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Fucha Released, But Prevented From Returning to Taiwan

Brian Hioe06/16/2026

News broke earlier this month that Chinese publisher Li Yanhe, better known by his pen name of Fucha and best known as the editor-in-chief of Gusa Publishing, has been released from imprisonment. But though he was released in May, Li has reportedly not been allowed to return to Taiwan, despite that he has been freed and has been able to meet with family members...

Cross StraitEnglishInternationalJune 2026Politics4 min read

Frozen by the KMT, NCC Decides Networks Can Continue to Broadcast

Brian Hioe03/28/2025

The National Communications Commission has come to the decision that PTS and other networks can continue to broadcast, in spite of the NCC not currently having a quorum to make decisions on whether to renew broadcast licenses...

EnglishMarch 2025Politics5 min read

Fucha Sentencing Shows Efforts by China to Intimidate Taiwan

Brian Hioe03/19/2025

Reports indicate that Taiwan-based Chinese publisher Fucha, who has been held by the Chinese government for over two years without a trial, has been secretly tried by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate...

Cross StraitEnglishInternationalMarch 2025Politics5 min read

NCC Chair Appointment Becomes Firestorm Between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camps

Brian Hioe05/02/2024

The KMT and TPP have dug their heels into criticizing the Tsai administration’s appointments for the National Communications Commission, Taiwan’s media regulatory body...

EnglishMay 2024Politics5 min read

Chinese Government Formally Arrests Taiwanese Independence Advocate Detained Since Pelosi Visit

Brian Hioe04/25/2023

News broke that the Chinese government approved the arrest of Taiwanese independence activist Yang Chih-yuan today, based on reporting by Chinese media. Yang was arrested on charges of secession and is thought to be held in Wenzhou, Zhejiang...

April 2023EnglishPolitics7 min read

Chinese Publisher Residing in Taiwan Detained in Shanghai

Brian Hioe04/24/2023

News broke over the weekend that Li Yanhe, the editor-in-chief of Gusa Publishing, had been detained in China. Li is a Chinese national, but is married to a Taiwanese person, and has resided in Taiwan since 2009. It is thought that Li is currently held under conditions resembling house arrest...

April 2023Cross StraitEnglishInternationalPolitics6 min read

KMT Likely to Make CtiTV’s Operations License Renewal into a Contested Issue

Brian Hioe10/24/2020

With hearings held by the National Communications Commission coming up next week regarding television outlet CtiTV’s renewal of its operations license, the issue has become one with which the KMT has sought to attack the DPP. In particular, the KMT has framed the issue as the DPP seeking to shut down CtiTV, as a means of targeting political critics...

EnglishOctober 2020Politics6 min read

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Chinese Government Forces Artists to Withdraw from the Gwangju Biennale

Gwangju Biennale Controversy Reflects Chinese Pressure on Taiwan in the Art World

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Chinese Government Forces Artists to Withdraw from the Gwangju Biennale

Dueling Kinmen Commemorations Show Historical Splits Between the DPP and KMT

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Taitung Graft Probe Highlights Recurrent Issues of Rural Corruption

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media freedoms in Taiwan

Fucha Released, But Prevented From Returning to Taiwan

Frozen by the KMT, NCC Decides Networks Can Continue to Broadcast

Fucha Sentencing Shows Efforts by China to Intimidate Taiwan

NCC Chair Appointment Becomes Firestorm Between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Camps

Chinese Government Formally Arrests Taiwanese Independence Advocate Detained Since Pelosi Visit

Chinese Publisher Residing in Taiwan Detained in Shanghai

KMT Likely to Make CtiTV’s Operations License Renewal into a Contested Issue

Chinese Government Forces Artists to Withdraw from the Gwangju Biennale

Taitung Graft Probe Highlights Recurrent Issues of Rural Corruption

Taiwan’s Eswatini Science Park Investment Not Likely to Entail Any Scrutiny of Human Rights

Central Election Commission Rejects Caning, Traffic Fine Referendum, Approves Nuclear Referendum

Chinese Government Forces Artists to Withdraw from the Gwangju Biennale

Taitung Graft Probe Highlights Recurrent Issues of Rural Corruption

Central Election Commission Rejects Caning, Traffic Fine Referendum, Approves Nuclear Referendum