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Is The Tsai Administration Planning To Push For Use Of The Name “Taiwan” Internationally?

Brian Hioe01/02/2017

Renewed contestation has erupted regarding Taiwan’s name, with China lodging protest over the renaming of Taiwan’s de facto embassy organization in Japan from the “Interchange Association (Japan)” to the “Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association”. Is this a sign that the Tsai administration plans on pushing for greater use of the name "Taiwan" internationally in the near future?...

EnglishInternationalJanuary 2017Regional TensionsTimeline7 min read

An Upcoming US Visit By Hung?

Brian Hioe12/30/2016

What are the probable aims of KMT chair Hung Hsiu-Chu's upcoming visit to the US?...

America and the Asia PacificDecember 2016EnglishInternational7 min read

A Battle Ahead For KMT Party Chair Elections?

Brian Hioe12/29/2016

A battle seems to be ahead for the position of KMT party chairperson. Current party chair Hung Hsiu-Chu aims to hold onto her position for elections next year, but she faces strong challenges from within the party, as a product of the KMT's internal crisis which has only accentuated under her leadership of the party...

December 2016EnglishPolitics8 min read

What Do Reactions To The Hsinchu Kuang-Fu High School Nazi Skit Reveal?

Brian Hioe12/28/2016

The controversy caused by a Nazi-themed cosplay skit performed by students at Hsinchu Kuang-Fu High School has provoked international outrage as well large domestic responses. We might take a look at what these responses reveal...

December 2016EnglishPolitics17 min read

Does São Tomé Breaking Ties With Taiwan Indicate Future Challenges For Taiwanese Foreign Policy?

Kevin Hsu12/27/2016

In a shocking turn of events, the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe has broken off relations with Taiwan. Until this rupture, 22 nations across the world recognized Taipei, rather than pay obeisance to Beijing. Now that number drops to 21 ...

December 2016EnglishInternationalRegional Tensions12 min read

Tens Of Thousands Demonstrate For And Against Marriage Equality In Taipei

Brian Hioe12/26/2016

Mass demonstrations by both pro-marriage equality and anti-marriage equality protestors took place outside the Legislative Yuan today, while the end result of a meeting by the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee within the Legislative Yuan was a marriage equality bill being sent to the legislative floor...

December 2016EnglishGender/SexualitySocial Movements12 min read

Donald Trump And The Possibility Of Nuclear Proliferation In The Asia Pacific

Brian Hioe12/25/2016

The unpredictability of American foreign policy under Donald Trump seems to be summed up in a nutshell with recent Tweets by Trump suggesting that America will turn towards stockpiling nuclear arms, never mind the potential for disaster...

America and the Asia PacificDecember 2016EnglishInternational6 min read

Why Have Some Queer Activists Taken A Stance Against Marriage Equality In Taiwan?

Brian Hioe12/24/2016

We might review some of the arguments of queer activists in Taiwan who have indicated a stance against marriage equality. Namely, while there are some valid points to be made, sometimes this returns to a problem of ultra-leftism...

December 2016EnglishGender/SexualitySocial Movements9 min read

An Impending Split Between The DPP And NPP?

Brian Hioe12/23/2016

With recent attacks on the NPP by DPP majority speaker Ker Chien-Ming, this may be a sign of an impending split between the DPP and NPP...

December 2016EnglishPolitics7 min read

Duterte’s Anti-Drug Campaign A Challenge To US Dominance In Asia?

Garrett Dee12/22/2016

Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign of extrajudicial killings of suspected drug users and pushers in the Philippines had already come under fire because of its brutality. But it also has disturbing implications for the future of governance in the Asia Pacific region...

America and the Asia PacificDecember 2016EnglishInternational9 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

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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

Social Movements

English

Is The Tsai Administration Planning To Push For Use Of The Name “Taiwan” Internationally?

An Upcoming US Visit By Hung?

A Battle Ahead For KMT Party Chair Elections?

What Do Reactions To The Hsinchu Kuang-Fu High School Nazi Skit Reveal?

Does São Tomé Breaking Ties With Taiwan Indicate Future Challenges For Taiwanese Foreign Policy?

Donald Trump And The Possibility Of Nuclear Proliferation In The Asia Pacific

An Impending Split Between The DPP And NPP?

Duterte’s Anti-Drug Campaign A Challenge To US Dominance In Asia?

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

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers