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EDITORIAL: Get real about ‘green terror’
Lawmakers on Wednesday last week passed amendments to the National Security Act (NSA, 國家安全法) that impose higher sentences and fines for espionage and for recruiting people in Taiwan on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as well as extend the act’s purview to cyberspace. TheFULL STORY
Beware the West’s ambivalence
By Strobe
Driver
The unrest in Hong Kong over a proposed bill to allow the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong to extradite people to mainland China is for all intents and purposes a sinister and subversive move, albeit ill-thought through by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). TheFULL STORY
Era of diplomatic neutrality is over
By Joseph Tse-Hei Lee 李榭熙
The Indo-Pacific, widely known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, includes the Indian Ocean, the western and central parts of the Pacific Ocean, and the countless waterways and islands connecting these two vast maritime zones. In the past few years, the Indo-Pacific has emergedFULL STORY
Spraying is not enough to combat armyworms
By Yang Yung-nane 楊永年
As an increasing number of fall armyworm infestations are discovered, government agencies are taking measures to control the invasive pest, such as using drones to spray insecticide, but crop spraying has several secondary effects. First, insecticides affect the ecosystem and other species. In 1962, US marine biologistFULL STORY
Exploring the rise of populism
By Paul Lewis
Last summer I attended a closed-door gathering of political scientists in Segovia, Spain, surrounded by the medieval spires of the Castile and Leon region. The academics had flown in from across the world to spend a few days reviewing research on the vexed subject ofFULL STORY
Hosting the G20 summit in Osaka
By Shinzo Abe
Tomorrow I will host this year’s G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Our agenda will focus on three key issues, each of which is particularly important for Asia. The first agenda item concerns what I believe is the most important challenge of our times: working to maintainFULL STORY
EDITORIAL: Still no action on refugee act2019-06-26
On World Refugee Day on Thursday last week, lawmakers and civic groups issued a reminder that Taiwan still does not have a refugee act. First proposed in 2005, a refugee bill in 2016 finally made it past a first reading — but nothing has been doneFULL STORY
Better data needed to fight worms2019-06-26
By Emilio Venezian
A day with no articles on the status of the fall armyworm infestation brings news that suggests we are ready to go into a panic phase: “The Council of Agriculture yesterday launched a new round of compulsory measures to prevent the spread of fall armywormsFULL STORY
Taiwanese should prepare for lengthy war2019-06-26
By Huang Jei-hsuan 黃介玄
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