The US recalled diplomats from countries that dropped recognition of Taiwan, but it’s anyone’s guess who is calling the shots in Washington.

The deportation of Filipino city councilor Ricardo Parojinog, coupled with Taiwan's backdoor agreement with Australia to treat refugees in Nauru detention camps, raise questions about Taiwan's lack of any coherent refugee policy.

Conservative forces have superior resources than their progressive counterparts.

Criticism of the defacing of Chiang Kai-shek's memorial miss the point, argues Brian Hioe, as long as Taiwan's government is content to revere the late dictator.

It would be a mistake to take the US decision to sail destroyers through the Taiwan Strait as an indication of support for Taiwan.

Hong Kong's democracy movement finds itself at a crossroads.

Taiwan's agreement with Australia to accept its asylum seekers held on Nauru makes the government complicit in human rights violations.

Taiwanese society's reaction to the murder and dismemberment of a female archery student by her instructor are misdirected.

The recent hit to Taiwan's steel industry raise questions about the nature of the relationship between Taiwan and the United States.

The Taiwan Travel Act merely signals the potential of closer US-Taiwan ties, and from a reluctant and unpredictable White House at that.