Book Review: The thin red line in the Taiwan Strait If the world is to see its first hot war between two nuclear superpowers in the 21st cen...

Advice in a vacuum Every time the European Chamber of Commerce Taipei (ECCT) gives advice to Taiwan on how it should run its economy, I get ...

A strong dose of fear Despite high expectations by the world, and Americans alike, that the election on Nov. 4 of Barack Obama would bring a...

Wo Weihan, a case for Taipei [UPDATED] With organizations such as Amnesty International calling on Beijing to commute the death sentence aga...

PAC-3: Costly, costlier and of marginal value A major component of Taiwan’s planned US$6.5 billion arms acquisition from the US is 330 Patri...

A lesson in life for TAS students It is often said that young people have it easy, that they have everything served on a silver platter and ...

Peace in the Strait? ORBAT says otherwise Intelligence analysts are trained (sometimes mistakenly) to assume the worst in their field. The a...

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)...