In order to counteract the probable severance of Taiwan’s undersea cables by the PRC in the event of an invasion, Taipei has ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, while Taiwanese citizens and foreigners have had the option of undergoing a mandatory 14-day quarantine in their residence or in a subsidized quarantine hotel, migrant ...

In order to consolidate and maintain control of Taiwan, the KMT felt that they were obligated to extinguish all criticism with a strong fist. While the majority of Taiwanese (benshengren) felt too ...

From buzzy soap operas and historical dramas to award-winning films, programming centered on Taiwan continues to proliferate across Netflix. The latest entry: an episode of “Midnight Asia,” a six-part ...

In November 2021, Taiwan’s flagship company and the world’s largest manufacturer of semiconductor chips, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), announced plans to build a plant in Japan.

1. Geographical Constituencies: majoritarian single-member districts (SMD) Geographical constituencies in Taiwan are single-member electoral districts, akin to congressional districts in the United ...

Taiwan’s democratic institutions are often hailed as some of Asia’s most vibrant. But even vibrant systems are not immune to strain. The opposition-controlled Legislative Yuan recently passed two ...

“We are writing to you on behalf of all foreign teachers seeking employment in Taiwan. As English instructors, we share Taiwan’s national ambitions to become a bilingual country by 2030, and our role ...

Books Translated from Czech to Taiwanese Being on opposite sides during the Cold War, there was little diplomatic and cultural exchange between Czech and Taiwan. Most famous Czech fiction was ...

It is common knowledge that the Taiwanese language arrived in Taiwan via migrants in the 1600s from Fujian. This province on China’s southeastern coast was described by historian Tonio Andrade as “a ...

The United States has been rocked by large street protests over the past two weeks, sparked by the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died while being arrested by four police officers. These ...

This article is written by Jenna Lynn Cody and Brendan Cody. When I first moved to Taiwan 15 years ago, I remember a night of pool and beer with my then-roommates, thrown together because we were all ...