A surprise development in US-China trade relations has been the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou in Canada. Meng is slated to be deported to the US on charges of violating sanctions, with allegations that Huawei sold goods to Iran in knowing violation of trade sanctions. Does this mean that the US-China trade war is back on? The results of the arrest were immediate, with the Dow Jones crashing 800 points in its fourth-largest drop in history...
On the evening of Thanksgiving 2018, about 40 animal liberation activists gathered in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York to hold vigil. The below freezing point temperature, frigid wind, and snow did not deter the activists...
After the referendum on nuclear energy held concurrently with nine-in-one elections on November 24th, shifts in Taiwan’s treatment of nuclear energy-related issues are likely to take place. The referendum called for the overturning of current provisions in the law which stipulate that Taiwan is to be nuclear-free by 2025...
Taiwan can breathe a sigh of relief after the Trump-Xi meeting which took place on the sidelines of the G-20 conference in Argentina on Saturday. Namely, Taiwan did not come up in any substantive manner during the meeting, with economic tensions between America and China being the main object of negotiation between Trump and Xi...
Despite the unexpected results from the referendum last Saturday, pro-marriage equality groups have not backed down. Undeterred, Equal Rights Cuties, Marriage Equality Coalition Taiwan, and the Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights have continued to step up efforts to vocally and actively advocate with the public at all levels...
A crucial by-election in Hong Kong ended up defeat for the pan-Democratic camp last week, with the loss of pan-Democratic candidate Lee Cheuk-Yan to pro-Beijing candidate Rebecca Chan Hoi-yan in the Kowloon West constituency...
The firing of Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Corporation head Wu Yin-ning by the organization’s board earlier this week can be read several ways. But it may be a sign of how things are to change in Ko Wen-je’s second mayoral term and the second half of Tsai Ing-Wen’s first presidential term...
