Among the new challengers in this year’s midterm elections in Taiwan, small parties fresh from the Sunflower Movement are gearing up to fundamentally change the political landscape. What difficulties await them?
Tensions between Hong Kong and China rise again as China proposes to controls on chief executive elections; why Taiwanese businesses in China are not returning to Taiwan, and India’s prime minister’s first foreign trip–to Japan.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as his first diplomatic trip abroad, and discusses nuclear cooperation, security ties, and trade, as a hedge against Chinese rising power.
From comparing minimum wages in Taiwan and Korea, to another Taiwanese food conglomerate with Chinese business interest buying cable operator CNS, and the case of James Risen, national security and press freedom.
The Ting Hsin International Group, a Taiwanese food conglomerate that owns the largest instant noodle brand in China, is buying Taiwan cable operator CNS, which the Want Want Group almost bought in 2012 amidst protests.
James Risen, a New York Times reporter, is facing possible jail time for refusing to testify against a former CIA operative that allegedly contributed classified information to his 2006 book, State of War.