Issues of political corruption continue to be prevalent in Taiwanese politics, as a number of recent incidents go to show. This has drawn in politicians both pan-Blue and pan-Green...
The TPP demonstrated in front of DPP headquarters near Shandao Temple today. The demonstration drew several thousand, with some estimates that around 5,000 attended...
After meeting with both the DPP and KMT in the preceding days, the TPP announced this afternoon that its eight legislators would be voting for Huang Shan-shan for the president of the legislature. This means that the TPP has declined to side with either the DPP or KMT when it comes to voting for the Legislative Yuan president...
The TPP has come under fire for a possible party list candidate that the DPP claims to have formerly been a CCP member. The prospective candidate in question is Xu Chunying, the chair of the Taiwan New Residents Development Association, which advocates for the rights of foreign-born spouses in Taiwan. Xu is naturalized to Taiwanese nationality through marriage to a Taiwanese man...
The future of the TPP remains unclear in November elections. Namely, the elections will prove an important testing ground for the party as to its strength, with the TPP having won five seats in the legislature to overtake the NPP in the 2020 elections...
It did not exactly come as a surprise when Taipei deputy mayor Vivian Huang, also known as Huang Shan-shan, tendered her resignation late last month in preparation for a mayoral run...
The question of who the DPP and KMT intend to field as their mayoral candidates in Taipei and Taoyuan has come under scrutiny in recent days, as the primary season comes to a close before nine-in-one elections later this year...
With primary season in full swing in Taiwan, much speculation has turned to the question of who will be the pan-Blue and pan-Green camp’s respective political candidates for Taipei mayor...
Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je and his Taiwan People’s Party have come under scrutiny regarding the use of Taipei city public funds for electoral campaigning. This takes place at the same time as much uncertainty about the political future of the TPP, and as election season approaches. Many TPP members serve as part of Ko’s Taipei mayoral administration...