Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Girard Mariano Lopez

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers

Brian Hioe

Han Kuo-yu Becomes Chair of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy

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Recurring Bus Accidents Point to Systemic Issues of Overwork

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Politics

Pew Research Center Report Causes Outrage Among Taiwanese Americans

Brian Hioe
A recent report released by the Pew Research Center aimed at investigating Asian American diversity has provoked outrage, because of the fact that the report included Taiwanese Americans under the category of Chinese Americans. That is, the report did not have any separate category for Taiwanese Americans, but instead aggregated data for Taiwanese Americans and Chinese Americans as one category....
April 2021EnglishPolitics6 min read

Taipei Crime Scandal Could Negatively Affect DPP’s Corruption-Free Reputation

Brian Hioe
The DPP currently faces controversy after a criminal case involving high-profile members of its Taipei party branch. The case eventually became larger enough that President Tsai Ing-wen, who is also chair of the DPP, called a meeting of the party’s local chapter heads, calling on the party to take stronger action to avoid elements of the party becoming mixed up with crime...
April 2021EnglishPolitics8 min read