Politically inconvenient choices define the search for more power as AC units switch on for the summer and Taiwan's renewable push struggles to make headway.

Taiwan is in a race against its neighbors to get its head around cryptocurrencies.

Taiwan's growth and investment are restricted by five scarce resources -- land, water, power, manpower and talent.

Heart disease is now the number two cause of death in Taiwan.

An ongoing study suggests environmental factors in Taiwan are contributing to a rising number of cases in otherwise healthy non-smokers.

Stagnant industry, falling investment, overly academic graduates and fiercer global competition are just a handful of the reasons why wages in Taiwan suck.

Government plans to bring down greenhouse gases do not go far enough.

While the government remains enthusiastic about railways, others suggest large-scale spending on new infrastructure is misguided.

Taiwan’s once-prolific film and television industries have ebbed in recent years, but new business models could help Taiwan compete with Japan and South Korea.

Kaohsiung will struggle to get its oil-soaked soil back to baseline.

Taiwan's air pollution has already launched protests, but tackling its sources will involve some very tough choices.

Food-safety scandals that occurred between 2013 to 2014 in Taiwan led the government to increase penalties for responsible parties.

Taiwan's planned new legislation would make tax and other incentives available to international talent.

As part-time or short-term jobs become more common, Taiwan is considering legislation to regulate non-conventional employment.

Will the next Silicon Valley be in Taoyuan?

New smart-city digital technologies involving the Internet of Things are being adopted by the nation’s largest cities and could help spur economic development through industrial transformation. Some of the leading examples so far are the eTag electronic toll collection system, the EasyCard payment platform, and the Wi-Fi system on the Taoyuan Metro. Under planning is a smart-machinery center in Taichung.

Recent cases have revealed that telephone scamming involving Taiwanese swindlers is a big international business.

Reversing a long-running brain drain will be an important step on the path to economic revival.