Media Coverage Highlights
This compilation showcases a selection of major media reports on the 2025 Taipei International Peace Forum, organized by the Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation. From in-depth interviews and feature stories to editorials and opinion pieces, these articles illustrate how Taiwan’s first large-scale international peace forum ignited extensive public dialogue on issues spanning democracy, conflict, technology, climate, and coexistence.
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Please note that many of the articles were originally published in Chinese; the English texts presented here have been summarized and translated by AI to enhance accessibility for international audiences.
Taipei Times
In “Why Talk About Peace Now?”, Lung Ying-tai contrasts how both Beijing and Taipei invoke “peace” through the language of military power, arguing that true peace demands humility, restraint, and moral courage rather than strength and arms. Drawing lessons from global history—from Northern Ireland and postwar Europe to South Africa—she shows that reconciliation often begins with gestures of humility, not domination. Lung warns that militarization breeds isolation and cycles of revenge, while peace, though costly, is the wiser investment of the strong. For Taiwan, she contends, peace is not naïveté nor concession but strategic agency: the capacity to shape its own future through resilience, dialogue, and innovation. Instead of being a “porcupine” trapped in fear, Taiwan can become a model of civil strength and creative diplomacy—proving that peace itself can be power.
A dialogue between an Palestinian and Israeli in Taipei
In this Taipei Times interview, Israeli peace educator Roi Silberberg, director of the School for Peace, and Palestinian scholar Hazem Almassry, a Gaza-born researcher at Academia Sinica, share a rare and uneasy dialogue ahead of their joint appearance at the Taipei International Peace Forum. Both reject abstract discussions of “peace” or political solutions while war and starvation persist in Gaza. Almassry focuses on raising awareness of the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe and the global indifference that sustains it, emphasizing the deep power imbalance between Israel and Palestine. Silberberg, reflecting on the difficulty of dialogue in times of rage, insists that meeting “the other” still matters—even when it feels futile. For both men, their presence in Taiwan is less about offering solutions and more about confronting denial, sharing testimony, and urging audiences to look beyond distant abstractions to the human reality of Gaza and Israel’s enduring tragedy.
United Daily News (online edition)
Lung Ying-tai: In Addition to War Games, Taiwan Also Needs Peace Games
At the 2025 Taipei International Peace Forum, former Minister of Culture Lung Ying-tai urged Taiwan to conduct not only “war games” but also “peace games”—strategic simulations for de-escalation and crisis management. Responding to critics who labeled her “pro-China,” Lung emphasized that national defense is vital but insufficient without exercises that strengthen social resilience and psychological preparedness. Drawing on models from the U.S. Institute of Peace, she explained that peace simulations—such as negotiating ceasefires, arranging humanitarian corridors, or managing public sentiment after an incident—are essential to prevent escalation. Lung also advocated for “goodwill projects,” suggesting that Taiwan must build trust with Chinese citizens and enhance its global image through creativity and humanitarian engagement. True security, she said, depends not only on military readiness but on a resilient, empathetic society capable of reducing hostility and sustaining democracy through peace.
At the 2025 Taipei International Peace Forum, Lung Ying-tai, chair of the Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation and former Minister of Culture, firmly rejected accusations of being “pro-China,” asserting that peace is not surrender but the construction of resilience. She emphasized that while war simulations (“war games”) are essential for national defense, Taiwan must also conduct “peace simulations” (“peace games”)—strategic crisis-cooling exercises that model how to de-escalate tensions, prevent miscalculations, and sustain public morale. Drawing on examples from the U.S. Institute of Peace and Japan’s Taiwan-scenario drills, Lung argued that societies must prepare not only militarily but psychologically and socially, strengthening energy, food, and water security while cultivating empathy and trust. She also called for a “goodwill and charm offensive”—building positive ties with Chinese citizens and showcasing Taiwan’s creativity and humanitarian values internationally. “Without peace,” she concluded, “there is no sustainability, and without peace, democracy cannot endure.”
CommonWealth Magazine
Economic Growth Can’t Save Them — Ocean Expert Yoshitaka Ota Warns: As Fish Move North, the Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities Face the Greatest Risk
At the 2025 Taipei International Peace Forum, ocean governance scholar Dr. Yoshitaka Ota, Director of the Ocean Nexus Center and Professor at the University of Rhode Island, emphasized that economic growth alone cannot safeguard humanity in the face of climate change. Ota proposed a new vision of “ocean equity” that integrates national security with human security, arguing that peace must also include environmental and social resilience. As warming seas push fish stocks northward, Taiwan’s small-scale and subsistence fishers will be the first to suffer. He urged governments to protect coastal communities, invest in local risk management, and ensure equitable access to marine resources. Drawing on Ocean Nexus’ global research network and data systems, Ota stressed that sustainable ocean governance requires inclusive, community-based approaches rather than growth-driven or Western-modeled policies. True peace, he concluded, begins when every person’s basic survival needs—food, water, and dignity—are secured.
In this interview, Lung Ying-tai argues that unlike Europe, the U.S., Japan, and South Korea—where children learn conflict resolution from early grades—the Chinese-language world largely lacks systematic peace education. She contends that military preparedness is necessary but not the goal; the goal is peace, which requires a comprehensive “peace pathway” integrating defense with economic policy, education, culture, people-to-people exchanges, and practical cooperation (science, law enforcement, climate) even amid political tension. Lung urges Taiwan to “liberate” the meaning of peace from partisan stigma, broaden it to include environment, ecology, and social justice, and confront structural vulnerabilities such as water and food security. Citing historical links between natural disasters and political upheaval, she calls for open public debate, transparent information, and evidence-based planning that protects basic needs and societal resilience. Taiwan, she concludes, should replace a singular “gunboat” mindset with a full-spectrum peace roadmap—so it remains a cherished island, not a militarized battleship.
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