The Biden administration will send an unofficial delegation to Taiwan after the island’s election this Saturday, in a move that is likely to irritate Beijing.
Mr Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang (KMT), China’s preferred contender, has emerged as the main challenger to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate William Lai.
Politically motivated plagiarism claims prompted Harvard’s Claudine Gay to resign. Her decision to step down largely follows the trend of other, similar cases. When Harvard University president Claudine Gay stepped down on Jan. 2 amid swirling plagiarism charges, it was a win for her conservative political opponents and a blow to her many supporters.