Accusations by the KMT that Internet influencer Yang Hui-ju, also known as Slow Yang, was responsible for spreading false information that led to the 2018 suicide of Taiwanese diplomat Su Chi-cheng may be the first major incident in the 2020 elections directly related to the issue of “fake news” ...
The Living Mall, also known as the Core Pacific City, the sphere-shaped mall in Songshan district, is shutting down on Saturday, November 30th. The mall, auctioned for $38 billion earlier this year, will be destroyed and replaced with office buildings less than 20 years after opening its doors...
Last week, the University of Rochester in the United States was found to have moved the Republic of China flag, formerly exhibited side by side with other international flags in alphabetical order, next to the flag of Hong Kong in the university’s Hirst Lounge where flags representing countries from its student body are displayed...
Mayor Ko’s comments regarding the Taiwanese American community earlier this month come off as both insulting and ignorant. Mayor Ko does not seem to have any respect for the “independence activists” and “Taiwan lovers” who are currently residing abroad after being forced to flee authoritarian Taiwan...
On Sunday, November 17th, a day that saw clashes at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and protesters trapped in the university campus by police, seven indie bands well known to the Taiwanese of different generations all came together in a concert to support Hong Kong’s fight for democracy...
Concerns regarding Chinese efforts to influence next year’s presidential elections have been flagged after a spying case involving a Chinese man claiming to be a spy seeking asylum in Australia exploded out into the open earlier this week...
Hongkongers voted in record numbers yesterday for District Council elections. The results of voting showed an overwhelming victory for pro-democratic political forces...
The International Center for Cultural Studies at National Chiao Tung University recently held a conference on “Dialogue between Law and Society – A Seminar on Migrant Workers’ Labor Rights and Government Policies”...
The Taiwanese pro-unification’s left response to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong has been telling. Either one ignores the present events as though protests had not rocked Hong Kong for now close to half a year. Or, worse, some have even seen to fit to lash out at the protests, simply because they challenge the Chinese Communist Party...