The KMT has continued to lean into the idea of cash handouts to the citizenry. The idea has now shifted to be framed as an emergency relief measure for the Trump administration’s tariffs, which will have a significant impact on Taiwan and the world...
In an unusual series of events, KMT chair Eric Chu has doubled down on comparisons between the Nazis and the current DPP government after a condemnation issued by the German Institute Taipei. The German Institute Taipei is Germany’s representative office in Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic relations...
The Lai administration plans to roll out a new system requiring public servants to notify the government before travel to China. This will affect public servants at all levels, whether they are elected officials or not. Legislators, public servants, members of the military, borough chiefs, and others will all be required to notify the government of planned travel to China, as well as comply with regulations when there...
The Somali Civil Aviation Authority has begun blocking Taiwanese passport holders from entering Somalia, citing “One China” and UN Resolution 2758. This proves an unusual move...
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...
An outcry about the crisis in Taiwan’s medical sector has broken out yet again. At the same time, one notes that many solutions have been proposed in past years, and they have similarly failed to be effective. At a time of stark budget cuts pushed for by the pan-Blue camp, such solutions are less likely than ever to be effective at present...
Writer Lung Ying-Tai has emphasized that for Taiwan, "there can be no democracy without first ensuring peace." In recent years, Lung has consistently identified herself as "anti-war," advocating for Taiwan to avoid conflict and seek peace. Similarly, in 2023, four scholars in Taiwan started an advocacy for a "Ukraine-Russia armistice agreement"（烏俄停戰談判）, "opposing a US-China war"（反對美中戰爭）, and "maintaining an equally friendly diplomatic relationship with great powers"（與大國維持友好等距外交）—all under the banner of an anti-war stance...
Labor groups demonstrated on Ketagalan Boulevard today to commemorate International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day in other parts of the world. International Workers’ Day brings thousands of union members from all over Taiwan to protest each year in Taipei...
