In January 1988, one of Taiwan’s most senior nuclear engineers defected to the United States after passing crucial intelligence on a top-secret program that would alter the course of Taiwan’s history.

In 1964, just 15 years after the Chinese civil war ended with communist victory, leaving Chiang Kai-shek’s nationalists controlling only Taiwan, Beijing successfully tested a nuclear weapon ...

Despite official claims that Taiwan's nuclear research was for peaceful purposes ... He acknowledged the political clash between Beijing and Taipei, “but developing any kind of deadly weapon was ...

Chang Hsien-yi, one of Taiwan's most senior nuclear engineers, was an informant for the CIA. - Courtesy Chang Hsien-yi ...

No one wants to live in a world where nuclear Armageddon can happen. But simply wishing away nuclear missiles will get us nowhere. Politics drives war. Nuclear weapons are the ultimate weapon in war.