Tag: Infrastructure Development in Taiwan

Tainan Power Plant for TSMC Fab Leads to Controversy from Local Residents

Brian Hioe02/05/2023

Over 10,000 have signed a petition against plans to construct a 1.2 gigawatt gas power station in Annan District, which is located in Tainan. Plans to construct the gas power station are to power a TSMC fab that the semiconductors manufacturing giant hopes to build in nearby Anding District. Plans for the fab were first announced in 2017...

EnglishEnvironmentalFebruary 2023Social Movements5 min read

Hospital Protest in Zhonghe Last Month Reflects Familiar Concerns

Brian Hioe06/19/2022

Local residents demonstrated late last month against plans by the Chung Shyang Hospital to relocate to a building in the Farglory Industrial Park in Zhonghe, New Taipei. The Farglory Industrial Park mostly consists of electronics and printing factories...

EnglishJune 2022Politics5 min read

Ko Wen-je Accused of Reversing Course on the Taipei Dome’s Construction

Brian Hioe06/26/2020

With the Taipei city government taking steps to expedite the completion of the Taipei Dome, Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je has seen bipartisan criticism for flip-flopping on the Taipei Dome’s construction...

EnglishJune 2020Politics5 min read

Infrastructure Development Program Crucial Matter For DPP, KMT

Brian Hioe05/07/2017

With the struggle to push the “Forward-Looking” Infrastructure Development Program into law, the DPP may be kicking a hornet’s nest if it is unable to handle the matter in a way satisfactory to the public...

EnglishMay 2017Politics5 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

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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

Social Movements

Infrastructure Development in Taiwan

Hospital Protest in Zhonghe Last Month Reflects Familiar Concerns

Ko Wen-je Accused of Reversing Course on the Taipei Dome’s Construction

Infrastructure Development Program Crucial Matter For DPP, KMT

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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