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, by HIOE Brian
TAIWANESE SEMICONDUCTOR manufacturing giant TSMC announced today that it intends to invest 100 billion USD in the US over the next four years. TSMC’s plans for investment were announced jointly by the company and US president Donald Trump, who suggested that TSMC could avoid the tariffs he has (…)
, by HIOE Brian
FORMER SUNFLOWER MOVEMENT participant Johanne Liou is to be deported from the US next month, facing charges related to drug trafficking and fraud. The arrest was conducted by ICE, with Taiwanese authorities stating that they requested Liou’s extradition. Liou did not appear at the New Taipei (…)
, by HIOE Brian
A PROPOSAL BY the KMT in late December would exempt seniors who pay under 20% income tax from needing to pay premiums to the National Health Insurance (NHI) system.
Those who pay 20% in income tax are those who make above 1,330,000 NT per year. Those who make below 590,000 NT per year pay a 5% (…)
, by HIOE Brian
THREE CONTROVERSIAL BILLS were forced through the legislature by the KMT last week, with all three bills completing their third reading in the legislature.
The means by which the KMT did so led to significant public outrage, seeing as the KMT physically prevented DPP legislators from being (…)
, by HIOE Brian
CHINESE INFLUENCERS residing in Taiwan, often the spouses of Taiwanese, have reported receiving threats in the last month from Chinese online nationalists.
It is thought that there are around 80 YouTubers in Taiwan, among 380,000 Chinese spouses who are living in Taiwan. The reason as to why (…)
, by HIOE Brian
Taiwan hopes to keep ties with the U.S. stable, and Trump’s slate of appointees is a mixed bag in that regard.
As was to be expected, the U.S. presidential election cast a large shadow over Taiwan.
Polling two days ahead of the election conducted by political scientists Lev Nachman, Yen (…)
, par HIOE Brian
WHILE THE US presidential election has yet to be formally called, results currently suggest that the winner will be former US president Donald Trump. As such, Taiwan will soon need to contend with the possibility of a second Trump presidency.
Photo Credit : Shealah Craighead/White (…)
, by HIOE Brian
In so many histories, writers so often ignore the social movements and underclass that helped define island nation’s destiny.
The view from the Taipei 101 tower, 2020.(Photo by Carl Court / Getty Images)
There was once a time when Taiwan was referred to by international news outlets as a (…)
, by HIOE Brian
In so many histories, writers so often ignore the social movements and underclass that helped define island nation’s destiny.
There was once a time when Taiwan was referred to by international news outlets as a “self-ruled island.” A decade ago, when papers like The New York Times and The (…)
, by HUANG Frances, YI-SHUAN Hsieh
Taipei, Sept. 2 (CNA) Taiwanese scholars on Monday characterized China’s decision to immediately resume imports of pomelos from Taiwan as politically motivated.
Yang Ming-hsien (楊明憲), a professor in the Department of International Business at Feng Chia University, noted that Chinese officials (…)
, by LAI Sunny
The streets in Taipei’s Wanhua District tended to be calm on weekday mornings, but sounds of boxes being moved and lively chatter from an elderly woman’s house on one Thursday interrupted the usual quiet.
“Oh no, the pee has gone everywhere,” exclaimed a man in his 70s after accidentally (…)
, by HIOE Brian
IN AN UNUSUAL CASE, a Taiwanese businessman named Fang Hsiang and his associates have become implicated in espionage charges. Fang, who served as the head of a business association in Hainan for Taiwanese businessmen in China and is in his seventies, is accused of spying on Taiwanese and Tibetan (…)
, by HIOE Brian
This is a No Man is an Island film review written in collaboration with Cinema Escapist as part of coverage of the 2024 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. Keep an eye out for more!
THE TIME OF HUAN NAN is a multifaceted movie. Though the aim of the film–to depict the historic Huan (…)
, by BENGTSEN Peter
Taiwan’s international airport in Taoyuan will soon be able to handle an extra 20 million annual passengers, due to a $3 billion government budget for a new third terminal. Since construction kicked off in 2021, several thousand workers have been imported from Vietnam and Thailand to expand the (…)
, by BENGTSEN Peter
The brands Giant, Trek, Scott and Shimano are being scrutinised over debt-bonded workers at manufacturing sites in Asia.
When the Tour de France begins on 29 June, star cyclists will risk their health to outshine competitors on steep and winding roads at the world’s biggest annual sporting (…)
, by CHUANG Yu-Chen, Taiwan Indigenous Youth Public Participation Association
Recently, conflicts erupted in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan over the amendments proposing legislative power expansion, which involved unconstitutional controversies. Many citizens and NGO groups spontaneously gathered outside the Legislative Yuan to participate in the protests, now known as the (…)
, by WU Chee-Hann
Thousands of demonstrators surrounded Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan late into the night on Tuesday, May 21, to protest controversial parliamentary reforms led by opposition parties that together hold a majority of seats in the Legislative Yuan. President Lai Ching-te’s Democratic Progressive Party (…)
, by HIOE Brian
Taiwan has seen few protest mobilizations on the scale of what came to be known as the Bluebird Movement in the past decade. Consequently, it may not be surprising that the Bluebird Movement demonstrations were quickly compared to the 2014 Sunflower Movement.
Certainly, the comparison seems (…)
, by Overseas Taiwanese Solidarity Against Legislative Power Abuse
Mustering Voices Abroad
On the night of May 17, when thousands of Taiwanese protesters’ calls against the problematic legislative amendment fell on deaf ears, many overseas Taiwanese closely following the events felt deep frustration. Among them, Yi-Ting Chung, a history PhD student at (…)
, by HIOE Brian
THE PROTESTS AGAINST the KMT and TPP’s efforts at expanding legislative powers did not result in preventing the bill’s third reading yesterday. This occurs despite the fact that over the course of two weeks, the demonstrations went from around 300 individuals to over 100,000 in the short course (…)
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