Taoyuan County Commissioner Chu Li-lun (朱立倫) has engaged in repeated lobbying efforts at the legislature to speed the passage of the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport special statute, otherwise known as the Taoyuan Airport City bill.

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By Lei Li-fen 雷立芬
An article published in The Economist on Dec. 6 titled “The end of cheap food” argues that the global food market is gradually entering an era of high prices. The article also analyzes how rising food prices influence living standards in countries at different stages of economic development.

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By Lu Chun-wei 盧俊偉
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) may have lost both the legislative and presidential elections, but the path it chose for itself — localization — remains the right one. The problem lies in the fact that the value of localization has been narrowed down by politicians to mere political discourse, while its economic aspect has been largely ignored.

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By Harold James
The winners of the great globalization push of the 1990s were small states such as New Zealand, Chile, Dubai, Finland, Ireland, the Baltic republics, Slovenia and Slovakia. The East Asian tigers that pushed themselves onto the world economy’s center stage were small units, and in some cases — Singapore, Taiwan or Hong Kong — were not even treated as states. Even South Korea, which is a giant in comparison, was only half a country.

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By Tania Branigan
When HIV patients in Hebei heard the Chinese premier was visiting, they thought their chance had come. For years they had fought in vain for compensation from hospitals that they allege spread the virus through blood transfusions.

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By Celia Barbour
Francesco Clark is squirmy.

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There is no absolute accent
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