Given the need for Taiwanese chips in important technologies like the black box for avionics technology, it was once argued that the world’s dependence on Taiwan was argued to compel intervention if the Taiwanese economy is disrupted due to military threats. However, what has happened since then?...
Over the past few weeks, there have been multiple cases of high-profile physical violence in Taiwan, ranging from the case of the abuse of a wife and son by a father to the assault on Minister of Culture Cheng Li-chiun by an entertainer. In both of these high profile cases, certain levels of “vigilante justice” through violence have been argued as justified, despite a general public consensus against acts of physical violence in Taiwan. What do these cases say about Taiwan society as a whole?...
A fierce confrontation took place between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen over the new year. In response to statements by Xi on the 40th anniversary of the “Message to the Compatriots of Taiwan,” which could be described as a threat, Tsai’s quick and immediate response rallied the Taiwanese public and pressured the media and forced politicians across the political spectrum to affirm their stances in response. But what now?...
As of late December, the outbreak of the African swine fever virus in China in provinces such as Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang presents an imminent threat to the Taiwanese pork industry...
Milo Hsieh studies international relations at American University in Washington, DC. From Hsinchu, Taiwan with both parents working in tech, but has a passion following the post-Sunflower movement youth and civil movement in Taiwan, he is most interested in observing how culture intersects with politics.
