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Civil Society Groups Demonstrate Lack of Progress on Social Housing

Brian Hioe
Civil society groups demonstrated outside of DPP headquarters late last month, in protest against the Lai administration’s failure to live up to campaign promises to build social housing. In particular, civil society groups criticized the Lai administration for promising to build 130,000 units of social housing during elections, then quietly revising this down to 40,000 units...
EnglishEnvironmentalJune 2026PoliticsSocial Movements3 min read

Thousands Demonstrate Against KMT Cuts to Defense Spending

Brian Hioe
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...
EnglishFeaturedMay 2026PoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements4 min read

Does China Not Intend to Invade by 2027?

Brian Hioe
A report by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence states that China does not intend to invade Taiwan in 2027. The report, which is the Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, takes the view that China does not have a fixed timeline for achieving unification and that China is more likely to continue with efforts to achieve unification that do not require military force. Instead, the report states that China is more likely to try to achieve unification by the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, which is in 1947, as part of aspirations to achieve “national rejuvenation.”...
EnglishInternationalMarch 2026PoliticsRegional Tensions4 min read