Efforts by the KMT to establish “free trade zones” in offshore islands of Taiwan continue. Such proposals have primarily been advanced by KMT legislator Chen Yu-chen...
The KMT has been criticized over proposals, which mostly stem from Kinmen legislator Chen Yu-jen, to establish a free trade zone in Taiwan’s outlying islands. This would take place through amending Article 18-1 of the Offshore Islands Development Act...
In an apparent repeat of an incident that happened in June, a Chinese man in a rubber dinghy was detained in Linkou last week after apparently traveling from China....
A proposed bill by KMT Matsu legislator Chen Hsueh-sheng has come under fire from the pan-Green camp. The bill would allow Chinese companies to place tenders on public infrastructure projects on outlying islands of Taiwan. The bill would also lift limits on enrollment for Chinese students in universities in the outlying islands of Taiwan, without any quota...
China has detained a Taiwanese fishing vessel and its sailors in an incident that shows the tenuousness of Taiwan’s position when it comes to efforts to avoid escalation...
Former Kinmen county magistrate Lee Wo-shih faces 90 months in prison after a May 29th sentence handed down by the courts. Lee was Kinmen county magistrate between 2010 and 2014, as a member of the KMT. Lee was previously a New Party member until 2007...
