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May 29, 2024

Order, Order

Amid mass protests and violent confrontations in parliament, Taiwan’s opposition lawmakers on Tuesday approved a controversial reform package that analysts said would undermine the president’s powers – even as a majority of Taiwanese have little trust in the legislative branch, the Guardian reported. Carried by the...

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May 22, 2024

Island Fury

Thousands of Taiwanese protested outside the country’s parliament Tuesday against a new bill by opposition parties that would give the legislature extraordinary powers to question anyone, a move that would make it difficult for newly-elected President Lai Ching-te to govern, the Guardian reported. The draft law...

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January 15, 2024

A Vote for Independence

William Lai, the candidate for Taiwan’s ruling party, won Saturday’s presidential election in a vote that defied China’s ambition of “reunification” but also expressed citizens’ concerns over domestic woes, Reuters reported. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is staying in office following on from Tsai Ing-wen’s eight-year...

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August 21, 2023

Push, Pull

China launched military drills around Taiwan over the weekend, shortly after the island’s vice president, William Lai, made two stopovers in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported. Last week, Lai visited Paraguay to reinforce relations with the South American nation – one of Taiwan’s...

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August 08, 2023

Closer Attention

Taiwan amended its sexual harassment laws this month following a wave of #MeToo accusations that had gripped the island nation in recent months, the Associated Press reported. The amendments target three laws governing sexual harassment and will include higher penalties, as well as longer periods for...

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April 19, 2023

Peace and Sabers

After the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California – an event echoing former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last year – the Chinese military staged a massive drill around the independent island that...

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April 11, 2023

What’s Mine

China ended three days of military drills around Taiwan on Monday, the latest show of force by Beijing against the self-governing island it claims as part of its territory, Reuters reported. Beijing ordered the drills over the weekend in response to a meeting between Taiwanese President...

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August 08, 2022

The Big Flex

TAIWAN [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/dab1143a-8514-4f63-8098-bd36050d9680.png"] China will hold five additional live-fire drills in the Bohai and Yellow seas in another show of force to broadcast its fury over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last week, the Washington Post reported Sunday. China has been holding military exercises near...

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June 02, 2022

Upping the Ante

The Chinese military conducted a “combat readiness patrol” around Taiwan’s sea and airspace this week, saying it was “a necessary action” against what it described as “US-Taiwan collusion,” Al Jazeera reported Wednesday. Taiwanese officials said this week that 30 Chinese planes, mainly fighter jets, entered the...

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