Should the demonstrations be a DPP affair? There has been much criticism leveled at the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) since the demon-s...

Guilty until taken to court President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said on Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)-affiliated radio this morning that as Taiwa...

Chen’s arrest — terrible timing [UPDATED] It didn’t take long for critics of the Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) administration to characterize the dete...

A disgrace? Think again I have seen many comments in recent days by people criticizing the opposition — more specifically the Democratic Pro...

Letter to Human Rights Watch Readers are encouraged to use the letter provided below, or to write their own, and to contact human rights org...

November 6 ‘Yellow Ribbon Siege’ It is difficult to determine how many people defied the scalding sun and showed up near Taipei Guest House ...

ATJ accuses government of violating press freedom By Loa Iok-sin and J. Michael Cole STAFF REPORTERS Wednesday, Nov 5, 2008, Page 3 The Asso...

Day 1 of demonstrations against ARATS Chairman Chen Yunlin [UPDATED] Heavy rain and equally heavy police deployments did not deter small gro...

Young Taiwanese fear authoritarian revival By J. Michael Cole STAFF REPORTER Taipei Times Monday, Nov 03, 2008, Page 3 Under normal circums...

Who is DPA reporting for? On Oct. 24, the Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA) wire agency reported that the Taiwanese stock exchange, the TAIEX, h...

Rise, o ye Taiwanese youth! Visitors to this site are well aware that it does not condone, let alone promote, violence, regardless of whethe...

What if the Taipei-Beijing courtship failed?* The election in March of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) in Taiwan on Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九)...

The dangerous politics of ethnicity Little did I know when I sat down to write an article about the dangers of using the “ethnic” card in cr...

PRC spooks back in Taiwan In July this year, Taiwan’s Government Information Office (GIO) announced, among other policy relaxations, the res...

A world transformed: Why Taiwan gets its weapons Less than a month ago, with the US Congress set to go into recess, very few but the overly ...

C$18.1 billion later The report is out. Every Canadian household is paying C$1,500 to support a military operation that, by any yardstick, i...

Could the Republicans wag the dog? Global markets tumbled again yesterday after the US House of Representatives shot down the US President G...

Beijing's 'North Korea' card no ace A problem that haunts many “experts” in academia and government is that, by virtue of their ...

They still don’t get al-Qaeda Top US counterterrorism officials on Monday once again demonstrated how little they understand “terrorism” as ...

Where Tsai Ing-wen should not go [UPDATED] The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) announced yesterday that its chairwoman, Tsai I...