Transgender Influencer Responds to Media Firestorm Over Pregnancy
Taiwanese media published rumors and hateful comments after 29 year-old transgender influencer Chiang Chia-wen announced her pregnancy.
Who’s Next to Lead Taiwan’s KMT, and to Where?
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)’s Chairman’s seat will be up in July. Will he or she set the party on a path of electability, or double-down on their current unpopular ideology?
Taiwan’s “Chinese Professional Baseball League” Should Change Its Name
Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League has a confusing name and should be changed as baseball in COVID-free Taiwan captures worldwide attention.
Fast, Fair, Fun: Taiwan Digital Minister Audrey Tang On Pandemic Response
Taiwan’s “digital minister” Audrey Tang talks about civic technologies to Taiwan’s COVID-19 responses to her own gender identity, pointing to a vision for Taiwan.
State Department Announces New Taiwan Policy in Final Days of Trump Administration
Secretary of State Pompeo announces eliminating all restrictions for Taiwanese officials to travel to the US, but the timing is raising eyebrows.
Is the Pro-Trump Capitol Riot Like the Sunflower Movement?
President Trump incited his supporters to violently storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2020. It is not the same as Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement in 2014.
How Open Is Taiwan?
While Taiwan is often praised for its open society and civic freedoms, could the country improve its record on human rights through reform?
Interview: Joshua Samuel Brown’s First Novel, ‘Spinning Karma’
Religion, media manipulation, and Taiwan: all in ‘Spinning Karma’, the first novel by Joshua Samuel Brown, known as the writer of Lonely Planet guides to Taiwan.
We Must Not Let Our Guards Down
The fallout of Taiwan’s first domestic case in 253 days showed the strength of Taiwan’s prevention policies and the importance of personal responsibility.
New Wave Mandarin City-Folk: Leon Zheng’s Museum of Tears
Leon Zheng’s city-folk music speaks to urban youth who are in need of a generational voice to express themselves, whether in China, Singapore, or Taiwan.
Don’t Call Taiwan “The Island”
The widespread use of “the island” to refer to Taiwan is but an euphemism for “nation” or “country,” and it hurts Taiwan in order to appease Beijing.
Inconsistencies Within China’s Arctic Policy
China’s self-claimed status as a “near-Arctic state” must be challenged as China’s pretext to Arctic exploration and potential military use.