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Social Movements

LNG Storage Development Threatens White Dolphin Habitat

Brian Hioe03/13/2026

Environmentalists held a demonstration in Taichung late last month, calling for an end to development for liquified natural gas storage by CPC. Plans are for eight 180,000-kiloliter gas storage tanks to be built in the Port of Taichung by reclaiming over 60 hectares of land...

EnglishEnvironmentalMarch 2026Social Movements4 min read

Solar Energy Debate Points to Pan-Blue Stance Against Renewables

Brian Hioe03/03/2026

Last year, the pan-Blue camp went on the attack over the destruction of 145,000 solar panels by Typhoon Danas. In particular, pan-Blue media outlets, as well as KMT legislators, alleged that this shows government corruption in terms of the push toward solar power. More broadly, the pan-Blue camp has used the destruction of the solar panels to allege that the DPP is only interested in green power because of graft, and to cast doubt on green energy as a whole. This proves telling about the contentious energy debate in Taiwan at present...

EnglishEnvironmentalMarch 2026PoliticsSocial Movements4 min read

Does Taiwan Truly Remember the 228 Massacre, 79 Years Later?

Brian Hioe03/01/2026

Yesterday marked the 79th anniversary of the 228 Massacre. often seen as the start of Taiwan’s White Terror. Yet close to eighty years later, one notes that Taiwan has in many ways failed to heed the lessons of 228—this in spite of Taiwan’s democratization...

EnglishFeaturedMarch 2026Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Migrant Workers Mark Lunar New Year with Protests at Taiwanese Medtech Company Taidoc

Girard Mariano Lopez02/27/2026

Migrant workers at major Taiwanese medical device manufacturer Taidoc marked the Lunar New Year with a series of protests, including a strike declaration on Lunar New Year’s Eve and a post-holiday mobilization—escalating a labor dispute that has drawn national political attention....

EnglishFeaturedFebruary 2026LaborSocial Movements6 min read

Arts/Culture

Artists Carry Out Guerrilla Art Installation in Bangkok Art and Culture Center to Resist Chinese Censorship

Brian Hioe10/14/2025

In July of this year, an exhibition in the Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC) was censored at the behest of Chinese authorities. The exhibition was titled "Constellation of Complicity: Visualising the Global Machinery of Authoritarian Solidarity" and focused on authoritarian governments. The BACC is among Thailand’s leading contemporary art centers...

ArtArts and CultureEnglishOctober 2025Politics4 min read