An on-the-record press briefing by Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung last week proved a bizarre exercise in diplomatic ineptness and tacit endorsement of a genocide...
Transgender Day of Remembrance was commemorated in Liberty Plaza in Taipei today. Around 40 were in attendance at the commemoration, which began at 7 PM under the archway in Liberty Plaza, a frequent site for demonstrations, commemorations, and rallies in Taipei....
Video of Guangfu Township residents protesting a meeting held by KMT legislative caucus leader Fu Kun-chi attracted a great deal of attention online in late October. This was particularly the case, seeing as Hualien County Council Speaker Chang Chun, a resident of Guangfu, burst into the meeting and kicked Fu’s table...
Chinese state-run media has sought to frame DPP legislator Puma Shen as under investigation by government authorities. This proves unusual, seeing as China does not control Taiwan, and there would be little way for China to enforce any judicial rulings against Shen...
Filipino migrant workers at the TaiDoc Technology Corporation are demonstrating against union-busting and infringements of the basic rights of migrant workers at the company. TaiDoc is a major medical parts manufacturer based in New Taipei, while migrant workers are organized through the TaiDoc Technology Labor Union ...
Newly elected KMT chair Cheng Li-wun continues to make headlines with controversial headlines and actions. It has been a mere ten days since Cheng took office as KMT chair, having won as a dark horse candidate. And yet Cheng continues to be embroiled in scandals...
Five Taiwanese companies have been singled out by Chinese state-run media with allegations that they work together with the military in conducting psychological warfare operations targeting China. This proves a new development, when it comes to the fact that the Chinese government has, in recent times, continuously lashed out at Taiwan with the claim that Taiwan conducts psychological warfare against it. The five companies–EZTrust, LargitData, DiTV, DigiMiracle, and Master Concept–are tech companies that have taken tenders for app and digital tool development from the Chinese government...
As governments across East and Southeast Asia tighten restrictions on activism and association, civic space is rapidly shrinking. Leah Lin, founder of the Asia Citizen Future Association, explains how Taiwan’s democracy faces its own contradictions and why slowing the decline of freedoms may be the most radical act left...
