The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) are colluding in the legislature, creating a reality resembling a train racing down the tracks at full speed, with the passengers bound and gagged as ransomed hostages.The opposition parties appear intent on upsetting the total oper
On Jan. 3, one of Taiwan’s undersea cables was damaged about 7 nautical miles (13km) north of New Taipei City’s Yehliu (野柳). The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) identified the Cameroonian-flagged freighter the Shunxing-39 (順興39號) as being nearby at the time of the incident based on an analysis of s
United Microelectronics Corp founder Robert Tsao (曹興誠) recently wrote in an article that anyone in Taiwan can see that Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) legislators are taking orders from KMT caucus whip Fu Kun-chi (傅?萁), who is in turn being directed by Beijing, the Ch
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The day before he left the White House in 2021, then US-president Donald Trump vowed to remain a force in US politics. “The movement we started is only just beginning,” he said in a farewell video.What might have seemed then to be wishful thinking now sounds like a prophecy.Trump left office a defea
In the last speech of his presidency, US President Joe Biden described the US the way he usually only describes the nation’s adversaries: as an oligarchy. His fears about “the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra-wealthy people” came after weeks of discussion of the infl
Last week, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), together holding more than half of the legislative seats, cut about NT$94 billion (US$2.85 billion) from the yearly budget. The cuts include 60 percent of the government’s advertising budget, 10 percent of administra
“I compare the Communist Party to my mother,” sings a student at a boarding school in a Tibetan region of China’s Qinghai province. “If faith has a color,” others at a different school sing, “it would surely be Chinese red.” In a major story for the New York Times this month, Chris Buckley wrote abo
Georgia’s approach toward Russia and China represents a “choice of sides” by the government, led by the populist Georgian Dream (GD) party. To understand how and why Tbilisi has opted for joining the Chinese-Russian axis, it is important to mention some important facts.First of all, GD’s alleged pos
Faced with the military threat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) — and for the sake of security across the Strait, in the region and around the globe — an adequate budget is crucial to ensuring the smooth operation of the Ministry of National Defense (MND), the army, the navy and the air force.Op
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A couple of weeks into a new year and the shine of “new year, new you” has started to dim — but one personal finance trend, “No buy 2025,” has taken hold for millennials and Gen Z on social media. Whether it is in response to a few years of post-COVID-19 pandemic “revenge spending” or just balancing
Listen to German politicians vying to win next month’s federal elections and you might mistakenly conclude work-shy welfare recipients are a primary cause of the country’s economic and budgetary woes. That depressing discourse risks distracting from Germany’s real challenges, while stigmatizing migr
Traffic incidents were responsible for killing or injuring 115 children under the age of 14 last year, the Jing Chuan Child Safety Foundation said on Monday.Seventy percent of 86 traffic incidents that occurred over the past year were caused by drivers who failed to yield to pedestrians, foundation
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus in the Legislative Yuan has made an internal decision to freeze NT$1.8 billion (US$54.7 million) of the indigenous submarine project’s NT$2 billion budget. This means that up to 90 percent of the budget cannot be utilized. It would only be accessible if the
China’s illegal, coercive, aggressive and deceptive activities represent an escalating threat to global democracies. Among these, subsea cable sabotage stands out as a critical challenge, endangering international communication, economic stability and democratic values. Subsea fiber-optic cables, wh
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Central Economic Work Conference in Beijing at the end of last year failed to find a solution for China’s economy. Although Chinese officials claimed that the foreign trade surplus hit a record high last month, China’s and Hong Kong’s stock markets have kept tumbl
English prep coursesTo enhance the international mobility and communication skills of Taiwanese students, the Ministry of Education launched the “Bilingual Education Program for College Students” in September 2021, which has now entered its third year. The goal of the program is to enable students t
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