Contestation local governments controlled by the pan-Blue camp and the central government regarding COVID-19 continues. The latest issue to be contested is that of temporary vaccination stations set up by the central government to boost vaccination among children...
Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je, who is the founder and chair of the Taiwan People’s Party, has found himself in a spat with other TPP politicians after calling party member Lin Shu-hui a “dog” that needed to be “disciplined.” Lin is the director of TPP legislator Lai Hsiang-ling’s office and the chair of the TPP’s central review committee ...
With primary season in full swing in Taiwan, much speculation has turned to the question of who will be the pan-Blue and pan-Green camp’s respective political candidates for Taipei mayor...
Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je has again sought to attack the Tsai administration as attempting to sabotage his mayoral administration, this time regarding approval for the Taipei Dome. Ko most likely has his eyes on finishing the construction of the Taipei Dome during his tenure, in order that he can tout it as an accomplishment for future political endeavors...
Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je and his Taiwan People’s Party have come under scrutiny regarding the use of Taipei city public funds for electoral campaigning. This takes place at the same time as much uncertainty about the political future of the TPP, and as election season approaches. Many TPP members serve as part of Ko’s Taipei mayoral administration...
39 Chinese warplanes intruded on Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone on Sunday, in the largest such intrusion by the Chinese air force since October. This was followed on Monday by an air intrusion by 13 aircraft...
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je has sought to tout his TaipeiPASS system as a remedy to many of Taiwan’s COVID-19 woes...
These days, one routinely sees pan-Blue politicians lambasting Taiwan as lagging behind all international standards, criticizing Taiwan’s response to COVID-19 as among the world’s worst. Many of the claims circulated by pan-Blue politicians verge on disinformation...
Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je has doubled down on comments emphasizing that the Taiwan People’s Party, which he is party chair of, aspires to move beyond the independence versus unification politics that characterize contestation between the pan-Green and pan-Blue camps...
The Taiwan People’s Party, which was formed by Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je in 2019, has been hit with a round of criticism due to the party’s ties with the Greater Taipei Stability Power Alliance...
