Kuomintang

American Meat: Through the Overton Window Darkly

Enbion Micah Aan
On Christmas Day 2020, after much contention, the lifting of limits on American pork imports was passed by the Legislative Yuan, with KMT lawmakers vowing to continue to oppose pork imports, possibly by way of referendum. More broadly speaking, media coverage and political discussions around the issue of ractopamine and American pork imports to Taiwan have reached the point of absurdity in past weeks...
December 2020EnglishPolitics9 min read

KMT Likely to Continue to Leverage on Pork Issue Against DPP

Brian Hioe
The KMT has continued to militate against the DPP on the issue of the Tsai administration’s decision to lift restrictions on imports of American pork into Taiwan. In the KMT’s latest protest action last week, the KMT threw pig guts and intestines at Premier Su Tseng-chang during a report to the legislature. Some scuffling also took place between pan-Green and pan-Blue legislators during the report...
December 2020EnglishPolitics5 min read

Annual Labor Demonstration Protests American Pork, with Controversy Regarding KMT Co-Optation Claims

Brian Hioe
The annual Autumn Struggle labor demonstration was held yesterday in Taipei. Autumn Struggle is traditionally one of the major labor demonstrations in Taiwan, along with International Workers’ Day on May 1st. Despite the name, it is not unusual for Autumn Struggle to take place during what is actually winter. However, this year’s demonstration saw significant controversy due to the perceived co-optation of the event by the KMT...
EnglishLaborNovember 2020Social Movements9 min read