Tag: cultural Taiwanese independence

KMT Fixation On Missing ROC Flags From Government Websites And Invitations A Sign Of Desperation

Brian Hioe10/26/2017

Recent attempts by the KMT to attack the DPP on the issue of desinicization have been suitably bizarre, with claims that missing ROC flags from government websites or official invites is a sign of the DPP attempting to peel back the symbols of the ROC. This largely seems to be a sign of desperation on the part of the KMT...

EnglishOctober 2017Politics6 min read

Continued Debates Over The Role Of Classical Chinese In Taiwan

Brian Hioe09/14/2017

The defeat of a recent push by language and literature scholars to reform the teaching of Chinese in Taiwan has had surprising implications. Namely, despite the defeat of a push by the Association for Taiwan Literature to reduce the amount of classical Chinese currently taught in Taiwanese, this drew comment from high-ranking Chinese government officials including An Fengshan of the Taiwan Affairs Office. It seems, then, that the debate over the teaching of classical Chinese in Taiwan has become significant enough to draw attention from China...

Arts and CultureEnglishLiterature and PoetrySeptember 20176 min read

Why Is The KMT Preoccupied With Combating “Cultural Taiwanese Independence” In The Present?

Brian Hioe08/15/2016

Much of the KMT’s activity as of late been devoted to preoccupation combating the specter of “cultural Taiwanese independence” and “desinicization.” Why? ...

August 2016EnglishPolitics9 min read

Arts/Culture

Calling For a Return to Sinocentrism in the Name of Opposing It: Responding to ‘Reconsidering Sinophone Studies’

Re/writing COVID-19 in China: Solidarity as Metonym for Historical Truth?

How Taipei Became the Home of Live Comedy During the Pandemic

International

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Social Movements

cultural Taiwanese independence

KMT Fixation On Missing ROC Flags From Government Websites And Invitations A Sign Of Desperation

Continued Debates Over The Role Of Classical Chinese In Taiwan

Why Is The KMT Preoccupied With Combating “Cultural Taiwanese Independence” In The Present?

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camp Contention Over Media Regulation Continues

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security