Cheng Li-wun is the chairwoman of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT). In this wide-ranging interview, she discusses her vision for peace and cooperation between Taiwan and mainland China, her meeting in April with Communist Party chief Xi Jinping and her upcoming trip to the United States in June. The original interview was conducted in Chinese. SCMP Plus members can access th...
Cheng Li-wun is the chairwoman of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT). In this wide-ranging interview, she discusses her vision for peace and cooperation between Taiwan and mainland China, her meeting in April with Communist Party chief Xi Jinping and her upcoming trip to the United States in June. The original interview was conducted in Chinese. SCMP Plus members can access the Chinese transcript. Chinese transcript: interview with KMT’s Cheng Li-wun by scmp
How The American System Reshaped The World Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker , Freedom exists in the absence of government control. We are free when we are able to worship, speak, write, make a living, and protect our families and property without fear that government agents will punish us for our actions. America’s Founding Fathers embraced an expansive view of personal liberty that rec...
How The American System Reshaped The World Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker , Freedom exists in the absence of government control. We are free when we are able to worship, speak, write, make a living, and protect our families and property without fear that government agents will punish us for our actions. America’s Founding Fathers embraced an expansive view of personal liberty that recognizes the inherent right of each person to do as he sees fit, so long as that person refrains from infringing upon the liberties of another. Right away, then, freedom comes with some restraint. If we each lived alone on our own island, no-one’s liberty but our own would matter. When we live within a society, our freedom comes with certain encumbrances - namely, an obligation not to poach the freedom of others. There is, in other words, a moral consideration that necessarily accompanies the exercise of freedom . Do my actions cause someone else harm? Does the expression of my will unfairly restrict the expression of another? Do my decisions unjustly deny someone else’s liberty? Harm … fairness … justice - these are words essential to every person’s moral reasoning. They are subjects that are dissected and analyzed throughout the Bible. Because our common law has evolved from a Biblical worldview, our legal system is rooted in Judeo-Christian morality. Therefore, an American who tries earnestly to be a good Christian is also likely acting within the boundaries of American law. Taken together, freedom, moral restraint, and legal punishment operate in concert within any society. To the extent that a member of society can reasonably govern himself, State-implemented punishment becomes unnecessary. When members of society abandon self-control and pursue personal liberty recklessly or in ways that threaten the liberty of others, State-implemented punishment steps in to provide legal constraints where moral restraint proved ineffective. Thus, there is a natural relationship among...
piyaset/iStock via Getty Images The ongoing energy crisis has helped fuel a renewed interest in solar power as global demand for electricity surges in part due to the proliferation of AI. We asked Seeking Alpha analysts Ragmar Rikberg and Robert J. Lake if they thought solar energy stocks were a good long-term investment. Ragmar Rikberg : While I believe, in the long run, that solar is a clear win...
piyaset/iStock via Getty Images The ongoing energy crisis has helped fuel a renewed interest in solar power as global demand for electricity surges in part due to the proliferation of AI. We asked Seeking Alpha analysts Ragmar Rikberg and Robert J. Lake if they thought solar energy stocks were a good long-term investment. Ragmar Rikberg : While I believe, in the long run, that solar is a clear winner as an energy source, it’s genuinely difficult to find a way to bet on it right now. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) terminated the Section 25D Residential Clean Energy Credit for expenditures made after Dec. 31, 2025, which puts significant pressure on companies exposed to the residential solar market. The utility-scale segment, meanwhile, is dealing with Foreign Entities of Concern (FEOC) restrictions and various tariffs. And although Lazard’s latest report shows that utility‑scale solar and onshore wind remain the cheapest forms of new‑build energy generation, the sector’s growth is still heavily constrained by energy‑policy restrictions and high tariffs on importing key inputs. Despite this, I like two names that stand out as U.S.-based pure plays—products developed and manufactured domestically—within the broader solar and renewable ecosystem: First Solar ( FSLR ) and Eos Energy ( EOSE ). Eos is more of an emerging‑risk play, scaling a new type of utility‑scale battery technology, which is a critical component for the next stage of solar‑sector development. First Solar, on the other hand, is also a utility‑scale player and looks well-positioned in this policy‑driven environment, having already sold out its entire U.S. production for the next three years. Robert J. Lake : The solar industry is now in the early phase of a cyclical upswing. According to the energy think tank Ember, solar overtook coal in terms of global energy generation in 2025, as renewable energy (mainly solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal) supplied one-third of the world’s energy needs. Of th...
