some US politicians have viewed China as the "major strategic competitor" and attempted to "outcompete" it, highlighting the strategic value of Taiwan as a chess piece in this context. First ...

More ironically, Lai Ching-te, while riding on U.S. coattails at the expense of the Taiwan people's interests, shamelessly claimed that "Taiwan is a chess player rather than a chess piece, and will ...

Beijing said the drills were in response to recent statements and actions by the U.S. and others regarding the self-governing ...

It also says that the US would work “to deter China’s aggression ... in technology and its geographical significance in the first island chain, Taiwan must work to “be a chess player, not a chess ...