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

Jesse R.

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

Brian Hioe

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Brian Hioe

Chinese Efforts to Intimidate Taiwan Continue During Hsiao Bikhim’s Trip to Europe

Brian Hioe

China Detains Adrift Taiwanese Fisher Due to Military Status

Brian Hioe

International

Report On Cross-Strait Tunnel Is Simply More Pro-China Propaganda From SCMP

Brian Hioe
A strange, rather lengthy report by Beijing-based correspondent Stephen Chen appeared in the South China Morning Post on August 6th, claiming that Beijing is “planning [the] world’s longest rail tunnel to link Taiwan to mainland,” and written as though this tunnel would begin construction in the immediate future. This article should serve as a reminder that, while the South China Morning Post has regained some measure of journalistic objectivity in the past half year or so, the newspaper still often publishes pro-Beijing propaganda with little factual basis...
August 2018Cross StraitEnglishInternational7 min read

Chinese Pressure Causes Taiwan To Lose Hosting Rights For East Asian Youth Games

Brian Hioe
Chinese pressure on Taiwanese participation in sporting events continues. This can be seen in two recent incidents, with China successfully forcing Taiwan out of hosting the East Asian Youth Games through pressure on the East Asian Olympic Committee and attempts to force Taiwan out of participating in the 2018 Gay Games in Paris next month under the name “Taiwan”...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJuly 20185 min read

With America Lurching Ever Rightwards, Could Taiwan’s Progressive Values Become A Liability?

Brian Hioe
Taiwan has instead sought to emphasize that it should be a member of the international community through good works. This is why one observes that pan-Green political actors, such as current President Tsai Ing-Wen, have a pronounced tendency to try and emphasize Taiwan as a progressive nation-state internationally. But America, Taiwan's major guarantor of security, has continued to lurch rightwards, as observed in America withdrawing from the UN's Human Rights Council and recent Supreme Court rulings upholding Trump's controversial "Muslim ban" and dealing blows to labor and abortion rights...
America and the Asia PacificEnglishInternationalJuly 20186 min read

Few Reactions To Wang Ping-Chung Arrest Indicate That Taiwanese Society Accepts Veracity Of Spying Charges

Brian Hioe
With Wang Ping-Chung, his father Wang Ching-Pu, and fellow New Party officials Ho Han-ting and Lin Ming-cheng indicted on charges of espionage for spying on China earlier this month, this has prompted few reactions from Taiwanese society. This likely indicates that Taiwanese society has largely come to accept the veracity of charges against them...
Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJune 20185 min read

人權之恥：台灣的諾魯難民秘密協定

Brian Hioe
台灣與澳洲簽署的秘密協定中，對待那些澳洲滕博爾（Turnbull）政府拒絕入境的諾魯難民的方式，證明了台澳兩國共謀侵犯人權，可恥至極。然而，蔡政府卻試圖將此事件美化為台灣對國際人權的貢獻，以及和國際間關係密切往來的里程碑。《雪梨先驅晨報》揭露了這則新聞之後，台灣和澳洲政府先後證實了報導的確屬實。...
InternationalJune 2018Regional Tensions中文陳黃金菊2 min read