The Chinese military announced Monday that it would conduct a series of Justice Mission 2025 live-fire drills around Taiwan. China’s army, navy, air
KMT Chair Clashes With Students, Defends Comments on Dictators and Defense
Russian President Vladimir Putin is democratically elected, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairperson Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) said on Monday, doubling
Taiwan Constitutional Court Drops Hammer on Brewing Political Crisis
On Friday, Taiwan’s Constitutional Court effectively reactivated itself, declaring amendments that had prevented it from delivering rulings for more
New Report on Taiwan’s Outreach in Europe: More Than Before, More to Be Done
The Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS) published a major new report on Europe-Taiwan relations today, with individual chapters on 30
Seediq Descendents Unfazed by China Weaponizing Their Story
Walis Pawan (郭明吉) remembers his grandfather, one of the Seediq Indigenous people who rebelled against Japanese rule and carried out a massacre at a
Wolves Fans Display Taiwan Flags in Protest Against Failing Chinese Ownership
Fans of the Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club in the U.K. are displaying Taiwan flags at protests against their Chinese owners Fosun. The flags
Legal Recourse Fails Residents Before Deadly Hong Kong Fire
Read the first article in this series to learn about the erosion of local accountability in Tai Po in the absence of a democratically elected district
Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Spends His 78th Birthday in Prison
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英), founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, turned 78 years old in prison
Before Hong Kong Fire, Beijing’s Influence Eroded Local Accountability
In the aftermath of the Wang Fuk Court fire, Hong Kong’s deadliest in decades, the Chinese authorities have warned citizens not to speak about the
After Typhoon Ragasa, Wang Fuk Court Contractors Substituted Cheaper Materials
When Super Typhoon Ragasa ripped through Hong Kong in September, it damaged the scaffolding around buildings in the Wang Fuk Court (宏福苑) housing
Inside the Renovations That Led to the Hong Kong Fire
In June 2024, residents of the Wang Fuk Court in northern Hong Kong received a notice from Prestige Construction and Engineering Company (宏業建築工程有限公司),
China to Rerelease Taiwanese Movie About Anti-Japanese Rebellion
China will rerelease the Taiwanese film “Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale” (賽德克．巴萊) in December amid tensions with Japan over Taiwan. The