The Cost of Convenience: Precarity in Taiwanese Franchise Markets

Brian Hioe

Circular Line MRT Doors Under Scrutiny Over Chinese Manufacture

Brian Hioe

Lai Administration Moves to Regulate Residency for Chinese Spouses of Taiwanese

Brian Hioe

Taken For Granted: Taiwan’s Flagship Foreign Policy Neglects Labor Issues

Marcin Jerzewski

Politics

In Unusual Turn, Calls for Dissolution of Cabinet and New Elections Break Out in KMT

Brian Hioe
The ongoing wave of recalls against all KMT legislators has taken a strange turn, with proposals from some elements of the pan-Blue camp to dissolve the cabinet. If so, this would trigger a legal mechanism that would allow for the legislature to be dismissed and a new set of general elections to be held, if the Premier and the President of the Legislative Yuan agree on this...
April 2025EnglishPoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

以反戰為名的姑息主義瀰漫，我們如何建立以反抗為基礎的團結？

Lorraine Pan
作家龍應台近日稱，「台灣不確保和平，就不會有民主」。多年來，龍應台以「反戰」自居，要求台灣避戰求和。如2023年四位學者發出「烏俄停戰談判、反對美中戰爭、主張台灣與大國維持友好等距外交」的呼籲，亦是以「反戰立場」為名。...
April 2025PoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements中文0 min read

The Pro-Unification Left, Anti-War Left, and the “Yaya in Taiwan” Case

Brian Hioe
A controversy has again broken out regarding the pro-unification left in Taiwan. In particular, this scandal revolves around the strong stance that pro-unification left groups have taken in defense of “Yaya in Taiwan”, the Chinese Douyin influencer who expressed support for the military unification of Taiwan and China. Defense for Yaya has largely been framed as defense of freedom of speech–and against the DPP’s curbs on freedoms of speech in the name of security...
April 2025Cross StraitEnglishInternationalPolitics15 min read