Shanghai in the last month has seen massive mobilizations, some reports of which claim that up to 50,000 participated in environmental demonstrations against the building of a chemical plant....
Yesterday afternoon, demonstrators marched to the Ministry of Education to throw paper airplanes into the Ministry of Education courtyard to protest planned textbook revisions....
Are there lessons to be learned from the disproportionate influence of international media on Taiwan as evidenced in Tsai Ing-Wen’s appearance on the cover of Time Magazine?...
In her thirty minute long speech in New York City, which was attended by over a thousand, Tsai spoke of her admiration to New York City as a “city where dreams come true,” her willingness to work with the rising Third Party movements in Taiwan, and a growing “new Asian value of democracy” that is championed by Taiwan. But Tsai’s speech still lacked any concrete substance into what makes her a suitable candidate for presidency. ...
Tsai Ing-Wen’s recent twelve-day tour of the United States has been hailed as a success. It remains to be seen at a future point in time whether the visit was genuinely successful or not. But why was the trip necessary to begin with?...
“Socialism” is a term that’s often conjured up in public discourse, yet seemingly amorphous in our political vocabulary. What about in the Taiwanese context? Is "socialism" applicable?...
The pro-Taiwanese unification Left has become increasingly aggressive in its attacks conducted on Taiwanese civil society after the Sunflower Movement. We might venture a criticism of our own....