Lai Administration Blocks Chinese Job Platform Targeting Young Taiwanese

Brian Hioe

科爾比的推文發飆事件，顯示出川普政府既想建立帝國，又想坐享其成

Brian Hioe

Why Would Disinformation About South Korean Elections Spread in Taiwan?

Brian Hioe

Batanes Claims Show Chinese Nationalism’s Irredentist Streak

Brian Hioe

What Does the Closure of Taiwan’s Representative Office in Papua New Guinea Mean?

Brian Hioe

International

Ma Wen-chun Again Accused of Leaking Confidential Details About Taiwanese Military

Brian Hioe
According to the Ministry of National Defense, KMT legislator Ma Wen-chun, the co-chair of the defense committee in the legislature, had scuppered Taiwan’s plans to acquire explosive material RDX through purchase from India by exporting it through the Home-Max Furniture Trading Company. This is not the first time that Ma has been accused of leaking confidential details about the Taiwanese military...
Cross StraitEnglishFeaturedInternationalJuly 2026Politics4 min read

Colby Tweet Tantrum Shows Trump Administration’s Desire to Have Empire and Eat It, Too

Brian Hioe
A recent series of tweets by Elbridge Colby, Under Secretary of War in the Trump administration, lashes out at the idea of “middle powers” supplanting US dominance. Colby claims that “We at [the Department of War] are not concerned that this is a serious possibility. Rather, we are more concerned that a few allies and partners will *think it is* and waste valuable time, money, and political capital on a distraction.”...
America and the Asia PacificEnglishFeaturedInternationalJuly 20264 min read

Attack on Akio Yaita Shows China’s Extraterritorial State Violence

Brian Hioe
Political commentator and former journalist Akio Yaita was attacked earlier this week by a Chinese man. The attack occurred while Yaita was speaking at a conference organized by the Spring Rain Culture and Education Foundation, which was occurring at a hotel in Taichung, the Tempus Hotel. Yaita was speaking on Indo-Pacific security and cross-strait relations. The attack occurred in the hotel lobby...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJuly 2026Politics4 min read

Tricontinental Institute Letter Claims that Taiwan is Part of China…Because of a Land Bridge During the Ice Age

Brian Hioe
A recent letter published in Vijay Prashad’s Tricontinental Institute written by Chen Meei-shia, a professor of public health at National Cheng Kung University, proves a bizarre exercise in cognitive dissonance. The letter begins by claiming Taiwan to be part of China…on the basis of that the two were connected by a land bridge during the Ice Age...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJune 2026PoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial Movements4 min read