Efforts by the KMT to establish “free trade zones” in offshore islands of Taiwan continue. Such proposals have primarily been advanced by KMT legislator Chen Yu-chen...
The latest object of maritime contention between Taiwan and China has been an abandoned maritime freighter that is currently near the Yehliu Geopark...
In spite of appearances otherwise, Coast Guard cooperation continues between Taiwan and China, specifically with regard to rescue efforts by the Taiwanese Coast Guard directed at Chinese vessels in distress. This occurs despite efforts by the CCP to depict the Taiwanese Coast Guard as harassing Chinese fishing vessels...
The Taiwanese Coast Guard Administration has called for 6,000 volunteers to participate in maritime patrols, as a means of countering China’s grey-zone tactics. This proves an interesting move at a time when there have been calls for greater transparency from the CGA to deal with grey-zone activity...
A proposed bill by KMT Matsu legislator Chen Hsueh-sheng has come under fire from the pan-Green camp. The bill would allow Chinese companies to place tenders on public infrastructure projects on outlying islands of Taiwan. The bill would also lift limits on enrollment for Chinese students in universities in the outlying islands of Taiwan, without any quota...
Former Kinmen county magistrate Lee Wo-shih faces 90 months in prison after a May 29th sentence handed down by the courts. Lee was Kinmen county magistrate between 2010 and 2014, as a member of the KMT. Lee was previously a New Party member until 2007...
