The results of the national referendum that took place today resulted in a defeat for the KMT and victory for the DPP, with all four referendum proposals voted down. This was what was called for by the DPP, with the DPP advocating four “Nos”...
The annual Autumn Struggle labor protest has historically been one of the two major annual labor protests in Taiwan. The other major labor protest is usually International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day. The two labor protests are spaced roughly half a year apart, with International Workers’ Day taking place in the springtime and Autumn Struggle taking place in the fall or winter...
Reports have stated that Digital Minister Audrey Tang’s video seemed to be cut during the Biden administration’s Summit for Democracy last week. If the video was cut, it is believed that this took place due to a map that appeared during Tang’s presentation which displayed Taiwan in a different color than China, with concerns that this would be perceived as support for Taiwanese independence...
Nicaragua has announced that it will be severing relations with Taiwan, following a televised speech by Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign Affairs Denis Moncada. During the speech, Moncada asserted that there is only one China, which is the PRC, and that this includes Taiwan...
President Tsai Ing-wen stated that Taiwan was committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 in comments made in the same timeframe of the 26th U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties, more commonly referred to as COP26, in Glasgow earlier this week. The statement by Tsai proves interesting, in that global climate change is rarely the political framework for discussing environmental issues in Taiwan...
The Tsai administration's efforts at judicial reform came under criticism last month from civil society organizations, particularly regarding attempts to reign in judges and prosecutors unaccountable to the public...
Chen Po-wei of the Taiwan Statebuilding Party was recalled today. Chen, 36, popularly known by his nickname of “3Q”, represented the second electoral district in Taichung as the Statebuilding Party’s sole legislator...
US president Joe Biden again created confusion regarding the US position on Taiwan today during a town hall held by CNN. In response to a question about whether he would vow to protect Taiwan and what he would do to compete with China militarily, following Chinese tests of a hypersonic missile, Biden stated “Yes and yes"...
TTY Biopharm is currently under investigation for insider trading, with 26 company officials held by authorities, and close to thirty locations raided. Among those detained was Robbin Shih, the company’s general manager. Top executives were released on two to three million NT bail, with fifteen of those detained requiring bail...
The upcoming recall vote facing Taiwan Statebuilding Party legislator Chen Po-wei, which is set for October 23rd, looks to be an occasion in which the pan-Blue and pan-Green camps will directly come into conflict. Chen is a legislator representing Taichung District II, which consists of Dadu, Longjing, Shalu, Wufeng, and Wuri...
