After Typhoon Ragasa, Taiwan’s Disaster Response Becomes Fuel for Partisan Divide
Starting on September 22, Typhoon Ragasa pummeled Taiwan’s eastern coast with rain, causing deadly flooding in Hualien County. Matai’an Creek…
Taiwan Is in the Middle of a Constitutional Crisis
Without much warning at all, Taiwan has found itself in the middle of a constitutional crisis. Although the public reaction…
Taiwan’s KMT Has a New Chair
Dark horse candidate Cheng Li-wun has won the Kuomintang (KMT) party chair election, defying predictions that former Taipei mayor Hau…
How the Trump-Xi Meeting Was Read in Taiwan
A meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of APEC in late October…
Amid Taiwan’s Diplomatic Blitz in Europe, China Threatens to Weaponize Interpol
Europe is seeing a flurry of Taiwanese diplomatic activity, with a visit to Brussels by Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim, as…
Internal Party Politics Roil Taiwan’s Main Political Parties
In the aftermath of the Great Recall Movement, there has been internal contention in both the Kuomintang (KMT), which controls…
What Next for the Taiwan People’s Party?
The future of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) continues to be in question, with party leader Ko Wen-je currently in…
Taiwan’s Great Recall Movement Is Officially Over
Taiwan’s Great Recall Movement has come to an end, with the second round of recall voting that took place on…
Recall Campaigns Reach Fever Pitch in Taiwan
With just under two weeks before the recall votes scheduled to take place on July 26, the political atmosphere in…
Taiwan’s ‘Great Recall’ Fizzles Out
After many months of campaigning, Taiwan’s “Great Recall” came to a halt on Saturday with the unexpected defeat of recall…
Trump Tariffs Spark Political Debate in Taiwan
On April 2 – which Donald Trump dubbed “Liberation Day” – the U.S. president announced massive tariff hikes on nearly…
Could Taiwan Hold a New Round of Elections?
The ongoing wave of recalls against Kuomintang (KMT) legislators in Taiwan has taken an unusual turn. Some KMT politicians have…