On a quiet lane in Taipei’s central Daan District (大安), an otherwise unremarkable high-rise is marked by a police guard and a tawdry A4 printout from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating an “embassy area.” Keen observers would see the emblem of the Holy See, one of Taiwan’s 12 so-called “diplo
The recall wave is showing diametric opposites: Recalls against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers were launched by civic groups and the majority of them are organized by young people outside a party apparatus. That starkly contrasts with the “activists” in the KMT attempting to recall Democr
Film to care aboutA 37-second short film called Freeze Not the Care (長照不能凍) is part of a film project in Taiwan Action’s civilian recall movement targeting Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers. The project is backed by hundreds of representatives from the movie industry and the film — which sho
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Latin America lost two giants in the span of little more than a week: Pope Francis and Nobel-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa were crucial in shaping the region’s cultural identity, one as a leader of faith who shook the Catholic Church and the other as a masterful chronicler of Latin American life
US President Donald Trump’s toxic tariff war is not only threatening the global trading system, but also undermining trust in US government bonds and the US dollar. That should alarm everyone, because the global financial system rests on the premise that US Treasury bonds are the safest assets, but
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised that he would bring peace to Kashmir. Tuesday’s terror attack that killed at least 26 people at a popular tourist destination shows how misguided he was — when long-suffering grievances are not addressed, they erupt.Modi has condemned the violence, saying
The National Academy for Educational Research on Thursday last week reached a consensus with textbook publishers to include the original text of UN Resolution 2758 in school history textbooks, to teach students that the resolution says nothing about Taiwan, despite misinterpretations by China to iso
Taiwan recognizes the significance of employing various tools at the international level to safeguard its existence and democratic identity, two intrinsically linked components. In this regard, the Asian nation is deepening ties with different like-minded countries with the aim of exploring potentia
If the People’s Republic of China (PRC) democratized and the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan was still an authoritarian country, it would be understandable that members of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) — who supported the imposition of martial law by former presidents Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) a
This year’s government budget has been significantly cut and frozen by opposition legislators, leading to administrative and operational difficulties and further contributing to the public’s dissatisfaction toward the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT). Although many operational difficulties have alrea
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The US-led global order as we have known it is gone. As the tectonic plates of geopolitics continue to shift beneath us, the challenge for Europe is to keep its institutions alive and prevent the world from returning to an era of might makes right — where power accrues to strongman leaders in Washin
There is a spring in the step of EU officialdom these days — at least compared to the funereal mood a few months ago — as US President Donald Trump’s tariff war and attacks on rule-of-law push Europeans to huddle closer and investors to seek refuge in the euro. The question is just how far even the
Every Easter, Christians remember how at the Last Supper, on the eve of Jesus’ crucifixion, hope seemed to be lost. Most of Jesus’ closest friends were about to deny and desert him. All that lay ahead was torture and a hideous death. In this moment of despair, Jesus made himself a gift for all, givi
Voters were treated to a livestreamed event on Tuesday that the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) called an “opposition leaders’ summit,” with the slogan “Bring democracy back to Taiwan.”The event starred KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) and TPP Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌
By now, most of Taiwan has heard Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an’s (蔣萬安) threats to initiate a vote of no confidence against the Cabinet. His rationale is that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-led government’s investigation into alleged signature forgery in the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) rec
US President Donald Trump’s attempt to implement “reciprocal” tariffs to address the US trade deficit, alleviate fiscal burdens and promote reindustrialization is fundamentally sound and beneficial to the long-term development of the US economy. However, having the right direction without a clear ex
On Monday last week, a section of the Xiaoyoukeng (小油坑) Recreation Area in Yangmingshan National Park caught fire. Reports said the blaze started due to the overheating of a faulty battery in an air quality sensor belonging to the National Institutes of Applied Research’s (NIAR) Center for High-perf
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