2018/03/29 |
China Is Ensnared in an Energy Security Dilemma
China's faces hard ethical questions regarding its energy policies.
2018/03/27 |
Air Conditioning Is Choking Tropical Asia
Access to cool air is a matter of class and wealth in cities like Manila.
2023/02/06 | Sponsored
Feel the magic of space and let yourself be touched – we step into Chi Po-lin Museum
The exhibition of the Chi Po-lin Museum, “The City, The Flâneur,” explores the texture of cities “from a bird's-eye view”, narrating the beauty and sorrow of cities. The Chi Po-lin Museum was inaugurated in April 2019 and already hosted three exhibitions, “View Above Mountains,” “Above The Coast,” and “Reflection of Rivers” consecutively. They have accumulated nearly 60 thousand visits.
2018/03/27 |
Beautiful Rural Taiwan Losing Battle Against ‘Garbage Waterfalls’
Mountain villages are slow to adapt to the fallout of their newfound consumerism.
2018/03/20 |
China and Russia Make Strange Arctic Bedfellows
A tentative 'Polar Silk Road' seeks to help Russia and China reinforce each other's interests in the arctic.
2019/12/04 | Sponsored
Five Things You Should Know About “Motorbike Electrification” with the Advent of the New Motorbike Era
Taiwan, known as the “kingdom of motorbikes,” not only has a mature motorbike supply chain, but also is an important ICT industry export nation. However, the government resorted to “the coexistence and co-prosperity of gasoline & electric powered vehicles”. What are the blind spots of such a practice?
2018/03/19 |
What Can Fix the Disjointed Management of the Mekong River?
Decades of distrust between governments means that the world's 12th longest river has only the loosest management.
2018/03/16 |
5 Highlights from Mapping Taiwan's Circular Economy Projects
Circular economy is something of an abstract concept, so here are five real world examples of CE projects in Taiwan.
2018/03/16 |
Plans to Protect Indonesia's Orangutans Must Involve Business, Local Government
As a 10-year program to protect the great apes in Indonesia comes to an end, the pressure is on to enact a workable conservation plan for the decade ahead.
2018/03/15 |
Taiwan's Anti-Noise Pollution Movement Struggles to Be Heard
Efforts to counter noise pollution suffer from subjectivity problems and have not attracted the same level of public support as efforts to counter PM2.5.
2018/03/15 |
Taiwan under Pressure over Illegal Fishing, Human Rights as EU Takes Stock
A video spotlighting Taiwan's ongoing problems with illegal fishing and human rights abuses aboard its offshore vessels could not have come at a worse time.
2018/03/13 |
Taiwan Lacks a Plan for Meeting Climate Change Targets
Government plans to bring down greenhouse gases do not go far enough.
2018/03/09 |
New Maps Reveal the Extent of Global Industrial Fishing
By one measure, Taiwan was the second-largest fishing nation in the world, beaten only by China.
2018/03/08 |
The South Atlantic is a Scrum of the World's Illegal Fishing Vessels
Political disunity means that waters off the coast of Argentina are a hotspot for vessels looking to catch illegal fish.
2018/03/02 |
Crashing Dreams: The Problem with Sky Lanterns
If you're going to go set fire to lanterns and litter the countryside, at least use a lantern that has a sustainable design.