Taiwan's total number of COVID-19 cases climbed past 200 today, with the Central Epidemic Command Center announcing 215 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan...
How did Taiwan achieve its successes in fighting the COVID-19 coronavirus? Taiwan's strategy in its response to the coronavirus has been informed by three key inter-societal and historic elements: Taiwan's state formation during the 20th century, the political culture among elites that stems from the former process, and the collective experience of the Taiwanese population in dealing with the forces of nature...
Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu provoked anger and derision through comments advocating the creation of a “Hong Kong Village” in Kaohsiung earlier this month...
Twenty-three new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus were announced in Taiwan today. This is the largest jump in the number of COVID-19 cases that has occurred to date and brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in Taiwan to 100. As such, the CECC announced the largest expansion of travel restrictions to date earlier today. Foreign nationals will now be blocked from entering Taiwan altogether, unless they are traveling to Taiwan for business or for diplomatic purposes, or if they have an ARC or APRC...
The sixth anniversary of the Sunflower Movement proves an occasion to take stock of what has been accomplished since the Sunflower Movement, as well as what still remains to be done in Taiwan. It is now six years since the occupation of the Legislative Yuan took place on March 18th, 2014...
Taiwan experienced a sudden jump in COVID-19 coronavirus cases in the last three days, leading to expansions of government measures and renewed calls for individuals to stay at home to avoid spreading the coronavirus and “flatten the curve” of disease spread...
Political contestation has continued regarding the repatriation of Taiwanese in Wuhan. Two charter jets flew from Wuhan to Taiwan yesterday, repatriating a total of 361 Taiwanese...
Efforts to fight the COVID-19 epidemic continue in Taiwan. The Central Epidemic Command Center did not report any new cases yesterday, as a result of which there are 45 confirmed cases in Taiwan currently, but new measures have been rolled out in order to respond to the epidemic. With Taiwan's apparent successes in containing the coronavirus epidemic and rapid increases in production capacity for needed medical supplies, the Tsai administration has notably begun leveraging on this for soft power, as a way to draw distinctions between Taiwan and China...
KMT party chair elections took place today, resulting in the election victory of Taichung legislator Johnny Chiang over his opponent, former Taipei city mayor Hau Lung-bin...
There is increasing public discussion of what measures should be taken regarding migrant workers in Taiwan as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak...