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Investment Climate Deteriorating, President Tsai Remains Oblivious

Last December, President Tsai delivered her year-end address, proclaiming that her administration would focus on four areas the following year, "revitalizing Taiwan's economy with every effort. This i ...

2017/09/08

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Lai Ching-te’s Take-Over as Premier Signifies Tsai Ying-wen Loses Her Route

Rumors about Lai Ching-te's take-over of the Cabinet have been circulating for several months; Tuesday, it finally became a confirmed fact. Tsai Ying-wen and Lin Chuan have been close friends; however ...

2017/09/07

404

“Facing Malfunction in System, Democracy, and Taiwan Itself” Series 3: Opening Up on All Fronts to Rescue Taiwan from the Brink of Collapse

It is not alarmist to be worried that Taiwan’s economy will likely become poorer and march toward the brink of collapse. This year, Taiwan's economic growth rate can expect to reach 2%; it is not too ...

2017/09/06

293

“Facing Malfunction in System, Democracy, and Taiwan Itself” Series 2: Stop Cultural Suicide, Leaving Roots for Taiwan

The Ministry of Education plans to cut the ratio of classical Chinese writings in senior high school textbook guidelines from 45-55% to 30%, stirring an uproar in various circles; many literature and ...

2017/09/05

300

“Facing Malfunction in System, Democracy, and Taiwan Itself” Series 1: Erecting a New Cross-Strait Framework to Extricate Taiwan from its Predicament

On the eve of the Mainland’s 19th CCP National Party Congress, some subtle indications have appeared in cross-Strait relations. Official interactions have been suspended, but some positive development ...

2017/09/04

414

Energy and Personnel: Viewing the Obstinate Tsai from the Pragmatic Abe

Two foreign media outlets have recently commented on the Tsai administration’s governance. One in London’s "Economist" is titled "A massive blackout prompts questions about Taiwan’s energy policy," ca ...

2017/09/01

318

Trump Can Only Choose Either North Korea or Section 301 Probe

US President Trump on August 14th signed an executive memo at the White House, formally invoking a Section 301 probe against China. Behind Trump’s move lie many calculations; it also entangles the liv ...

2017/08/31

363

Don’t Misinterpret the Mainland Military Aircraft Flying "Around" Taiwan

From July 13, various types of Mainland military aircraft, in an intensive fashion, flew around the east flank of Taiwan; the aircraft also gradually expanded from the initial number of a single type ...

2017/08/30

352

Don’t Feed the People a Judicial Reform with a Leavening Agent as an Additive

The Judicial Reform National Affairs Conference has ended. As expected, the divergences that emerged in the conference far exceeded the consensuses; the questions we see far exceeded the answers we ha ...

2017/08/29

305

When the Revolving Door Becomes Easy Doors, Government Ethics Will Be Destroyed Entirely

The Tsai government is prepared to amend the "Civil Servants Service Act." Besides preparing to ease provisions on civil servants moonlighting, the revision would substantially relax the revolving doo ...

2017/08/28

347

Taking Sides Is Not in the Best Interests of Taiwan’s Survival

On August 8th, President Tsai attended the “Asia-Pacific Security Dialogue” forum; in her remarks, she referred to the goals of regional security and development, and also talked about cross-Strait re ...

2017/08/25

367

Administration on the Brink of Collapse, Yet Legislature Remains Oblivious

Surprises have been occurring endlessly in Taiwan’s society recently: a South Korean recidivist burglar, in his first act in town, broke into the DPP's headquarters, entering and exiting the airport a ...

2017/08/24

326

A President that Radicalizes Rivalry of a Taiwan in Anxiety

The 29th World Universiade unexpectedly encountered an embarrassing scene in which athletes from various countries were delayed in their entry to the opening ceremony. The organizing authorities blame ...

2017/08/23

295

A Gov’t that Relies on “Divide and Rule” Cannot Be Rewarded with a United Nation

Disruptions by anti-pension reform groups hampered the opening ceremony of the Taipei World Universiade; the public felt it was deeply regrettable. At the same time, the people saw a series of officia ...

