’ Meeting, provided a distinct overview of the evolution of Asia’s regional institutions. These events signified more than mere diplomatic protocol. They demonstrated how South and South-east Asia are subtly transforming, establishing a network of economic and political collaboration that is progressively self-sufficient and less reliant on Western structures.