Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je officially held an opening ceremony for his newly formed Taiwan People’s Party earlier today. How will the formation of the Taiwan People's Party affect 2020 elections?...
Scenes of disruption took place across Hong Kong today, with a general strike and eight rallies held at the same time across multiple districts of Hong Kong. Apart from the heavy use of tear gas by police during the day, nightfall saw the reemergence of triad members to attack demonstrators...
Demonstrations continue in Hong Kong, with thousands of civil servants protesting yesterday outside Chater Garden, as well as protests today in Mong Kok. The past nights have also seen repeated demonstrations outside police stations in response to arrests...
Ko Wen-je yesterday announced the formation of the Taiwanese People’s Party, a new political party that will presumably be led by Ko. The formation of the Taiwanese People's Party seems to more or less confirm that Ko will seek to run for president...
Han Kuo-yu was confirmed as the KMT’s presidential candidate on Sunday at the party’s National Congress, although an unusual development was the simultaneous announcement that a KMT president would not simultaneously serve as the chair of the party going forward. Indeed, this seems to be a sign of continued fractures within the party...
Reports of unusual actions by the Chinese government aimed at affecting Hong Kong and Taiwan have emerged in the last day. First, the Chinese government announced that individual tours to Taiwan from 47 cities across China will come to a halt starting on August 1st. Second, reports have emerged of Chinese troops amassing on the border between Hong Kong and China, leading to fears that this could be an early sign of a PLA crackdown on Hong Kong. A report by the SCMP later stated that these were police by 190,000 Chinese police officers to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, not military drills, but the development has raised fears nonetheless...
A major controversy facing the Tsai administration has broken out following the revelation of a cigarette smuggling scandal involving National Security Bureau security agents that participated in president Tsai Ing-wen’s recent trip to America and overseas Caribbean allies of Taiwan...
It proves rather surprising that the Formosa Alliance has announced plans to form a political party that intends to field presidential and legislative candidates in 2020 elections. The move has caught many off-guard due to the strong possibility that this could split the pan-Green vote, resulting in a victory for the KMT...
