2021/04/12 |
Roy Ngerng Against the Prime Minister
Ngerng’s case recalls the traditional battle lines in the struggle for free speech, a heroic picture of a dissenter against the state, whose cause is grounded in a vision of a just society.
2021/04/09 |
‘The Power Of the People Will Prevail’: The Activist Building Taiwan-Myanmar Solidarity
“As an overseas Myanmar person, all I can do is to get the voices from Myanmar heard, noticed, and have foreigners come together to help my country,” Thomas Chen said.
2021/04/01 |
BBC Journalist Leaves China Over Concerns for His Safety
John Sudworth’s move to Taiwan comes amid China’s criticism of BBC’s domestic news coverage.
2021/03/29 |
Myanmar Communities in Taiwan Protest Military Coup After ‘Deadliest Day’
Gathered at Taipei’s Liberty Square, demonstrators sat for hours singing songs, holding anti-coup posters, and waving the Myanmar national flag.
2021/03/26 |
Taichung MRT’s Green Line Is Back. Here’s Where To Stop Along the Route.
Here is a list of tourist attractions along Taichung's new MRT line.
2021/03/25 |
Police Violence Perpetrators ‘Not Found,’ Seven Years After the Sunflower Movement
It has been seven years since the Sunflower Movement, but nobody has taken responsibility for the excessive use of force during the attempted occupation of the Executive Yuan.
2021/03/09 |
Indigenous Hunting Rights on Trial in Taiwan
An Indigenous hunter’s legal case has taken on larger meaning as a verdict on Indigenous hunting rights writ large.
2021/03/04 |
Keeping the Door Open: How Taiwan’s Gender Quotas Brought More Women Into Office – and Why We Need More
Unless Taiwan addresses the underlying social pressures that constrain would-be female politicians, gender quotas will only be able to nudge women just a little closer to equal participation.
2021/02/25 |
Jaw Shaw-Kong Wants To Make the Kuomintang Great Again. Can He?
Jaw has emerged as the latest figure touted as a savior of the KMT. There are good reasons to be skeptical.
2021/02/18 |
‘Maid to Queer’ Explores Desire and Queerness Among Hong Kong’s Indonesian Domestic Workers
Maid to Queer provides profound insight into how systems of migratory labor beget “productive possibilities of queerness and norm.”
2021/02/17 |
Building an ASEAN Identity: A Proposal
Here are several policy proposals for the United States to help ASEAN countries build a common identity and strengthen ties with the bloc.
2021/02/05 |
Protecting the Taiwan Strait in the 21st Century
Whether the U.S. should maintain strategic ambiguity or embrace strategic clarity on Taiwan is an important but distinct question. Neither policy stands a chance of long-term success without sustained U.S. military capabilities in the Asia Pacific.
2021/02/03 |
The EU-China Investment Agreement Is a Missed Opportunity To Advance Business and Human Rights
There should be no illusion that the EU or China concerned themselves with improving fundamental rights at work and human rights.
2021/01/15 |
How China Is Controlling the Covid Origins Narrative — Silencing Critics and Locking up Dissenters
The WHO has sent a team to China to investigate the origins of Covid-19, but China's political environment makes a conclusive outcome unlikely.
2021/01/12 |
How Will Biden’s Strategy on South Asia Differ From Trump’s?
U.S. president-elect Joe Biden might shake up Washington's current foreign policy, but not its South Asia policy.
2021/01/08 |
What Does Biden’s Cabinet Mean for Taiwan?
With most key roles in President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration announced, a look at the main foreign policy figures in Biden's Cabinet may foretell how Washington might approach relations with Taiwan in the upcoming years.
2021/01/06 |
Tsai’s Poll Numbers Are on the Decline. Why?
With the poll figure inching closer to 50%, Tsai’s honeymoon period has seen its end, a foundation says.