The Kuomintang announced on July 15 that Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu will represent it in the 2020 presidential election. It continued Han’s meteoric rise, which has been helped by an extremely loyal core of supporters. So who are these loyal Han fans?
Artist Yosifu Kacaw, a member of Taiwan’s indigenous Amis people, brings the vibrant colors of his hometown to an international audience.
The tattoo culture has gone through a revamp in recent years. Its aficionados have changed from the blue-collar workers of the past to college students, hipsters, working women, and other white-collar office workers. Their age ranges from 25 to 35, and 97% of them are women.
Massive protests rocked Hong Kong on the heels of the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. What does civil unrest in the former British colony portend for Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, three regions which are also caught between China and the West?
Unlike previous protests, this time the faces of the Hong Kong resistance are mothers, young people, strangers to the world of civil unrest.