It has been widely recognized that Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Movement in 2019 was the turning point of the 2020 General Election in Taiwan. In the last general election, Beijing’s hardline crackdown on the protests in Hong Kong gave rise to the Taiwanese’s mistrust of China and finally brought a big win to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which was expected to lose both their majority over the Legislative Yuan and their presidency. But after three years of National Security Law (NSL) enactment in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong issue in this general election seems no longer as focal as it was. How should we make sense of this huge contrast in attention? Has “Hong Kong Influence” faded out totally...
DPP presidential candidate and current vice president Lai Ching-te has expressed support for vaccine manufacturer Medigen revealing the details of its contracts with the government...
One of KMT presidential candidate Hou You-yi’s campaign promises is to revive the Special Investigation Division of the Supreme Prosecutors Office. This has not been widely discussed, but could do with examination as an issue....
KMT vice presidential candidate Jaw Shaw-kong has come to dominate headlines lately. In particular, Jaw seems to have taken a more proactive role in the KMT’s campaigning than the actual KMT candidate, Hou You-yi...
The vice presidential debate took place this afternoon. This was the last of the debates held as part of the presidential campaign season, coming after three presidential policy platform presentations that are not formal debates on December 20th, December 26th, and December 28th, one vice presidential presidential policy platform presentation, and one presidential debate...
Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen gave a New Year’s address earlier today. This is the last New Year’s address of Tsai’s presidency, seeing as her second and final term will end later this year. Elections will take place on January 13th to decide who Taiwan’s next president will be...
Reports indicate that a Taiwanese member of I-Kuan Tao, a Daoist religious organization, was detained in China on charges of entering China under the auspices of tourism to spread the religion...
The only presidential debate of the election season took place today. This took place after three presidential policy presentations, which are not formal debates, but often amount to de facto debates. These took place on December 20th, December 26th, and December 28th...
