The term "1992 Consensus" has dominated Taiwan's political discourse for more than three decades. Some describe it as the cornerstone of cross-strait peace; others dismiss it as a ......
For Taiwan's growing community of pet owners, a regulatory battle between pharmacists and veterinarians has become impossible to ignore — not least because their cats and dogs stan......
Taiwan's defense special legislation has been deadlocked for months. The dispute started with a name. KMT legislator Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯) insisted the bill be called "Arms Procurem......
The DPP's Taipei mayoral search has become a farce. When Puma Shen (沈伯洋) surfaced as a possible nominee, Chen Po-wei (陳柏惟) — a former legislator freshly joined to the party — prais......
The world is already burning in two places. The Asia-Pacific does not need to become a third. Yet Taiwan's current political climate — marked by a government that conflates dialogu......
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale coordinated military strike against Iran, killing Supreme Leader Khamenei and much of Iran's senior leader......
For the first time in a decade, the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party are set to meet face to face. The world has changed dramatically since their last summ......
Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) will lead a historic party delegation to mainland China from April 7 to April 12. This monumental diplomatic trip marks the first visit by ......
President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) delivered a fully English-language address Thursday (March 26) at the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan's (AmCham Taiwan) annualbanquet "Hsieh Nie......
The US and Israeli military campaign against Iran, launched on February 28, has evolved into a protracted conflict that threatens global economic stability and inadvertently advan......
Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), former chairman of the Taiwan People's Party (TPP), was sentenced to 17 years in prison by the Taipei District Court on Thursday in the Jing Hua Cheng development ......
President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has stated that No.2 and No.3 nuclear power plants are qualified for restart. Analysts say No.3 in the best overall condition and, if safety inspection......
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has sent a clear signal that the country may soon restart its idled nuclear power plants.While whether that commitment holds remains to be se......
When Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) floated the idea of restarting the island's second and third nuclear power plants — with regulatory submissions to the Nuclear Safety Com......
Taiwan's main opposition party is not facing its greatest challenge from the strength of its rivals, but from a deeper and more persistent issue: the erosion of internal political ......
For the past five years, the notion that the People's Liberation Army would invade Taiwan in 2027 had taken on the character of received wisdom in Washington's think tanks and poli......
A pointed sentiment is circulating on American social media: People say they now support a military strike on Iran—on one condition. If President Donald Trump is so committed to ma......
Lai Ching-te's Historical Blind Spot Undermines His Own Democratic Narrative
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has a recurring problem with public remarks — and his latest sli......
The Strait of Hormuz is currently hotter than the Taiwan Strait. As Iran aggressively mines the vital waterway and chokes off oil tanker traffic, U.S. forces are massing in the P......
Taiwan's team was eliminated from the World Baseball Classic preliminaries. That should have been the story. Instead, Premier Cho Jung-tai's (卓榮泰) brief trip to Tokyo to watch the ......
A proposed three-year suspension of Taiwan's annual drug price adjustment mechanism is drawing widespread support from the island's medical and pharmaceutical sectors, with industr......
As speculation intensifies over a potential "grand bargain" regarding Taiwan ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's highly anticipated summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平......
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) used the term "the mainland" to refer to China in a public address on February 24, marking a notable softening in language from a leader who h......
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down President Donald Trump's "reciprocal tariffs" as unconstitutional is a victory for common sense, but it serves as a harsh wa......
Taiwan and the United States formally signed the Taiwan–US Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) on February 12, establishing a 15% reciprocal tariff rate that will not be stacked on......
China appears to be recalibrating its approach to Taiwan, signaling a strategic shift away from overt military pressure toward a policy of "economic integration" and grassroots eng......
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) assembled an unprecedented display of military leadership at the Presidential Office to promote his administration's NT$1.25 trillion (about U......
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has secured a historic landslide in the House of Representatives election, winning 316 seats—more than two-thirds of the chamber. Sanae Takai......
For decades, cross-strait tensions were cushioned by a dense web of civilian exchanges—tourists, scholars, students, and informal intermediaries who quietly absorbed shocks when po......
Taiwan's Constitutional Court has partially invalidated stiff penalties for late supplementary National Health Insurance payments, but the decision—issued by a bare five-justice ma......
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Saturday congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her party's victory in Japan's House of Representatives election, describing th......
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德)convened a rare high-profile press conference to showcase the outcome of the sixth Taiwan–U.S. Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue (EPPD),......
Wu Cheng-wen (吳誠文), Taiwan's Minister of Science and Technology, has long been respected as an iconoclast. A former academic known for his intellectual independence, Wu has spent y......
The Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's main opposition party, has restarted a long dormant cross strait forum for dialogue with Beijing after a nine-year hiatus, signaling a strategic shif......
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan is set to swear in six replacement at-large legislators today, including Taiwan People's Party (TPP) nominee Li Zhenxiu(李貞秀). While public attention has f......
The latest poll from Formosa Television shows President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) achieving a pivotal turnaround in public support, with his trust ratings overtaking distrust levels for t......
That risk was on full display after American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Raymond Greene（谷立言） invoked the familiar refrain “freedom is not free” in a public address. The sent......
Two recent court rulings rejecting penalties against online critics have drawn a clear line on how far Taiwan's government can go in policing speech. At issue were posts mocking cl......
As Taiwan's current legislative session enters its final week, the Taiwan People's Party delivered on party chairman Huang Kuo-chang's post-U.S. visit pledge by introducing its own......
The Legislative Yuan has held two consecutive days of public hearings on the presidential impeachment case, with a full committee meeting scheduled for next week to invite impeache......
China conducted live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait throughout the day of December 30. In response, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te stated on social media that he h......
An exclusive interview that Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te gave to the local news outlet Sanlih Television aired on the evening of December 28In the interview, Lai addressed conc......
As China takes a more confrontational stance towards Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration, traditionalSino-Japanese diplomatic relations have stalled as Tokyo pu......
A 27-year-old man named Zhang Wen killed three pedestrians and injured at least eleven more during a killing spree near Taipei's Zhongshan metro station on December 19, 2025. Predm......
Taiwan People's Party legislator Huang Kuo-chang proposed a motion to impeach Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai at a judiciary committee meeting on December 18. It passed with support......
Taiwan People's Party legislative caucus leader Huang Kuo-chang revealed in a radio program on December 17 thatmembers of his party had met with Kuomintang representatives on Tuesd......
Taiwan's government has revoked the residence permit of a Chinese employee from the Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer ASUS named Qian Li. Li accused her company's CE......
Controversy over South Korea's electronic entry card marking Taiwan as a province of China has escalated into an international disputeover South Korea's diplomatic relations, with ......
Taiwan's navy is requesting to purchase 36 units of the country's locally developed Ruiyuan II drone for NTD 12.6 billion as part of President Lai Ching-te's recent proposal for an......
The Caribbean nation Saint Vincent and the Grenadines recently held parliamentary elections where the conservative opposition New Democratic Party, or NDP, secured an overwhelming ......
