Keen observers of Hong Kong localism would probably remember the Legislative Council election of September 2016 as a watershed marking the political movement’s much coveted entry into the parliamentary institution...
With the blockade of Wukan village by 2,000 police officers and use of violence against townspeople, it would be that China’s Wukan village is once again under siege...
Civic participation that is merely “surface-level” and “high-tech” will only make hardworking public officials frustrated, and cause the public to distrust the government...
Whether in Taiwan, Vietnam, or elsewhere, Taiwanese company Formosa Plastics has a long history of environmental scandal. With recent fish deaths in Vietnam caused by a Formosa-owned plant raising the issue of Formosa's history of environmental wrongdoing, we might take a look at this history...
Regarding the present state of Taiwanese-American politics, one often sees a gap in political understanding between Taiwanese-Americans and Taiwanese first generation immigrants...
Issues of urban eviction in Kaohsiung under Chen Chu’s mayorship are back in the news, with the recent demolition of a housing complex adjacent to a fruit and vegetable market in Sanmin District in northern Kaohsiung...
In the case of recent conflict between environmental and labor groups in mid-August regarding a coal power plant in Changhua, there would seem to be no easy answers. Namely, whatever the outcome, either the environment suffers, or there is a loss of jobs in the area...