The Lai administration has moved to expand bans on Taiwanese government officials traveling to China to participate in the annual Straits Forum, traditionally a venue for signaling between the CCP and KMT...
Taiwanese civil society groups called for the release of Hong Kong activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung on June 1st outside of Taipei’s Ximending shopping district...
Thousands demonstrated on Sunday against the KMT’s cuts to defense spending, which reduced spending from 1.25 trillion NT to 780 billion NT. The main organizer of the demonstration was the Economic Democracy Union, the politically progressive social movement organization that played a key role in the 2014 Sunflower Movement and 2024 Bluebird Movement...
Taiwan Travelogue, written by Yang Shuang-zi and translated by Lin King, has again put Taiwan on the international stage. After winning the US National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2024, the book has now won the International Booker Prize...
A recent argument between Presidential Office secretary-general Pan Meng-an and KMT legislator Weng Hsiao-ling in the legislature reminds of how Taiwan’s constitutional crisis continues...
An attempt by the KMT and TPP to impeach President Lai Ching-te failed earlier this week. This was not surprising, seeing as the two parties did not have the votes to impeach Lai. As such, the impeachment was defeated...
Comments made by US President Donald Trump during an interview on Fox News, shortly after his summit in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, unusually echo China’s language on Taiwan. Likewise, Trump again suggests that arms sales to Taiwan are up for negotiation...
A recent article by Hilton Yip in Sky News proves the usual from the author. Indeed, Yip once again lashes out at any and all actions by the DPP as showing weakness, while repeating hardline KMT talking points–which do not even necessarily reflect the viewpoint of the party as a whole...
KMT chair Cheng Li-wun has called for a meeting with US President Donald Trump. Such calls occurred shortly after Cheng’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last month. A meeting between Trump and Xi is scheduled for this month. Cheng is herself scheduled to set off on a ten-day visit to the US in June...
Internal splits continue to occur in the KMT about the prospect of increasing defense spending. This occurs after the KMT had delayed review of the central government’s budget for over 220 days...
