2021/03/05 |
What’s Going on With Taiwan’s Influencers?
What’s unique about the latest tabloid dramas in Taiwan is the extent to which the medical establishment has taken interest.
2021/03/03 |
For “Subtle Taiwanese Traits,” Seeing Taiwan Anew Starts Within the Community
Arising from disillusionment with the Subtle Asian Traits Facebook group, Subtle Taiwanese Traits has been a fertile and sometimes contentious ground for defining what it means to be Taiwanese today.
2021/02/24 |
Prosecution of a Fraudulent Labor Agency in Taichung: An Insight on the Exploitation of Migrant Workers in Taiwan
In January, authorities indicted four people for illegally recruiting Vietnamese workers and docking half of their wage. It is time that Taiwan address structural issues in its recruitment scheme for migrant workers.
2021/02/22 |
Keelung Migrant Fishermen Form Union, Second of its Kind in Taiwan
The Keelung Migrant Fishermen’s Union is the second migrant fishermen’s union to gain legal status in Taiwan, after cases of abuse against Southeast Asian migrant fishermen came to public attention.
2021/02/17 |
To Curtail Fear of Water, Taiwanese Children Are Being Taught How To Build Canoes From Scratch
A few friends came together to teach children in Yilan to build canoes. Their mission, though, is about much more than boat building.
2021/02/15 |
On the Use of Digital Identity in Asia (3) – Digital Identity in Singapore & South Korea
What can Taiwan learn from South Korea and Singapore in implementing a digital ID scheme?
2021/02/11 |
What Clubhouse Achieved When It Slipped Behind China’s Firewall
The tolerant and open space on Clubhouse, however short-lived, prefigured a world in which prejudice and regional conflicts can be resolved, or at least managed to a less volatile level, through dialogue.
2021/02/11 |
On the Use of Digital Identity in Asia (2) – Digital Identity in Japan & Malaysia
What can Taiwan learn from Japan and Malaysia in implementing a digital ID scheme?
2021/02/10 |
On the Use of Digital Identity in Asia (1) – Digital ID in Taiwan
Taiwan's plan to issue digital identification cards in July has been suspended due to calls to establish a legal basis. But civic organizations have raised other concerns for the policy.
2021/02/09 |
Fundraiser Organized for Hospitalized English Teacher To Return Home
Metayer’s sister, Felicia Obryant, has recently started a campaign to raise US$200,000 for Metayer and their mother to return to the United States.
2021/01/22 |
Plan for Digital ID Card Suspended Amid Controversy
A plan to issue digital identification cards in July was suspended until a special law has been established to govern the matter.
2021/01/21 |
Digital Transformation in Taiwan Requires Social and Political Transformation
Digital literacy training can mitigate many problems. But this can't be implemented without a thorough social and political transformation in Taiwan.
2021/01/13 |
The Problem of Taiwan’s Lost-Contact Migrant Workers’ ‘Illicit Enjoyment’
Financially strained, migrant workers in Taiwan can turn to cheap drugs and alcohol after a day of backbreaking work.
2021/01/11 |
Taiwan’s Population Shrinks for the First Time
Taiwan’s population declined for the first time in 2020, as the country struggles with one of the lowest birth rates across the world.
2021/01/05 |
Digital Regulation Could Have Saved Taiwan’s Botched eID
A lack of transparency and regulatory oversight over data use beset Taiwan’s plans to launch an electronic national identification. What would it take to get it right?
2020/12/30 |
Taiwan’s 2020 in Review
From the first reports of a mysterious pneumonia-like illness and the presidential election, the news from Taiwan has had a relentless grip on us all.
2020/12/29 |
Does Universal Basic Income Have a Home in Taiwan?
Is Taiwan's stability during the pandemic an occasion to think big?
2020/12/24 |
Singapore’s Government Wants a Conversation on ‘Women Development.’ Here’s What They Don’t Want to Talk About.
It’s one thing to boost “women development” — a term with echoes of a “lean in” mentality that places the onus on women to work even harder to succeed in environments predominantly catering to men — but quite another to truly challenge the patriarchy and live up to feminist principles.