The Tsai administration has sought to tout a phone call between President Tsai Ing-wen and Petr Pavel, the president-elect of the Czech Republic, as a diplomatic breakthrough. Namely, this signals stronger ties between Taiwan and the central European country...
Western experts and military officials continue to issue dates for a prospective invasion of Taiwan. The latest such example is a claim by General Mike Minihan of the US Air Force that he believed a war would occur between the US and China over Taiwan in 2025, in a memo that was obtained by the media...
Political controversy has broken out about plans by the US to sell Volcano mines to Taiwan, primarily in the form of attacks on the notion by the pan-Blue camp. The proposed purchase of the Volcano mine system is for a 180 million USD arms purchase agreement...
Reports earlier this week suggested that US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy intends to visit Taiwan sometime in the spring. Consequently, the Pentagon is preparing for a possible McCarthy visit...
Political contention continues over the Tsai administration’s proposed 6,000 NT tax refund. Namely, the proposal has come under fire from opposition lawmakers. Although it was originally expected that the tax fund would be issued as early as next month or possibly in March, because of the failure of the proposed refund to clear the legislature, now the refund is not expected until April...
William Lai was confirmed as the DPP’s next chairperson during chair elections yesterday. Lai ran uncontested, as a result of which he won with 99.65% of votes...
COVID cases are again on the rise in Taiwan, with cases expected to be on the rise over the winter. In particular, a number of cases are due to travel from China, According to the Central Epidemic Command Center, which coordinates Taiwan’s fight against COVID-19, 17.2% of cases among arrivals from China earlier this week tested positive for COVID-19...
Comments made by former president Ma Ying-jeou over the new year are indicative of the line that the KMT may take going into the upcoming set of elections...
The Tsai administration announced 6,000 NT in cash rebates to taxpayers last week. This would be in light of more than 180 billion NT in tax surplus this year, with President Tsai Ing-wen touting that this would be sharing the government’s economic windfall with the people. This could potentially take place as soon as February...