President Ma Ying-jeou It’s tempting to single out the head of state when things go bad. Doing so is wrong and prevents us from identi...

Aerial view of the Huaguang community yesterday A truly modern society should also make provisions to assist those who are unfortunate...

Demolition proceeds at the Huaguang community Urban renewal must be carried out in the spirit of compassion, something the current gover...

A Kawasaki P-1 during a test flight The Senkaku dispute goes back several years, but only now, through ambiguity, alliances and gradual ...

Young protesters against the destruction of Losheng Public protests are symptoms of systemic disease, but they can also contain the elem...

Participants at the Losheng 316 rally in Taipei Through a fledging amalgam of people and organizations, Taiwanese may be leading their n...

UN Sec.-Gen Ban Ki-moon speaks at last year's JIDD Taiwanese delegates at a security forum in Jakarta had their invitations ‘withdra...

A SM-3 is fired at sea European countries are mulling a plan to pool SM-3 missiles and to share radar-tracking. Could Asia do it too? ...

A SAR orbiter over the earth The 32-year-old Bo Jiang, a native of Chengdu, may have tried to leak source code for high-tech imaging tec...

A banner is displayed during a rally on Feb. 28 Everybody knows that Beijing is the aggressor in the Taiwan Strait, yet experts all ov...

President Ma chairs a KMT meeting earler this month Democracy and of the electoral cycle will preclude any dramatic policy shift on the ...

Banners fly on Feb. 28 at Liberty Square in Taipei What if ... a Chinese Communist Party candidate were able to take part in the preside...

Cross-strait ties may have improved, but  the new report makes it clear that China remains Taiwan’s top security threat  Despite the “...

Kim Jong-un and the top brass pose for a picture As long as instability on the Korean Peninsula continues to serve Beijing’s interests, ...

North Korean soldiers perform drills Pyongyang has suspended an agreement that has maintained the status quo for almost 60 years  Tens...

Anti-nuclear protesters in Taipei on Saturday So far Taiwanese have been uncannily peaceful, and almost unnaturally patient with governm...

President Ma visits officers at Leshan Given Ma Ying-jeou’s efforts to improve ties with Beijing, Taipei is understandably playing down ...

President Ma at the workshop It’s easy to ignore Taiwan or to regard it as a mere extension of China. Visit the place, experience its pe...

M60A3s maneuver at Huadong Defense Command Amid growing regional apprehensions with China, Taipei is silently carving out a greater role...

A protester at the 228 march last week Making all the case files public, and changing prevailing regulations on access, is the only wa...