In early March, in the continuation of what has been a decade-long clash between Shezi Island (Shezidao) citizens and the Taipei City government, another round of protests on the peninsula was provoked by a visit from the administration of Chiang Wan-an, the new KMT mayor of Taipei...
Clashes broke out between residents of Shezidao, also known as Shezi Island, and police last week on Wednesday. These clashes took place in context of the Taipei city government’s second stage review environmental impact assessment conducted on the prospect of development on the island. This led to not only fighting with the police, but clashes between residents of Shezidao in favor of development and those opposed to it. This may be one of the first times that fighting has broken out during a protest during the current COVID-19 outbreak that Taiwan is currently in the late stages of...
The business of wild marine animal exhibitions and performances in aquariums always requires the kidnapping, torture, imprisonment, and abuse of animals. This is no different with XPark in Taoyuan, something that has recently been the object of controversy...
With proposals by Minister of Transport and Communications Wu Hong-mo to extend the Taiwanese High-Speed Rail to Hualien, this has led to outrage from some, with the view that extending the HSR to Hualien will contribute to the despoiling of Hualien’s natural beauty and cultural sites...