Taiwan and China Continue to Contest Air Traffic

Brian Hioe

No, the DPP is Not About to Remove Chiang Kai-shek Statues En Masse

Brian Hioe

Tsai Administration Seeks to Reassure on US Support After Aid Package

Brian Hioe

Pension Reform Set to Become a Battleground Issue Between the Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camps

Brian Hioe

Politics

Six Domestic Cases Announced, Yunlin Case Breaks 62-Day Streak of No Cases

Brian Hioe
Six domestic cases and four imported cases were announced by the CECC at its daily press conference today. Two of these cases were already in quarantine. No deaths were announced. Three cases were in Taipei and one case each was reported in New Taipei, Taoyuan, and Yunlin. The case reported in Yunlin breaks a 62-day streak in which Yunlin reported no cases...
August 2021COVID UpdatesEnglishPolitics6 min read

Discursive Effects of the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan on Taiwan Cannot Be Ignored

Brian Hioe
Over the past few days, much of the world has been fixed on the spectacle of the resurgent Taliban taking provincial capitals across Afghanistan, eventually sweeping the capital of Kabul. It may not be surprising that there has been a wave of discussion of how Taiwan relates to this series of events, if at all. Many of these responses have been sharply divided...
August 2021EnglishPolitics17 min read