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Public Anger After Severe Smog Hits Northern Taiwan

Brian Hioe12/02/2017

Anger has broken out in Taiwan over growing industrial pollution from coal-burning power plants, given the severe haze that swept across northern Taiwan on Wednesday. However, it still remains to be seen how to address problems of growing air pollution in Taiwan while still meeting Taiwan's energy needs in an environmentally-friendly manner...

December 2017EnglishEnvironmentalSocial Movements5 min read

Issues Of Land Appropriation Again An Issue Under The Tsai Administration?

Brian Hioe11/24/2017

Issues of land evictions and land appropriation have once again seen protest as of late in Taiwan, with increasing calls that the Tsai administration take action to prevent another wave of land eviction cases from sweeping Taiwan, as occurred under the Ma administration...

EnglishEnvironmentalNovember 2017Social Movements6 min read

Asia Cement Extension Provokes Lawsuit From Environmental Groups

Brian Hioe11/01/2017

With environmental groups filing a lawsuit against the Ministry of Economic Affairs against the renewal of Asia Cement’s mining permit in Sincheng, Hualien, means that the struggle against the Asia Cement mine in Hualien will continue...

EnglishEnvironmentalNovember 2017Social Movements4 min read

Tsai Administration Quietly Approves Nuclear Reactor Restarts: Outrage To Follow?

Brian Hioe06/15/2017

The recent decision of the Tsai administration to allow for nuclear reactor restarts in Taiwan of the No. 1 reactor at the Guosheng nuclear power plant and the No. 2 reactor at the Ma-anshan plant in order to accommodate the energy needs of the upcoming summer may be a decision which will cause a future wave of protest against the Tsai administration...

EnglishEnvironmentalJune 2017Social Movements7 min read

2017 Annual Anti-Nuclear March Takes Place In Taipei, Taitung, Kaohsiung

Brian Hioe03/12/2017

The annual anti-nuclear march in Taiwan, commemorating the Fukushima incident in Japan, took place yesterday, with environmental groups, Third Force parties, youth activists, and other civil society groups marching through the streets of Taipei, Taitung, and Kaohsiung...

EnglishEnvironmentalMarch 2017Social Movements7 min read

Formosa Steel Saga Continues To Be Unresolved In Vietnam

Brian Hioe02/24/2017

The Formosa Steel saga continues to be unresolved in Vietnam, with minimal payouts to victims and the use of physical force by the Vietnamese government to prevent attempts to file a lawsuit against the Vietnamese government and Formosa Steel’s handling of the disaster...

EnglishEnvironmentalFebruary 2017Social Movements5 min read

Political Contestation Over Japanese Food Imports In Taiwan

Brian Hioe11/18/2016

Politics would be behind much of the contestation in Taiwan about whether the ban on Japanese food from areas affected by radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster should be lifted...

EnglishEnvironmentalNovember 2016Social Movements7 min read

針對台塑鋼鐵的抗議在越南持續發生

Brian Hioe10/24/2016

在越南，針對台塑越南河靜鋼廠汙染造成魚群大量死亡，以及越南政府試圖掩護台塑的抗議行動仍在持續，根據報導，10 月 2 日有一萬多人上街示威抗議台塑公司。...

EnglishEnvironmentalOctober 2016Social Movements1 min read

Continued Protests In Vietnam Against Formosa Steel

Brian Hioe10/14/2016

Protests in Vietnam against fish die-offs caused by Taiwan-owned Formosa Steel and the attempts of the Vietnamese government to cover up for Formosa Steel continue, with over 10,000 reportedly having demonstrated against the company on October 2nd...

EnglishEnvironmentalOctober 2016Social Movements9 min read

Anti-Eviction Protest On Ketagalan Boulevard

Brian Hioe09/27/2016

With more than sixty civic groups rallying on Ketagalan Boulevard against forced evictions and demolitions on Sunday, civil society groups and youth activists continue to push the Tsai administration regarding issues of urban and rural gentrification in Taiwan...

EnglishEnvironmentalSeptember 2016Social Movements5 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

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

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

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

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

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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

Social Movements

Environmental

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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

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

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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