What comes next depends on whether Taiwan can convert this shifting landscape into lasting diplomatic and political strength.

Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) now faces its most complicated U.S. environment in decades, one shaped by President Trump’s transactional “America First” diplomacy rather than ...

With the 2016 general elections right around the corner, the island nation of Taiwan will once again exercise its hard-won democracy in a contest heralding exciting political change. On January 16, ...

On a rainy April day in an elementary school classroom in Taipei, 11 and 12-year-old students giggled and bounced on their feet with fists clenched and arms swinging, performing the action of jumping ...

This article was originally published by Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 6, Issue 12. Used with permission. To get the Global Taiwan Brief in your inbox ...

On 8 May 2024, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivered a public address at a commemoration of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), reaffirming the importance of democracy, the free market, and human rights ...

The idea of a unified Taiwanese identity for everyone across all ethnic lines is a relatively new one. Up until very recently, Taiwan’s history is marked with successive bouts of foreign occupation ...

This article was originally published by Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 9, Issue 9. Used with permission. To get the ...

This article is based on a Taiwan Report podcast, Taiwan Report News Brief–DPP Factions, prepared for Ketagalan Media by the author. Recently, while working on an entry in an upcoming book, the ...

Taiwan’s low wages rank among the longstanding top concerns of Taiwanese, and while Taiwan’s GDP has seen faster growth in recent years, Taiwan’s wage growth remains subpar. Among Organization for ...

There’s a cliche popular in Taiwan that Taiwanese education is “Confucian” or based on the philosophy of Confucianism. This is used as praise where it succeeds: high standards, high societal respect ...

When I first moved to Kaohsiung eight years ago, one of my first visits was to the spectacular former British Consulate at Takao. Perched on the cliffs, overlooking the busy harbor and the island of ...