The Debrief, 1/17/14
Formosan black bears, Thailand protests, DPP’s China policy consensus (or lack thereof), wiretapping and food safety laws being debated in the parliament, and NCKU’s plaza controversy in The Debrief this week.
The Debrief, 1/10/14
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs report to the Legislative Yuan on US-Taiwan relations, old farmer’s allowance handouts, special prosecutor Huang Shih-ming’s impeachment and Taiwan’s tollbooth-free freeways.
The Debrief, 1/3/14
On the first update of 2014, we cover Dapu land abuse victims’ day in court, the DPP’s dilemma over dropping its Taiwan independence charter, a new multilingual news service in Taiwan and the giant rubber duckie in Keelung.
The Debrief, 12/27/13
A media conference in Beijing attended by Taiwanese media management, the history of the Losheng Sanatorium controversy, a nuclear deal between Taiwan and the US, and A-mei’s free concert to support gay rights.
The Debrief, 12/20/13
This week we cover a 200 year land dispute, policy changes requested by foreign home caregivers, tax breaks for companies investing in new free economic pilot zones, and a tech company’s dumping toxic wastes.
The Debrief, 12/13/13
We cover Singapore’s Little India riot, a confusion in the Taiwan-China services trade agreement, women in the labor force and a controversy over naming National Cheng Kung University’s new plaza.