A recent ad by German camera company Leica, titled “The Hunt”, has provoked ire in China because of its depiction of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Namely, the ad suggests that it might be a fictionalized depiction of how the famous Tank Man photograph was shot...
Sometimes minor differences—even just a single word—can have deep implications with regards to how we discuss Taiwan's political status. We might take a look...
Recent cases of sexual assault against migrant domestic workers point to how this is an under-addressed social problem in Taiwan, toward which there has been little social discussion...
Chinese academic Li Yi was deported last week on the basis of that his presence in Taiwan was to advocate the forcible and armed unification of Taiwan and China. As such, some questioning has ensued as to whether the Tsai administration crossed any lines in terms of free speech through the deportation...
FoxConn CEO Terry Gou has been an unusual presence in the news in the past few days, with Gou hinting to Taiwanese media that he might seek to run in the KMT presidential primary, and making a number of high-profile public appearances. Gou then finally declared a run earlier today, with the claim that he was told to run by the sea goddess Mazu...
Typically blind adulation of America has swept across Taiwan with the recent visit of Paul Ryan to Taiwan in order to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act. This should be of little surprise, however...
Concerns regarding Chinese attempts to interfere in Taiwanese elections are in the news again after a wave of unusual activity reported by moderators of well-known Facebook pages with a pro-Taiwan slant. Namely, moderators of such pages report being approached by unusual Facebook accounts, asking them if they would be willing to sell their pages...
Controversy has erupted after a sculpture installed on the campus of the London School of Economics originally depicting Taiwan as separate from China was later changed by the school administration to depict Taiwan as part of China...
Several thousand marched in Kaohsiung last Sunday against growing Chinese influence in Taiwan. According to estimates, between 2,000 and 3,000 participated in the march...