Calls to address housing inequality have become increasingly important ahead of elections, with plans by the Tsai administration to raise taxes on individuals that own more than one home to between two and 4.6 percent. This would be an increase from the current 1.2 to 3.6 percent...
The Am Kehnn Cultural Workshop, an organization dedicated to cultural preservation efforts, stated on Facebook earlier this month that Beijing had sought to use United Front tactics to influence historical preservation efforts in Taiwan. This would be through funding projects to create public spaces in Taiwan, with the aim of influencing the end product...
tens of thousands demonstrated on Ketagalan Boulevard today to call attention to the issue of pedestrian safety in Taiwan. The rally took place despite thunderstorms in the afternoon and rain. According to organizers, there were 50,000 participants, who were called on to wear white for the event...
Cannabis legalization advocate Zoe Lee recently filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly known as Twitter. This was on the grounds of Musk’s advocating for the benefits of using cannabis...
The story of Southern Riot begins shortly before the migrant worker rally in front of the Taiwanese labor ministry in Taipei on January 16, 2022. Support groups helped to organize this rally for demands such as the right of Southeast Asian migrants in Taiwan to freely change their employer...
The Lizen High School in Taichung has come under fire for punishing public displays of affection among students. Consequently, the school has been criticized by groups such as the Taiwan Youth Association for Democracy on the basis of authoritarian values, such as existed during Taiwan’s authoritarian period...
The Control Yuan issued a report in April, linking issues of violence in schools to the lack of the student representation on school committees. This connects two issues that have been widely reported on as an issue facing Taiwanese schools as of late, that being the lack of representation on school committees of students and issues of corporal punishment facing students...
The death of a twenty-year-old Vietnamese intern in a factory in New Taipei in May should raise questions, particularly in light of the pattern in past years of students from mostly Southeast Asian and African countries being forced to work in factories as part of what are billed as “work study” programs or “internships"...
Hongkongers and advocates rallied on Saturday to mark four years since the start of the Anti-ELAB movement in Taipei. Around 600 attended. The rally took place despite bouts of rain...
Indonesian migrants in Taiwan are exploited as cheap labor and racially marginalized. To support each other, they form subcultures, for example around the metalcore band Jubah Hitam...
