The Debrief, 11/5/14
This week we review our curated stories of Taiwan’s economic controversies in the legislature, student activists visit Europe, and ongoing turmoil in one of Taiwan’s African allies, Burkina Faso.
This week we review our curated stories of Taiwan’s economic controversies in the legislature, student activists visit Europe, and ongoing turmoil in one of Taiwan’s African allies, Burkina Faso.
Sunflower student activists Wei Yang (魏揚) and Wu Cheng (吳崢) visited London and Brussels with Taiwan Corner, a Danish organization, to raise awareness in Europe of the pressures and challenges facing Taiwan’s democracy.
According to the legislative agenda, The KMT will prioritize the controversial Cross-Straits Oversight Law, as well as the Free Economic Demonstration Zone legislations, at the upcoming session of Taiwan’s parliament.
In both Taiwan and Korea, marriage of male nationals to female foreigners of Chinese, Vietnamese and Indonesian origin through matchmaking agencies has become prominent in marital unions…
Stanford’s conference on Taiwan political polarization, Taiwan’s Gay Pride Parade, and Ukraine’s first national elections since former president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted and civil conflict broke out.