Controversy has broken out regarding recent actions by the National Taiwan University administration. Namely, the university administration is accused of responding to efforts to set up a transitional justice committee to address symbols of authoritarianism that remain on the NTU campus with disinformation...
The controversy regarding the appointment of National Taiwan University president Kuan Chung-ming has finally ended, with the Ministry of Education agreeing to appoint Kuan as president of what is generally viewed as Taiwan’s most prestigious educational institution...
Reflexive anger from Taiwanese publishers after reports earlier this month by the United Daily News that the Ministry of Culture was planning on screening Chinese books allowed to be published in China shows in microcosm the dilemmas facing free speech in Taiwan. Yet this also shows why free speech is aggressively defended in Taiwan and unlikely to come under threat from the government anytime soon...
Controversy regarding the Ministry of Education’s decision to block the appointment of Kuan Chung-Ming as president of NTU continues, with demonstrations taking place on campus yesterday. However, as a result, surreal scenes broke out on the NTU campus, becoming widely discussed among civil society activists on social media...
After much back and forth, the decision by the Ministry of Education to block Kuan Chung-ming from being named president of National Taiwan University has at least settled the matter that Kuan will not be the next president of NTU. But one does not expect controversy regarding Kuan’s blocked appointment to end anytime soon...
Controversy regarding the appointment of Kuan Chung-Ming as president of National Taiwan University, Taiwan’s most prestigious academic institution, continue to drag on without settlement by either NTU’s administration or the Ministry of Education...
Controversy regarding the appointment of recently elected National Taiwan University (NTU) president Kuan Chung-ming, who has yet to take office, is ironic. Namely, Kuan’s predecessor Yang Pan-chyr faced more or less the same issues, which led him to resign in June 2017...