migrant workers in Taiwan

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

Brian Hioe
The Taiwanese government has proposed funding a science and technology park in Eswatini at a cost of 1 billion NT, the Taiwan Industrial Innovation Park. The science park would be to shore up relations in what is Taiwan’s sole remaining diplomatic ally in Africa, with the aim of expanding the footprint for Taiwanese businesses in Africa. President Lai Ching-te and Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung previously visited the site of the proposed science park during a visit to Eswatini earlier this year...
EnglishFeaturedInternationalPoliticsRegional TensionsSelf-DeterminationSeptember 2026Social Movements5 min read

At Start of May, Counter-Protestor Assaulted at Taiwan Solidarity Party Demonstration Against Migrant Workers

Andy Liu
At the start of May, during Labor Day weekend, the right-wing Taiwan Solidarity Party (TSP, formerly known as the Taiwan Solidarity Union) held two rallies in Taipei to protest against migrant workers from South and Southeast Asia. The first rally, held in the morning before the Labor Day march, featured a man tabling with an SS insignia on his arm, and a student was arrested for throwing a water balloon at TSP chairwoman Chou, Ni-An (周倪安). The second rally, held the next day, which the TSP, working with the International Association of Family and Employers with Disabilities (IAFED, also known as Taiwan Employers Association),  dubbed “employer’s day,” followed up with the physical assault of a counter protester by a man donning a TSP vest...
EnglishLaborMay 2026PoliticsRaceSocial Movements11 min read