It proves unsurprising that six Taiwanese universities have been found guilty of sending southeast Asian students to work in factories illegally. It is highly likely that this case only is the tip of the iceberg of what is a larger issue...
Outrage has broken out after Tainan city councilor Ingay Tali’s swearing-in ceremony was declared invalid after Ingay took the oath in Amis, with his back facing the portrait of Sun Yat-Sen that he was to have been facing, and while wearing traditional attire...
Anger has broken out from Taiwanese activists in response to mockery of newly Executive Yuan spokesperson Kolas Yotaka’s name by netizens. In particular, Kolas was mocked by netizens because like many other Taiwanese indigenous, she prefers to use Latin script to render her indigenous name rather than Chinese characters...
Outrage broke out earlier this month due to an ad for a Taiwanese kindergarten posted on social media stating that the kindergarten will “not accept applications from people not from predominantly English-speaking countries, or who are black or dark-skinned”...
Public comments made late last month by Hedy Lee, the eldest daughter of the recently deceased Lee Ao and a media personality in her own right, have provoked ire from members of the Jewish community in Taiwan...
The eviction last week of indigenous vendors outside a former residence of Zhang Xueliang in Chingchuan, Wufeng Township near Hsinchu raises a number of issues. Namely, indigenous vendors have operated outside the residence for twenty years. Many vendors have no other means of livelihood if they are forced to relocate...
Relocation plans in Kaohsiung which mandate the eviction of Taiwanese indigenous of the Ljvaek community to build a monument to Formosa Plastics founder Wang Yung-ching would be a dreadfully ironic example of developmentalism at work in Taiwan...
Debates have broken out in Taiwan following the death of a “runaway” migrant worker from Vietnam after he was shot to death by Taiwanese police on August 31st. Yet too much of this has focused on whether police actions were justified, rather than considering broader questions of the labor conditions facing migrant workers in Taiwan...