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

Girard Mariano Lopez04/16/2024

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

Patrick Huang04/14/2024

Electricity Price Hikes Likely to Lead to Political Contestation

Brian Hioe04/04/2024

Civil Society Groups Mark Anniversary of Fukushima Disaster Earlier This Month

Brian Hioe03/29/2024

Freeway and High-Speed Rail Proposal by the KMT Stokes Controversy

Brian Hioe03/28/2024

Die-in Held in Liberty Plaza in Taipei for Palestine and Gaza

Brian Hioe03/24/2024

Social Movements

Taipei City Police Challenges Compensation Ruling Regarding Executive Yuan Occupation

Brian Hioe11/06/2019

The decision of the Taipei District Court to award 1.1 million NTD in compensation to 14 participants in the attempted occupation of the Executive Yuan on March 24th, 2014, during the 2014 Sunflower Movement, has been challenged by the Taipei City Police. The Taipei City Police has announced that it intends to appeal the ruling, which was announced last Wednesday...

EnglishNovember 2019Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements7 min read

史明與臺灣民族解放：殖民壓迫者在何處？

Linda Gail Arrigo11/05/2019

上一世紀民族解放運動的烈火中淬煉出來，唯一健在至今的臺灣革命者施朝暉（化名史明，1918 年 11 月 9 日生於臺北士林）於 2019 年 9 月 20 日逝世，享壽 101 歲。...

November 2019Social MovementsTheory and HistoryWilliam Tsai中文5 min read

Hong Kong Protests Over the Weekend See High Numbers of Arrests, Politician’s Ear Bitten Off By Assailant

Brian Hioe11/04/2019

Intensive protests took place in Hong Kong over the weekend, with violence against demonstrators seemingly reaching new heights. Particularly shocking have been images circulated online of district councilor Andrew Chiu’s ear being bitten off by an assailant who previously attacked others with a knife...

Alex YunEnglishOctober 2019Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements7 min read

Attacks Against the Yilan Migrant Fishermen Union Force the Resignation of Union President

Andi Kao11/03/2019

Attacks against the Yilan Migrant Fishermen Union have intensified in the wake of the astonishing collapse of the Nanfang’ao Bridge earlier this month...

EnglishLaborNovember 2019RaceSocial Movements14 min read

Protests Take Place in Hong Kong Over Halloween, Joshua Wong Banned from Running in Elections

Brian Hioe11/01/2019

Demonstrations that took place concurrently with Halloween celebrations in Hong Kong yesterday, with police attacking sometimes costumed demonstrators. Joshua Wong of Demosisto was blocked from running in district council elections by the Hong Kong government earlier this week...

Alex YunEnglishNovember 2019Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements7 min read

Human Rights Framework Insufficient for Addressing Issues Raised by Nanfang’ao Bridge Collapse

Andi Kao10/31/2019

The ripple effects from the collapse of the Nanfang’ao Bridge are slowly but surely merging with political currents in Taiwan, redirecting their force, and fashioning social relations anew...

EnglishLaborOctober 2019Social Movements15 min read

Protests Over the Weekend in Hong Kong See Assaults on Journalists by Police

Brian Hioe10/28/2019

Protests continue in Hong Kong, with demonstrations again taking place over the past weekend. This week marks the 21st week since protests began...

EnglishOctober 2019Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements8 min read

Over 200,000 Participate in Taiwan’s 2019 Pride Parade

Brian Hioe10/26/2019

More than 200,000 participated in this year’s Taiwan LGBT Pride today, according to organizers. This makes today’s march—the 17th iteration of the annual pride parade—the largest ever in the history of the event...

EnglishGender/SexualityOctober 2019Social Movements8 min read

Su Beng and Taiwan National Liberation: Where is the Colonial Oppressor?

Linda Gail Arrigo10/24/2019

Su Beng—in the last century the only living Taiwanese revolutionary forged in the active fire of national liberation movements—died on September 20, 2019, at the advanced age of 101...

EnglishOctober 2019Social MovementsTheory and History26 min read

Could Sending Chan Tong-kai to Taiwan Be a Ploy to Justify Future Extraditions of Hongkongers to China?

Brian Hioe10/23/2019

The apparent willingness of Chan Tong-kai, the suspect in the murder case that indirectly led the current political protests in Hong Kong, to voluntarily return to Taiwan to face charges has sparked political controversy in Taiwan in the past few days...

EnglishOctober 2019Self-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements16 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

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

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