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Tenth Anniversary of Sunflower Movement Commemorated Yesterday with Demonstration by Legislature

Brian Hioe03/19/2024

The tenth anniversary of the outbreak of the Sunflower Movement was commemorated yesterday with a demonstration in front of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Several hundred, possibly around 1,000, attended. The primary organizer of the event was the Economic Democracy Union, one of the key groups involved in the movement, which reconstituted itself in the movement’s aftermath...

EnglishFeaturedMarch 2024Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

The Sunflower Movement, Ten Years On

Brian Hioe03/18/2024

Ten years proves, in some ways, an awkward anniversary for the Sunflower Movement. This is in spite of that the widespread influence of the movement is recognized...

EnglishMarch 2024Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

Why Has the KMT Returned to Advocacy for the CSSTA?

Brian Hioe12/07/2023

The KMT and TPP have begun to lean into calls to restart talks over the CSSTA. The CSSTA was the controversial trade agreement that the KMT hoped to ink with China during the Ma administration, resulting in the outbreak of the 2014 Sunflower Movement...

December 2023EnglishPolitics5 min read

China Threatens to End ECFA Ahead of Elections

Brian Hioe11/11/2023

Ahead of elections, China has threatened to end the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement that dates from the time of the Ma administration. In particular, China claims that Taiwan is currently violating the terms of the agreement under the Tsai administration by continuing to maintain trade barriers on some Chinese goods, while also alleging that the Tsai administration has increased the number of Chinese goods blocked from entering Taiwan...

Cross StraitEnglishInternationalNovember 2023Politics5 min read

KMT Criticizes Tsai Administration’s Outreach to Lithuania

Brian Hioe07/06/2023

Criticisms of Taiwan’s strengthening of diplomatic ties with Lithuania have become the latest issue attacked by KMT politicians...

EnglishInternationalJuly 2023PoliticsRegional Tensions5 min read

KMT Calls for Oversight of Trade Agreement with US Proves Ironic Compared to CSSTA

Brian Hioe07/05/2023

In past weeks, the KMT has called for a legislative review of the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade. This proves ironic...

EnglishJune 2023Politics5 min read

Hou You-yi, Ko Wen-je Call for Reviving CSSTA

Brian Hioe06/26/2023

In a surprise, former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je, who is the presidential candidate of the TPP, has expressed support for passing the CSSTA. Since this came to light, the KMT and presidential candidate Hou You-yi has also come out in support of reviving the CSSTA, though the KMT would be playing catch-up with Ko...

Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJune 2023Politics7 min read

Six Years After the Sunflower Movement, Has There Been Change?

Brian Hioe03/18/2020

The sixth anniversary of the Sunflower Movement proves an occasion to take stock of what has been accomplished since the Sunflower Movement, as well as what still remains to be done in Taiwan. It is now six years since the occupation of the Legislative Yuan took place on March 18th, 2014...

EnglishMarch 2020Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

Han Kuo-Yu Revives Ma Era Policy with Notion to Establish Free Economic Zones in Kaohsiung

Brian Hioe05/09/2019

With a recent proposal by Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu to create free economic zones within Kaohsiung, one observes the unusual revival of a Ma era political idea: the establishment of special economic zones within Taiwan. Perhaps this should not surprise...

Cross StraitEnglishInternationalMay 20197 min read

The Sunflower Movement, Five Years On

Brian Hioe03/18/2019

Five years after the 2014 Sunflower Movement, triumphalist narratives about the legacy of the movement may require some qualifiers. The results of nine-in-one elections last November, for one, showed that the KMT remains a viable political party in Taiwan...

EnglishFebruary 2019Social MovementsYouth Movements7 min read

Arts/Culture

Calling For a Return to Sinocentrism in the Name of Opposing It: Responding to ‘Reconsidering Sinophone Studies’

Re/writing COVID-19 in China: Solidarity as Metonym for Historical Truth?

How Taipei Became the Home of Live Comedy During the Pandemic

International

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Social Movements

CSSTA

Why Has the KMT Returned to Advocacy for the CSSTA?

China Threatens to End ECFA Ahead of Elections

KMT Criticizes Tsai Administration’s Outreach to Lithuania

KMT Calls for Oversight of Trade Agreement with US Proves Ironic Compared to CSSTA

Hou You-yi, Ko Wen-je Call for Reviving CSSTA

Han Kuo-Yu Revives Ma Era Policy with Notion to Establish Free Economic Zones in Kaohsiung

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Han Kuo-yu Becomes Chair of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy