On July 20, a Philippine vessel clashed with Chinese coast guard forces near Second Thomas Shoal — the same day the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting opened in Manila, and US Secret......
Taiwan last year recorded a total fertility rate of 0.695 — the lowest ever measured for any country in the world. No amount of cash incentives, childcare reform, or parental leave......
Taiwan is not merely aging — it is disappearing. New government population data released this month confirm that the island's demographic crisis has deepened to a point that calls ......
Two Chinese government vessels entered the restricted waters surrounding Itu Aba Island on June 11 — the first deliberate intrusion since Taiwan formally designated those zones in ......
The Straits Forum has convened for eighteen consecutive years. The Democratic Progressive Party has long regarded it with suspicion as an instrument of Beijing's political outreach......
A new poll released Monday shows that nearly three-quarters of Taiwan's public supports political negotiations with Beijing when measured across a ten-year dataset, with former Pre......
A three-member inquiry panel found no financial misconduct by two former executives — but what it heard instead stunned investigators: a senior aide who prostrated herself before a......
Hsing Tai-chao (邢泰釗), who recently stepped down as Taiwan's Prosecutor-General, may be the most self-promotional occupant of that office in living memory. Five book launch events, ......
Taiwan's birth rate has nearly halved over the past decade, even as government subsidies have expanded dramatically — raising fundamental questions about whether cash transfers alo......
When Taiwan's Legislative Yuan rejected Hsu Hsi-hsiang (徐錫祥) as the nominee for Prosecutor General, President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) did not pause, reconsider, or seek a new candidate.......
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 ......
Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) is leading a party delegation to China from April 7 to 12, after being formally invited by the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee an......
Beijing made a major move on March 30, 2026, as state media announced that Xi Jinping (習近平), General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, personally welcomed and invited Chen......
Kuomintang Chairperson Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) is scheduled to visit mainland China from April 7 to April 12. This marks the first time in a decade that a sitting KMT chair has made suc......
In Stephen Chow's classic comedy film Hail the Judge, one of the most memorable gags involves a character trying to use a "Ming Dynasty sword to execute Qing Dynasty officials"—a s......
When President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) posted on Facebook after his Lunar New Year tea meeting with the heads of Taiwan's five constitutional branches, he was jubilant. The gathering, h......
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......
As tensions across the Taiwan Strait continue to simmer, a quieter but consequential shift is undermining Taipei's ability to read and manage Beijing: the steady erosion of Taiwan'......
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......
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......
On Thursday, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-teon announced a proposed increase of 1.25 trillion Taiwanese dollars (approximately 40 billion U.S. dollars) to the country's defense bu......
