Outrage broke out earlier this month due to an ad for a Taiwanese kindergarten posted on social media stating that the kindergarten will “not accept applications from people not from predominantly English-speaking countries, or who are black or dark-skinned”...
Several dozen gathered outside of a Formosa Plastics’ shareholders meeting yesterday in order to demonstrate the fish die-offs which began in Vietnam in April 2016. The fish die-offs began after construction of a steel mill by Formosa Steel, a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics...
The conservatism of Taiwanese social morality can be observed in reactions to a recent murder case that occurred in the 120 Grassroots Self-Autonomous Zone, involving the dismemberment of a 30-year-old woman surnamed Gao by a 37-year-old archery teacher surnamed Chen. What is visible through such reactions are attempts to displace blame onto a small group of young people while avoiding addressing deep-rooted problems of toxic masculinity in Taiwanese society. Much reactions have been centered on the Internet, particularly through PTT, including doxxing, harassment, and the posting online of personal information of Grassroots organizers by way of the "human flesh search engine"...
A rare multi-province strike has broken out in China among truck drivers. Quite unusually, this comes on the heels of a previous multi-province strike among crane operators which broke out in May...
Anger has broken out from a number of Korean progressives at American liberals for their reactions to the Trump-Kim summit. Namely, American liberals are seen as prioritizing sniping at Trump over establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula. Such outrage is all too familiar for Taiwan...
Public comments made late last month by Hedy Lee, the eldest daughter of the recently deceased Lee Ao and a media personality in her own right, have provoked ire from members of the Jewish community in Taiwan...
Anger has followed suit after the winner of a contest to design a new Taiwanese identification card had only 46 votes, disregarding the most popular design, which had 97,498 votes. The winning design was perceived as pro-independence in nature, due to its titling...
Demonstrations against a plan by the Vietnamese government to create special economic zones that will be leased to China took place outside the Vietnamese representative office in Taipei last weekend. Fears have been raised that this will allow for Chinese economic and political influence to enter Vietnam, with China eventually aiming to assimilate and absorb Vietnam wholesale. Solidarity rallies have also taken place in Taiwan...
Controversy has broken out over actions by Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Corporation director Wu Yin-ning. While opponents of Wu allege corruption or at least incompetence, defenders of Wu allege that Wu has been caught in the crossfire between the KMT, DPP, and Taipei mayor Ko Wen-Je...