Tag: referendum reform in Taiwan

Referendum Against Gay Marriage Reaches Necessary Threshold

Brian Hioe04/18/2018

With the Central Election Commission announcing that a referendum against same-sex marriage pushed for by anti-gay groups has passed the necessary threshold for a referendum to be held, shock and anger has broken out in Taiwan. However, in itself, it may not be too surprising that anti-gay groups were able to achieve reaching this referendum...

#21April 2018EnglishGender/SexualitySocial Movements8 min read

Referendum Changes A Step Forward For Democratic Experimentalism In Taiwan?

Brian Hioe12/13/2017

With the passage of amendments to the Referendum Act, celebrations have broken out from some of Taiwan’s post-Sunflower Movement activists with the view that this accomplishes a longstanding demand of activists to lower the benchmarks needed to hold public referendums in Taiwan. However, the implications of these changes remain to be seen...

EnglishSocial MovementsYouth Movements13 min read

Any Lessons For Referendum Reform In Taiwan From Australia’s Referendum On Gay Marriage?

Brian Hioe11/18/2017

As with other recent national referendums in Catalonia and Iraqi Kurdistan, are there any other lessons for referendum reform in Taiwan which can be derived from the referendum on gay marriage that was recently held in Australia?...

EnglishNovember 2017Politics5 min read

Arts/Culture

Calling For a Return to Sinocentrism in the Name of Opposing It: Responding to ‘Reconsidering Sinophone Studies’

Re/writing COVID-19 in China: Solidarity as Metonym for Historical Truth?

How Taipei Became the Home of Live Comedy During the Pandemic

International

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

After Nine Years, Second Ma-Xi Meeting Occurs in Beijing

DPP Aims to Strengthen Laws Regarding Treason, Leaks

Interviews

“Trying to Gain More Autonomy in Our Narrative”: An Interview with René Hà on Stamped

Reflecting on an Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with the Interviewees of All Static & Noise

Interview: David Novack and Janice Engelhart on All Static & Noise

Politics

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Social Movements

referendum reform in Taiwan

Any Lessons For Referendum Reform In Taiwan From Australia’s Referendum On Gay Marriage?

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

Four Decades of Strife and Resistance: A Deep Dive Into What’s Happening in West Papua

Interview: Kawtorpai Church

DPP Criticizes KMT Over Pension Vote

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

KMT Leans Into Calls for Capital Punishment Against Child Abusers