Much mockery of the KMT has ensued online after an incident last week at a protest outside of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In particular, criticisms of the KMT have ensued for using the National Taiwan University Hospital‘s emergency room to stage a photo op for campaigning purposes...
With the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Kaohsiung Incident today, also known as the Formosa Incident or Meilidao Incident, it may be worth reflecting on what has changed in Taiwan in the decades since then—but also to what extent many of the tasks of Taiwan’s democracy movement remain unfinished...
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Hong Kong yesterday to commemorate what has now been now six months of protest. Organizers claim that 800,000 were in attendance during the march yesterday...
Hundreds of migrant workers took to the streets of Taipei today, calling for an end to the current labor broker system and its replacement by government-to-government hiring practices...
Attempts by KMT presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu to insist that the DPP is trying to rig Taiwan’s democratic process against it are on the rise as of late. This is likely in response to polling showing a significant lead by Tsai and numerous scandals which have rocked Han lately, including not only with regards to Han’s significant personal wealth but the possibility of his being aided by Chinese disinformation efforts...
Protests in Hong Kong continued over the weekend and in the past week, putting an end what some saw as a period of relative calm following District Council elections on November 24th...
A 2017 deal inked between Taiwan and Australia for Taiwan to provide medical treatment for refugees stranded on Nauru that the Australian government refuses to admit was again in the news last month after Buzzfeed News obtained the text of the Memorandum of Understanding inked between the two countries regarding the agreement...