The results of four by-elections that took place last week have been used as an early metric of political sentiment in Taiwan, with less than a year to go until 2020 elections. Elections will take place in January of next year...
Five years after the 2014 Sunflower Movement, triumphalist narratives about the legacy of the movement may require some qualifiers. The results of nine-in-one elections last November, for one, showed that the KMT remains a viable political party in Taiwan...
Speculation regarding whether Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu could or would run for president as the KMT’s presidential candidate in 2020 elections has exploded out into the open in the last few weeks...
On the 72nd anniversary of the 228 Massacre, it should be clear that a long path remains to be walked to realize transitional justice in Taiwan. This is visible in a number of recent incidents...
Pro-nuclear groups in Taiwan continue to push for nuclear energy, as observed in three recent referendum pushes on nuclear energy-related issues. These referendums are organized by the groups responsible for the referendum on nuclear energy held in November during nine-in-one elections...
Concern has broken out over suggestions from the KMT that it will seek a peace treaty with China if it retakes the presidency in 2020, with questions raised about what this could mean for Taiwan...
Speculation about who will run in 2020 presidential elections has already begun in Taiwan. Perhaps this is unsurprising. Presidential elections will likely take place in January of next year, meaning that elections are scarcely a year away...
Over the past few weeks, there have been multiple cases of high-profile physical violence in Taiwan, ranging from the case of the abuse of a wife and son by a father to the assault on Minister of Culture Cheng Li-chiun by an entertainer. In both of these high profile cases, certain levels of “vigilante justice” through violence have been argued as justified, despite a general public consensus against acts of physical violence in Taiwan. What do these cases say about Taiwan society as a whole?...
Efforts by Ting Shou-chung of the KMT to invalidate Taipei mayoral elections continue, despite that a recount already affirmed Ko as the victor of 2018 Taipei mayoral elections...