Tsai Ing-Wen

New Incentives By China Raises Other Incidents Of China Treating Taiwanese As Citizens

Brian Hioe
Moves by China to upgrade benefits currently enjoyed by Taiwanese similar to those enjoyed by Chinese citizens, as a way of luring Taiwan into its fold, would be another attempt by China to divide and conquer Taiwan from within. It remains to be seen how successful these strategies prove to be. But there are already several cases in which one can see what the logical outcome of China treating Taiwanese citizens as they are Chinese citizens would be...
EnglishMarch 2018Politics7 min read

Will Guosheng Reactor Restarts Lead To Protest?

Brian Hioe
The announcement this week by state-run power utility Taipower that it plans to seek approval from the Atomic Energy Commission for restarts of a nuclear reactor at Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant should be of little surprise. Namely, even if little discussed, the Tsai administration quietly approved nuclear reactor restarts in June of last year. It remains to be seen whether it will not only be the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant reactor that is approved for restarts...
EnglishFebruary 2018Politics5 min read

Tsai Recognizes Authoritarian Regime Reminiscent Of The Past KMT In Honduras

Brian Hioe
The irony, not to mention hypocrisy, of Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-Wen acknowledging Juan Orlando Hernandez as president of Honduras is deep. Namely, Honduras is presently in the midst of a voter fraud scandal, with Hernandez accused of having won the election through fraud, much as how the past KMT once controlled Taiwan through stolen elections. This would be Hernandez’s second term as president and under Hernandez's rule, the Honduran police is accused of killing political dissidents, and allowing organize crime to freely carry out street killings, leading Honduras to have one of the world's highest murder rates...
December 2017EnglishInternationalRegional Tensions9 min read

Day To Night Demonstration Against Labor Law Changes Concludes With Clashes Against Police

Brian Hioe
Following a dramatic series of attempts to invade the Legislative Yuan, clashes with police, and a blockade of the intersection of Zhongshan South Road and Qingdao West Road, protest today against planned changes to the Labor Standards Act were not successful in preventing the act from passing. One can expect outrage from Taiwanese activists to lead to further protest...
December 2017EnglishLaborSocial Movements11 min read

Demonstrations Take Place Against Planned Labor Law Changes From Morning Into Night

Brian Hioe
Demonstrations against planned changes to the Labor Standards Act have taken place through the course of the past day outside the Legislative Yuan, beginning at 9 AM and lasting until nightfall. Three attempts to storm the Legislative Yuan have taken place in the course of this. Protests continue into the night, as the review of these planned changes also continues within the Legislative Yuan...
December 2017EnglishLaborSocial Movements8 min read

Satirical Buddhist-Themed Protest Against Changes To Labor Laws Held

Brian Hioe
A theatrical Buddhist-themed demonstration against planned changes to the Labor Standards Act by the Tsai administration was held today outside the Executive Yuan today. The demonstration, which was intended to be humorous in nature, went from 1:30 PM to 4 PM and largely took the form of chanting of satirical Buddhist scriptures regarding changes to labor laws...
December 2017EnglishLaborSocial Movements10 min read