Chang Ya-chung and Dennis Peng came together to organize a rally questioning the validity of Tsai Ing-wen’s dissertation outside of the Presidential Office on Saturday...
After the results of the referendum that took place earlier this month, internal splits have deepened in the KMT. What is notable, however, is to what extent these splits deepen the gap between moderates and hardliners within the party...
Recent comments by KMT legislators in the Legislative Yuan focused on fire on Minister of Foreign Affair Joseph Wu for Taiwan’s loss of diplomatic allies. In particular, a number of KMT legislators called on Wu to resign. Chen I-Hsin, a KMT legislator, even called on Wu to kill himself in apology...
The national referendum held last Saturday resulted in a defeat for the KMT, with the four referendum proposals that the KMT advocated all being voted down. As such, the Tsai administration has a much stronger position going into the 2022 midterm elections, with the DPP having called for all four proposals to be voted down. The four issues that were voted on were the relocation of a liquified natural gas terminal off the coast of Datan, Taoyuan, the restart of nuclear reactor #4, US pork imports, and whether referendums are held on the same date as elections...
The results of the national referendum that took place today resulted in a defeat for the KMT and victory for the DPP, with all four referendum proposals voted down. This was what was called for by the DPP, with the DPP advocating four “Nos”...
The annual Autumn Struggle labor protest has historically been one of the two major annual labor protests in Taiwan. The other major labor protest is usually International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day. The two labor protests are spaced roughly half a year apart, with International Workers’ Day taking place in the springtime and Autumn Struggle taking place in the fall or winter...
With the referendum vote scheduled to take place on Saturday, the KMT has been on the campaign trail. In particular, even if the referendum no longer takes place on the same date as elections, the KMT hopes to use the referendum as an opportunity to electorally benefit in the future, as well as an opportunity to attack the DPP...
Independent legislator Freddy Lim will face a recall vote in January, following the recall petition against him clearing the necessary benchmarks. The date of the recall has been set for January 9th. Lim represents the Zhongzheng and Wanhua districts of Taipei...
The annual Taipei-Shanghai Forum took place online for the second year in a row, given the current COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to past years, there was probably less fanfare than before. This is not only because of the online format, but because of the way that the forum is tied to Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je’s political career, as a Ko initiative. That being said, there was some controversy about the cost of the 1,390,000 NT expense of the forum, when it was expected that the forum would be cheaper this year due to the online format...
A new resolution passed by the KMT’s Central Standing Committee earlier this month provides an amnesty period, allowing for members that left or were kicked out of the KMT to rejoin before February 17th. This move is part of an initiative by recently elected chair Eric Chu to open the door for old members that have since left the party...
