Israel/Palestine Conflict: Over 100 Americans in Taiwan Send Letter to AIT

Laura Moye05/03/2024

NCC Chair Appointment Becomes Firestorm Between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camps

Brian Hioe05/02/2024

Fu Kun-chi Returns from Trip to China, Touts Dividends

Brian Hioe04/30/2024

Rally Calling for Child Protections Takes Place on Ketagalan Boulevard

Brian Hioe04/28/2024

Politics

Pan-Blue Camp Hits Out at Familiar Issues with Criticisms of “Desinicization”

Brian Hioe12/11/2023

One sees the return of familiar issues in the presidential election with pan-Blue candidates criticizing new textbook guidelines that reduce the teaching of classical Chinese. This has been framed by both KMT presidential candidate Hou You-yi, TPP presidential candidate Ko Wen-je, and former president Ma Ying-jeou of the KMT as “desinicization"...

December 2023EnglishPolitics5 min read

Efforts to Improve Traffic Safety Take Place Before Elections

Brian Hioe12/10/2023

The Legislative Yuan passed the third reading of the Road Traffic Safety Basic Act on December 1st...

December 2023EnglishPolitics4 min read

Ko Claims That He Will Follow the Tsai Administration’s Foreign Policy

Brian Hioe12/09/2023

In a surprise move, TPP presidential candidate Ko Wen-je has stated that he intends to maintain the current foreign policy of President Tsai Ing-wen, except that he would place greater emphasis on exchanges with China. This seems to be an attempt by Ko to swerve after the embarrassing debacle in which he rowed with KMT presidential candidate Hou You-yi, as well as independent candidate Terry Gou on live television...

Cross StraitDecember 2023EnglishInternationalPolitics5 min read

Reports Suggest Taiwanese Writer of Online Erotic Fiction Sentenced to Twelve Years Imprisonment in China

Brian Hioe12/08/2023

Recent reports suggest that Taiwanese writer Roson, who lives in China, has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment. It is unclear as to what reasons Roson, whose real name is Liao Meng-yen, has been imprisoned...

Cross StraitDecember 2023EnglishInternationalPolitics5 min read

Why Has the KMT Returned to Advocacy for the CSSTA?

Brian Hioe12/07/2023

The KMT and TPP have begun to lean into calls to restart talks over the CSSTA. The CSSTA was the controversial trade agreement that the KMT hoped to ink with China during the Ma administration, resulting in the outbreak of the 2014 Sunflower Movement...

December 2023EnglishPolitics5 min read

Subsidized Trips for Borough Chiefs and Constituents to Travel to China Comes Under Scrutiny

Brian Hioe12/06/2023

An investigation by the Liberty Times, the major newspaper of the pan-Green camp and Taiwan’s most widely read newspaper, showed that 30% of the 456 borough chiefs in Taipei had taken constituents on trips to China that were subsidized by the Chinese government this year...

Cross StraitDecember 2023EnglishInternationalPolitics5 min read

What Do the Vice Presidential Choices Indicate About 2024 Elections?

Brian Hioe12/04/2023

Controversy has broken out about the DPP and TPP vice presidential candidates regarding allegations about whether they hold US citizenship. In particular, the DPP is fielding former representative to the US, Hsiao Bikhim, as its vice presidential candidate. On the other hand, the TPP is fielding legislator Cynthia Wu as its vice presidential candidate. The KMT is fielding pan-Blue firebrand and media personality Jaw Shaw-kong as their vice presidential candidate, though he has not become embroiled in any citizenship controversy...

December 2023EnglishPolitics7 min read

Ahead of Elections, Motorcycle Riders Rally for Rights

Brian Hioe12/01/2023

Last weekend, hundreds of motorcyclists demonstrated outside of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), calling for heavy motorcyclists be allowed to use highways, phase out the ban on motorcyclists using inner lanes, and the current two-step turn that motorcycle and scooter riders need to use...

December 2023EnglishPolitics4 min read

Match-Fixing Scandal Reflects Familiar Issues

Brian Hioe11/30/2023

Nine players from the Yulon Luxgen Dinos and one player from the Taiwan Beer Leopards have been lifetime banned from the game after a match-fixing scandal. In particular, the scandal stands to affect the credibility of the Super Basketball League (SBL) in a scandal that could affect the public credibility of the game going forward...

EnglishNovember 2023Politics5 min read

Hundreds Gather in Daan Park for Taipei Peace Rally for Palestine

Girard Mariano Lopez11/27/2023

An estimated 500 local and international community attendees converged at Daan Park, Taipei for a solidarity march with Palestine called “Taipei Peace Rally” with the theme of “Ceasefire Now, End Apartheid” last Saturday afternoon, November 25, 2023...

EnglishNovember 2023Politics9 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

Fu Kun-chi Returns from Trip to China, Touts Dividends

China Aims to Frame DPP as Reluctant to Open Up Tours with Partial Resumption

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

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

Israel/Palestine Conflict: Over 100 Americans in Taiwan Send Letter to AIT

NCC Chair Appointment Becomes Firestorm Between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camps

Fu Kun-chi Returns from Trip to China, Touts Dividends

Social Movements

Israel/Palestine Conflict: Over 100 Americans in Taiwan Send Letter to AIT

NCC Chair Appointment Becomes Firestorm Between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camps

Fu Kun-chi Returns from Trip to China, Touts Dividends

Politics

Pan-Blue Camp Hits Out at Familiar Issues with Criticisms of “Desinicization”

Efforts to Improve Traffic Safety Take Place Before Elections

Ko Claims That He Will Follow the Tsai Administration’s Foreign Policy

Reports Suggest Taiwanese Writer of Online Erotic Fiction Sentenced to Twelve Years Imprisonment in China

Why Has the KMT Returned to Advocacy for the CSSTA?

Subsidized Trips for Borough Chiefs and Constituents to Travel to China Comes Under Scrutiny

What Do the Vice Presidential Choices Indicate About 2024 Elections?

Ahead of Elections, Motorcycle Riders Rally for Rights

Match-Fixing Scandal Reflects Familiar Issues

Hundreds Gather in Daan Park for Taipei Peace Rally for Palestine

Israel/Palestine Conflict: Over 100 Americans in Taiwan Send Letter to AIT

NCC Chair Appointment Becomes Firestorm Between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camps

Unions Mark International Workers’ Day with March

Fu Kun-chi Returns from Trip to China, Touts Dividends

Israel/Palestine Conflict: Over 100 Americans in Taiwan Send Letter to AIT

NCC Chair Appointment Becomes Firestorm Between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camps

Fu Kun-chi Returns from Trip to China, Touts Dividends

China Aims to Frame DPP as Reluctant to Open Up Tours with Partial Resumption