A proposed constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to age 18 cleared the legislature last Friday. As a result, the amendment will be put to a national referendum later this year...
56 domestic cases, 107 imported cases, and zero deaths were reported by the CECC today. Today’s CECC daily press conference began twenty-five minutes late, due to Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung meeting with legislators in the Legislative Yuan...
33 domestic cases, 63 imported cases, and zero deaths were reported by the CECC today. This is slightly down from yesterday’s 34 cases, but Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung stated that what is a matter of concern is multiple cases with unknown sources of infection. Only four of the domestic cases were found while in quarantine, with thirteen imported cases found on arrival, and fifty found while in quarantine. There were fewer imported cases due to fewer arrivals today...
34 domestic cases, 93 imported cases, and zero deaths were reported at the CECC daily press conference today. Only three of the domestic cases were found in quarantine. On the other hand, 55 of the imported cases were found on arrival, and 38 while in quarantine...
83 domestic cases, 120 imported, and zero deaths were reported by the CECC today. This is the largest daily number of cases in Taiwan since June of last year...
With the Transitional Justice Commission set to be dissolved in May, speculation has turned to whether the commission will be able to call for the removal of the 6.3-meter Chiang Kai-shek statue in the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial...
An unforeseen consequence of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia may be that it intensifies regional tensions in the Asia Pacific. This occurs due to the fact that hawkish political leaders in the region may use global concern in the wake of the crisis to push for actions that they claim will strengthen military defense...
With the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia, there have been a number of responses in Taiwan. It may not be surprising that in light of the continual military threats directed at Taiwan from China, many in Taiwan see parallels to Ukraine’s plight...
On the 75th anniversary of the 228 Massacre, questions regarding transitional justice are still up in the air. However, one notes that pan-Blue apologism for the massacre and the White Terror that followed has become starker than ever...
A report released by NGO Safeguard Defenders in January, entitled “Involuntary Returns: China’s Covert Operation to Force ‘Fugitives’ Overseas Back Home”, stated that the number of Chinese asylum seekers had increased globally by 700% between 2012 and 2020...