2017/08/22

352

Cherish Taiwan’s Opportunity as Host to the Universiade

The 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade opened yesterday. This is the highest level, the largest-scale multi-event international athletic meet sponsored by our country in all these years, and this may most ...

2017/08/21

348

Hiking the Minimum Wage Will Not Drive Salary Growth

On Friday, August 18th, the Minimum Wage Review Committee will be convened. Media reports say the Labor Ministry is prepared to hike the minimum wage by 5%, claiming that it will solve the problem of ...

2017/08/18

393

The Red Light for Power Rationing Reflects President Tsai's Credibility Crisis

Domestic power supply has been dallying in between red lights in the past few days; appeals for "reactivating nuclear power plants" have therefore been circulating in the outside world. On August 12, ...

2017/08/17

305

The Greatest "Negligence and Omission" Is Erroneous Gov’t Policy

On August 15, the public did not hear news about North Korea launching missiles toward Guam, but unexpectedly experienced the most serious power outage in 18 years, plunging the whole island of Taiwan ...

2017/08/17

322

The Government’s Responsibility Is to Solve Problems, Not Create Problems

The red light came on this week during the crisis of power shortage. Facing a prolonged, excruciatingly hot summer, civil servants have been compelled to work in a sweat at the hottest time slot durin ...

2017/08/16

391

Tsai Ing-wen Would Better Change Her Mind Instead of Looking for a New Cross-Strait Model

President Tsai Ing-wen, when attending the “Ketagalan Forum: 2017 Asia-Pacific Security Dialogue,” reiterated her determination to “maintain the status quo” as she talked about cross-Strait relations. ...

2017/08/15

353

Taiwan's Democracy Ranks at End of Politicians’ Motorcade

Many people have noticed that Taiwan's democratic politics has moved, more and more so, toward "partisanship": the party that gained political power only pursues its own interests, but neglects the ba ...

2017/08/14

303

Don’t Take Lightly the Two November Crises

After November, Taiwan will face two crises: One is whether the CCP’s 19th National Party Congress will decide to take a hard-line in its policy toward Taiwan. Second is whether Trump visit the Mainla ...

2017/08/11

332

Pay Attention to and Rectify the Problem of Padded Foreign Exchange Reserves Figures

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) points out, in its latest global external imbalances report, that Taiwan's surplus in balance of payments ranks #5 in the world; the degree of excessive surplus e ...

2017/08/10

347

Joseph Wu Only Proves His Own Inner Diffidence

Taiwan has democratized for nearly 30 years; it goes without saying that freedom and democracy in Taiwan is a social consensus. However, recently several things have happened, reminding people that fr ...

2017/08/09

401

Is This the No Power Shortages that the President Pledged?

The recent typhoons blew down the power transmission tower of the Hoping Power Plant, immediately leading to a red light alert for the power supply island-wide. The Cabinet wants all government office ...

2017/08/08

332

President Tsai, Visa-Free Treatment Shouldn’t Be Used So Cavalierly

On the occasion of Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes’ visit to Taiwan, the Tsai Ying-wen government announced the granting of visa-free treatment to eleven diplomatic partners in Latin American and ...

2017/08/07

316

Rather "Businessmen Have No Fatherland" Than "Fatherland Has No Businessmen"

Hon Hai Chairman Terry Gou recently announced his investment of US$10 billion in the United States; this grand-scale investment could not be located in Taiwan, letting down many countrymen’s feelings, ...

2017/08/04

340

Only by Linking the Mainland Will Innovative Industries Have a Way-out

There is a great wave of innovation and entrepreneurship globally; the zeal in Asia is particularly apparent. Well-known research institutes CB Insights and PWC point out that capital-raising by new b ...

2017/08/03

457

Would Lai Ching-te Do Better than Lin Chuan If He Formed a Cabinet?

Rumors about a Cabinet reshuffle have been around for quite some time; recent versions all speculate that Lai Ching-te will become Premier, replacing Lin Chuan. However, the Presidential Office, the C ...

2017/08/02

419

Two Typhoons Debunk Three Myths

Two typhoons, Nesat and Haitang, hit Taiwan one after another, leaving southern Taiwan disastrously inundated and many areas looking like a vast sea. In eastern Taiwan, a power transmission tower was ...

2017/08/01

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