A number of violent incidents involving police attacking demonstrators have broken out in Hong Kong in the past few days, as protests against the extradition bill continue...
A recent stopover by Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen in New York has drawn an unusual amount of public attention, with the view that the visit is indicative of strengthening ties between America and Taiwan...
News that Sunflower Movement student leader Lin Fei-fan joined the DPP surprised many earlier this week, after it emerged that Lin would be taking up the position of deputy secretary-general in the party...
Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu was announced as the winner of the KMT presidential primary today, KMT vice-chair Tseng Yung-chuan making the announcement at a press conference this morning. What should Taiwan expect with Han as the KMT's 2020 presidential candidate?...
Demonstrations organized by the KMT on Sunday last week in Taipei prove ironic in several respects. The demonstration was against recent changes to the Referendum Act pushed into law by the DPP which will split which day that referendums are held on from the day that political elections take place, and make it so that referendums can only be held every two years...
The New Party, unsurprisingly, illustrated its misogyny after recent comments by Yang Shih-kuang, the director of the party’s Youth Corps and its presidential candidate in next year’s presidential election, regarding current President Tsai Ing-wen...
Three KMT presidential primary debates have been held in the past two months. Three sessions were held, each lasting two hours, in order to have one debate held in northern Taiwan, one in central Taiwan, and one in southern Taiwan. The first debate was held on June 25th in Kaohsiung, the second debate on June 29th in Taichung, and the last debate held on July 3rd in Taipei...
A recent ceremony held by Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu to commemorate what was claimed to be the opening of a new maritime route connecting Taiwan and China as part of the “small three links” has come under censure...
Protests in Hong Kong seem unlikely to end in the near future, with Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam yesterday once again refusing to fully withdraw the extradition bill yesterday...