Ten years have passed since the Sunflower Movement. In the past ten years, one notes how historical verdicts on the Sunflower Movement have changed over time...
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...
Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je has come under scrutiny regarding possible violations of the Anti-Corruption Act, in that Ko has been listed as a suspect in an ongoing investigation. This is regarding the Core Pacific City mall, which was demolished in 2019, as well as the Beitou Shilin Technology Park...
Ahead of the inauguration of Lai Ching-te as the new president, the KMT has continued to call for the revival of the Special Investigation Division of the Ministry of Justice...
Young supporters of Ko Wen-je’s TPP have recently been criticized as “cult-like” after videos of high schoolers selling “Little Grass ID cards.” The ID cards are sold for 500 NT each, leading to criticisms of the TPP that it is brainwashing children and that it is seeking to raise money in the manner of a direct sales scam...
Taiwan has concluded its eighth direct election of the Republic of China President. It was not a pivotal, watershed or critical election, and it was not a contest between war and peace or the embodiment of democracy vs authoritarianism; it was an entirely normal election...
The contest over who will be the next speaker of the Legislative Yuan is on. The DPP hopes for Yu Shyi-kun to continue serving as president of the Legislative Yuan. By contrast, the KMT has aligned behind a joint ticket of its 2020 presidential candidate, Han Kuo-yu, and its former chair, Johnny Chiang. As part of this ticket, Han would become president and Chiang would become vice president...
The Central Election Commission has moved to file charges against online influencers spreading disinformation about the recent presidential elections. This includes YouTuber Alisasa, who among 25 others is accused of spreading such disinformation...
Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party secured his election as Taiwan’s 16th president on January 13, 2024. As the DPP extends its rule for another four years, the administration is likely to maintain President Tsai Ing-wen’s economic policies, notably diversifying the economy away from China. Navigating Taiwan’s export-oriented economy through the evolving US-China relationship will pose the most significant challenge for the new administration...