Next week, the nation is to celebrate the Lunar New Year break. Unfortunately, cold winds are a-blowing, literally and figuratively. The Central Weather Administration has warned of an approaching cold air mass, while obstinate winds of chaos eddy around the Legislative Yuan.English theologian Thoma
To The Honorable Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜):We would like to extend our sincerest regards to you for representing Taiwan at the inauguration of US President Donald Trump on Monday. The Taiwanese-American community was delighted to see that Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan speaker not only receive
This year would mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the India Taipei Association (ITA) in Taipei and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC) in New Delhi. From the vision of “Look East” in the 1990s, India’s policy has evolved into a resolute “Act East,” which complements Taiwan
Late last year, Chunjie (春節) was added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. While this recognition was a moment of pride for Chinese culture, it also reignited a long-standing debate: How should Chunjie be translated into English? For decades, the holiday
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If you are looking for a bounce in commodity markets, you could do worse than focus on rubber.Tokyo-traded futures have gained about 40 percent over the past year, making it one of the best-performing agricultural products alongside two other tropical forest crops, cocoa and coffee. Despite selling
It is tough to be optimistic about the climate these days. While the costs of extreme weather events like the Los Angeles wildfires pile up, the US federal policy pendulum is swinging away from facts, reason and basic human decency. Nonetheless, even as the US government moves in the wrong direction
US President Donald Trump’s swift move to withdraw the US from the WHO would compromise global health — and is no way to Make America Healthy Again.Trump is picking up a task he started back in 2020, when he first tried to pull out of the WHO. At the time, he claimed the organization helped China co
Young Taiwanese are consuming an increasing amount of Chinese content on TikTok, causing them to have more favorable views of China, a Financial Times report cited Taiwanese social scientists and politicians as saying. Taiwanese are being exposed to disinformation of a political nature from China, e
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party, holding a majority in the legislature, have continued to mess with our country’s Constitution and governance, pushing through huge budget cuts and bills that would undermine the country’s development.The KMT caucus proposed slashing
As the Lunar New Year approaches, a season synonymous with joyous celebrations, feasting and social gatherings, the consumption of alcohol is often at the center of events. From toasts with family to business celebrations, alcohol plays a prominent cultural role in Taiwan. Kaoliang, Taiwan’s famous
Monday marked the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, officially making him the 47th US president. In his highly anticipated inaugural address, Trump — for the most part — did not directly address issues of international diplomacy, nor did he discuss topics such as the Ukraine war in Europe,
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Few predicted that TikTok users in the US would flock to the Chinese app Xiaohongshu in defiance of a US government ban. Yet in the space of just two days this week, Xiaohongshu became the most downloaded app in the US, gaining 700,000 users — most of them US TikTok refugees.Since US data security w
When the US leaves the Paris climate agreement at US President Donald Trump’s command about a year from now, it would join Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries not part of the accord. What fine company.It is tempting to think of ways to play down Trump’s decision to abdicate global leadership
Now that US President Donald Trump has taken office, markets and the economy have a new and very different driving force. Forget about the US Federal Reserve. The US’ outlook would depend much more on how, and to what extent, the president puts his plans on everything from tariffs to deportations in
Taiwanese CEOs, especially those in the technology sector, have been anxious about US President Donald Trump’s new trade policies since he won a second term, as the tariff-free regime established under the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) would be severely challenged amid an escalating US-Chin
It is everyone’s duty to protect the country. No one is an outsider. Of course, it is the same for political parties. People should make an effort to educate themselves. The government should also support and work with people to restore normalcy in the country. Our country is ours to save.Our countr
It would be easy to look at headlines about the new UK government’s desire to boost economic and political cooperation with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and shake your head with wonder. How little time has passed since the failure of then-British prime minister David Cameron and Chinese Pres
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