English

Tsai Administration Lifts Food Ban from Japanese Prefectures Affected by the Fukushima Disaster

Brian Hioe
After months of speculation, the Tsai administration announced the lifting of a longstanding ban on food imports from the Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, and Chiba prefectures of Japan. The ban lasted for eleven years and was enacted after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, which took place after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, as the five provinces were affected by radiation from the ban...
EnglishFebruary 2022Politics6 min read

Will Taiwanese Academics Be Targeted by the Hong Kong National Security Law?

Brian Hioe
Academic Wu Rwei-ren has been accused by pro-Beijing media in Hong Kong earlier this month of violating the national security law that was passed in June 2020. The law targets what it considers acts of separatism or sedition and was passed by China’s National People’s Congress, circumventing the Hong Kong legislative council. Wu is an associate research fellow at Academia Sinica...
EnglishJanuary 2022Politics6 min read

Tsai Stokes Controversy with Speech at Chiang Ching-Kuo Park Opening

Brian Hioe
A memorial park to Chiang Ching-kuo in Taipei has become a contested political issue, due to the fact that the park memorializes a dictator. Plans for opening the park were condemned by the Transitional Justice Commission. Nevertheless, this did not prevent President Tsai Ing-wen from speaking at the park’s opening ceremonies, in an unusual move that provoked controversy among many members of the pan-Green camp...
EnglishJanuary 2022Politics6 min read