The sixth anniversary of the Sunflower Movement proves an occasion to take stock of what has been accomplished since the Sunflower Movement, as well as what still remains to be done in Taiwan. It is now six years since the occupation of the Legislative Yuan took place on March 18th, 2014...
With a recent proposal by Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu to create free economic zones within Kaohsiung, one observes the unusual revival of a Ma era political idea: the establishment of special economic zones within Taiwan. Perhaps this should not surprise...
Five years after the 2014 Sunflower Movement, triumphalist narratives about the legacy of the movement may require some qualifiers. The results of nine-in-one elections last November, for one, showed that the KMT remains a viable political party in Taiwan...
Contemporary Taiwanese rock music reflects the progressive values and independent identity of Taiwanese young people today. Fire EX proves a prominent example...
Controversy regarding the Ministry of Education’s decision to block the appointment of Kuan Chung-Ming as president of NTU continues, with demonstrations taking place on campus yesterday. However, as a result, surreal scenes broke out on the NTU campus, becoming widely discussed among civil society activists on social media...
After much back and forth, the decision by the Ministry of Education to block Kuan Chung-ming from being named president of National Taiwan University has at least settled the matter that Kuan will not be the next president of NTU. But one does not expect controversy regarding Kuan’s blocked appointment to end anytime soon...
Controversy regarding the appointment of Kuan Chung-Ming as president of National Taiwan University, Taiwan’s most prestigious academic institution, continue to drag on without settlement by either NTU’s administration or the Ministry of Education...
Recently, President Ma Ying-jeou has made a number of erroneous statements about open data, claiming that Taiwan’s number-one ranking on the Open Knowledge Foundation’s open data index is proof of his administration’s overall transparency. In response, Billy Lin, a prominent member of the civic-tech community “g0v” wrote an editorial response to Taiwan’s Apple Daily editorial board...
There seems to exist not only a troubling disconnect from, but also an outright misreading of the situation of the Xi-Ma meeting by foreign governments and media organizations...
