2020/11/10 |
What’s Behind Taiwanese Support for Trump?
There’s not much that Taiwan can do about China’s threat. But the government can address the economic and social sources of insecurity.
2020/11/06 |
How Taiwanese International Students Are Making This Semester Normal
Life in Taiwan has continued apace during the pandemic. But for Taiwanese international students, this time has been an opportunity to redefine their idea of normal.
2020/11/03 |
Who’s Taiwanese?
There is also no better symbol of Taiwanese sovereignty than its move to disassociate citizenship from Chineseness.
2020/10/31 |
The Year's Only In-Person Workplace Pride Was Just Held in Taipei
The event was a demonstration of two pillars of Taiwan's cultural diplomacy: its successful Covid-19 response, and its progress in LGBT equality.
2020/10/30 |
The Struggle for LGBT Adoption Rights: An Interview With Reese Li
Reese Li of Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy (TLFRA) explains the contours of the struggle for adoption rights for gay couples.
2020/10/30 |
Challenging the Gender Binary in Taiwan: An Interview With Victoria Hsu
Victoria Hsu of Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights answers our questions on Taiwan's post-marriage equality landscape.
2020/10/26 |
How Does South Korea View Its Marginalized Groups?
Compared with other marginalized groups, North Koreans are by far the most preferred neighbor in South Korea.
2020/10/23 |
Post-Marriage Equality, What's Next for Taiwan? An Interview With Jennifer Lu
Jennifer Lu of the Taiwan Equality Campaign answers our questions on Taiwan's post-marriage equality landscape.
2020/10/21 |
How Do South Koreans View North Korea’s Human Rights Violations?
A survey found that if unification were to occur, most South Koreans agree that North Korean officials should be punished for human rights violations, even if doing so increased tensions.
2020/10/20 |
Tainan Civil Society Groups Protest Eviction of Elderly Resident
A railway expansion project in Tainan has led to the demolition of family homes, threatening to evict a 99-year-old resident. Civil society groups have come out in force to protest.
2020/10/14 |
Equal Rights for Migrant Workers Now
There are 800,000 Southeast Asian migrant workers in Taiwan doing the jobs locals don’t want or aspire to. They deserve equal rights.
2020/10/08 |
Sharing the Black Experience in Taiwan
Since the Black Lives Matter Rally in June, opportunities for sharing Black experiences in Taiwan have multiplied.
2020/10/07 |
South Korea Split Over Perception of Workplace Harassment
A new survey finds that men and women have very different perceptions of what constitutes sexual harassment at work in South Korea.
2020/09/30 |
Will an Anti-Death Penalty Movement Take Root in Singapore?
Two recent near-executions have, in a small way, rekindled efforts to abolish the death penalty in Singapore.
2020/09/18 |
The Growing Complexity and Diversity of Taiwanese Families
Taiwan currently vies with South Korea for having the lowest total fertility rate in the world.
2020/09/10 |
What Is China’s Polar Strategy?
The central question surrounding the Xuelong 2 seems to be whether it is an innocuous display of China’s soft power or signals geopolitical storms to come.
2020/09/08 |
Are Singaporeans Getting Ripped off by Their Social Welfare Programs?
Even though the money in Singapore's retirement and health insurance schemes continues to grow, Singaporeans can only withdraw a pathetically small amount.
2020/09/08 |
Taiwan's Opposition Party Says No to American Pork
Food safety concerns have triggered domestic political debate in Taiwan over allowing the import of U.S. pork containing ractopamine, a leanness-enhancing additive.