With the DPP seeking a constitutional interpretation on the KMT’s attempt to block the Executive Yuan’s budget, the KMT has hit out at the move. The KMT has framed the matter as the DPP using its control of the Constitutional Court to block any and all measures pushed for by the KMT...
On Sunday, May 4th, a Taiwanese Christian group led dozens of participants from different religions and faiths on a 41 km pilgrimage from Zhongli Train Station in Taoyuan City to Taipei City’s Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in solidarity with Palestine...
Can gender equity issues like women's and LGBTQ rights be discussed along with Taiwan independence? Is there one more important and urgent topic among all the issues concerning different marginalized people? When issues such as feminism and LGBTQ rights are discussed together with social news, there is often criticism that talking about marginalized people is a way to distract people and divert public resources from the issue of Taiwan independence. However, from a decolonial perspective, gender equity and Taiwan independence move in the same direction and support each other...
The KMT claimed 250,000 in attendance at a rally against DPP recalls held yesterday on Ketagalan Boulevard. Aerial photographs do not seem to correspond to this claim, but either way, the pan-Blue camp was out in force against the DPP in what was a de facto campaign rally for the pan-Blue camp. Both the KMT and its smaller ally party, the TPP, were present...
Civil society groups demonstrated, calling for an end to the killings in Gaza earlier this month. The demonstration began after 2 PM on April 13th outside of the Ximen MRT. After proceeding through the city, following a speaker truck, the march route ended outside of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with an open mic period held...
The ongoing wave of recalls against all KMT legislators has taken a strange turn, with proposals from some elements of the pan-Blue camp to dissolve the cabinet. If so, this would trigger a legal mechanism that would allow for the legislature to be dismissed and a new set of general elections to be held, if the Premier and the President of the Legislative Yuan agree on this...
With the upcoming wave of recalls facing KMT legislators, both parties have gone on the offensive. In particular, both the KMT and DPP have announced a series of “policy explainer” sessions aimed at explaining their stances to the general public...
Reports indicate that the government is once again considering raising the barriers for individuals from Hong Kong and Macau to permanently reside in Taiwan. This would take the form of lengthening the amount of time for them to qualify for permanent residency in Taiwan, as well as removing the path to citizenship...
