On Wednesday morning last week, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator-at-large Wu Sz-huai (吳斯懷) published an op-ed in the United Daily News titled “Unconstitutional martial law: Soldiers should have moral integrity.” Upon reading the words “moral integrity,” I nearly fell off my chair.In the ar
Prior to marrying a Taiwanese and moving to Taiwan, a Chinese woman, surnamed Zhang (張), used her elder sister’s identity to deceive Chinese officials and obtain a resident identity card in China. After marrying a Taiwanese, surnamed Chen (陳) and applying to move to Taiwan, Zhang continued to impers
With globalization, the labor market has become increasingly competitive, driven by supply chain management at multinational corporations, international social dumping and escalating labor rights concerns. Regional labor rights advocacy has emerged as a critical issue.As economic integration deepens
Addressing bullyingA series of allegations of workplace bullying at government agencies has aroused public concerns. Whatever the result of the administrative investigations, public service ethics have been compromised. It is time to review work procedures in the public sector.Working under immense
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and US president-elect Donald Trump’s bromance could be rekindled next year, if both sides play their cards right. This is positive and would help create the right environment for an improvement in ties between the two superpowers, but timing and tone are everythin
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, impeached on the second attempt, was always more popular abroad than at home. Just over a year ago, he was holding hands with then-Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and US President Joe Biden at a historical trilateral summit at Camp David. A few months bef
Communist-run Vietnam is planning its boldest bureaucratic reform in decades, slashing ministries, agencies and broadcasters in a bid to reduce bottlenecks and red tape, but risking short-term “paralysis,” officials and investors said.Under the plan, five ministries, four government agencies and fiv
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) yesterday hosted the 15th Taipei-Shanghai Twin-City Forum in Taipei. The annual event is supposed to facilitate exchanges, understanding and cooperation, and promote peace and goodwill — especially in these particularly tense times. Life is never that simple, and thi
The year’s end is in sight, but the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has not lessened its military activities. Following President William Lai’s (賴清德) first overseas trip to visit the nation’s diplomatic allies in the South Pacific, analysts said the CCP could launch a “Joint Sword-2024C” mili
US president-elect Donald Trump’s return has sparked discussions about the future of Taiwan-US relations, while the issue of artificial intelligence (AI) remains relatively overlooked. His second term is expected to spark significant shifts in the AI landscape, balancing innovation with managing AI’
KMT deepens wounds On Monday, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) dominated the Legislative Yuan and passed amendments to the Public Officials Election and Recall Act (公職人員選舉罷免法), effectively stripping Taiwanese of their right to recall public officials. This move has sparked widespread controversy.
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With the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, yet another vicious proxy of Iran has been defeated, his execrable regime in ruins. In the Gaza strip, Hamas is effectively a broken organization, with thousands of operatives killed and its leader, Yahya Sinwar, dead.In Lebanon, most of the Hezbolla
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s “murderous regime” in Syria this week was celebrated with Churchillian bombast by British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Lammy in the British House of Commons.“The Lion of Damascus” was now “the rat of Damascus, fleeing to Mos
Since the start of this month, explosive events in South Korea, France and Syria have shaken the world. In the US, president-elect Donald Trump has not yet taken office, but his foreign policy remarks and tariff threats have already put countries on edge. Taiwan must respond prudently to the volatil
As India confidently moves toward next year, its foreign policy is poised to embody a pragmatic and forward-looking approach. One of its salient features would be its ability to build on multiple strategies, free from an excessive preoccupation with its relationship with China. Instead, India seeks
Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) in recent days was the focus of the media due to his role in arranging a Chinese “student” group to visit Taiwan. While his team defends the visit as friendly, civilized and apolitical, the general impression is that it was a political stunt orchestrated as part o
A scam caused a mother and daughter to lose all of their hard-earned life savings, with even their home being taken as collateral. Both of the women were quite young. Taiwan is facing a severe labor shortage — and if the two women had worked together, they could have earned their money back. It is s
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