Last October, NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) stock hit an all-time high of about $57 a share. At that price, it carried a market cap of roughly $17 billion, despite generating only about $30 million in revenue through the first nine months of 2025. At that premium, it was trading at about 270 times sales -- more than 68 times the multiple of nuclear heavyweight Constellation Energy (NASDAQ: CEG) . Fast...
Last October, NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) stock hit an all-time high of about $57 a share. At that price, it carried a market cap of roughly $17 billion, despite generating only about $30 million in revenue through the first nine months of 2025. At that premium, it was trading at about 270 times sales -- more than 68 times the multiple of nuclear heavyweight Constellation Energy (NASDAQ: CEG) . Fast-forward seven months, and NuScale's stock is down about 75% from that all-time high. At about $12 a share, the company still carries a $4 billion market cap -- not cheap by conventional standards. The company, however, has been gaining momentum. It's closing in on its first project in Romania, and it could deploy up to 6 gigawatts (GW) of its small modular reactor (SMR) technology to the Tennessee Valley Authority, in partnership with ENTRA1 Energy. Continue reading
It’s already raised over $700,000 on Kickstarter. | Image: Bastl Make no mistake, the Bastl Kalimba is a synthesizer, you just play it like a kalimba. Its tines don't really make much sound. There is an internal mic that you can blend in for a little acoustic spice, but it's mostly driven by the synth engine that combines physical modeling and FM. The tines are actually touch and velocity-sensitiv...
It’s already raised over $700,000 on Kickstarter. | Image: Bastl Make no mistake, the Bastl Kalimba is a synthesizer, you just play it like a kalimba. Its tines don't really make much sound. There is an internal mic that you can blend in for a little acoustic spice, but it's mostly driven by the synth engine that combines physical modeling and FM. The tines are actually touch and velocity-sensitive triggers. And, while it can sound somewhat like a real kalimba, it's a lot more sonically versatile and offers features you can only find on a synth. Beyond the synth sounds that range from pluck to pads, there are also built-in effects covering basic spatial effects like delay and reverb, as well as distortio … Read the full story at The Verge.
Multibillion stage of title-relegation stagger boils down to a referee in front of a screen decoding a raised forearm There’s a great moment towards the end of the otherwise non-great Rocky III, when Clubber Lang is asked by a straw-hatted, bowtie-twirling US sports reporter for a prediction before his imminent title fight. There’s a pause as Clubber looks down, lets the mask of showmanship drop, ...
Multibillion stage of title-relegation stagger boils down to a referee in front of a screen decoding a raised forearm There’s a great moment towards the end of the otherwise non-great Rocky III, when Clubber Lang is asked by a straw-hatted, bowtie-twirling US sports reporter for a prediction before his imminent title fight. There’s a pause as Clubber looks down, lets the mask of showmanship drop, and just says the word “pain”. You can say that again. Let’s face it, this was always going to hurt, whichever way the latest note in the conjoined title‑relegation stagger fell. Just as it was always likely, the destination of the Premier League title would come down to staring at a referee staring at a screen to decide the minutiae of an arm wrestle at a corner. Continue reading...
Nvidia Corp. has deepened its grip on the AI infrastructure race with a $500 million investment in Corning Inc., a move that addresses critical networking bottlenecks even as Amazon.com, Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google intensify efforts to challenge its dominance....
Nvidia Corp. has deepened its grip on the AI infrastructure race with a $500 million investment in Corning Inc., a move that addresses critical networking bottlenecks even as Amazon.com, Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google intensify efforts to challenge its dominance....