Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen has enjoyed a halo of public approval over the past year, because of Taiwan’s successes fighting off COVID-19. It was only until recently that Taiwan has seen a sudden escalation of cases, following an explosion of close to 1,600 cases in the past week, since May 14th...
Former president Ma Ying-jeou was again in the news earlier this week for his criticisms of the Tsai administration. Namely, Ma called for a return to the “original 1992 Consensus”, lashing out at Tsai for distancing herself from the notion...
The DPP currently faces controversy after a criminal case involving high-profile members of its Taipei party branch. The case eventually became larger enough that President Tsai Ing-wen, who is also chair of the DPP, called a meeting of the party’s local chapter heads, calling on the party to take stronger action to avoid elements of the party becoming mixed up with crime...
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...
A fake agreement between the Taiwanese and Japanese governments was circulated on social media last week, claiming that the Taiwanese government had agreed to take on wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The incident led to a response from the Presidential Office and has led to warnings that Chinese disinformation efforts directed at Taiwan could be growing more sophisticated...
Media personality Dennis Peng was charged with aggravated libel last week for accusations made by Peng that President Tsai Ing-wen’s Ph. D is illegitimate...
Surangel Whipps Jr., the president of Palau, is currently visiting Taiwan as part of a diplomatic delegation intended to mark the start of a “travel bubble” between Taiwan and Palau...
Concerns that Taiwan could face an imminent Chinese invasion have been stoked by recent comments by Admiral Philip Davidson and Admiral John Aquilino, the outgoing and incoming heads of the US Indo Pacific Command respectively...
