Three grand justices — Tsai Tsung-jen (蔡宗珍), Yang Hui-chin (楊惠欽) and Chu Fu-mei (朱富美) — have released a five-point statement arguing that the Constitutional Court remains bound by the provisions of the Constitutional Court Procedure Act (CCPA, 憲法訴訟法) governing the quorum and voting requirements for
Art and cultural events are key for a city’s cultivation of soft power and international image, and how politicians engage with them often defines their success. Representative to Austria Liu Suan-yung’s (劉玄詠) conducting performance and Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen’s (盧秀燕) show of drumming and the Ta
This month is the first anniversary of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s presidency — he officially assumed office on Oct. 20 last year. As his first year draws to a close, a key question is how Jakarta plans to manage its posture toward Taiwan, an issue at the intersection of geopolitics, eco
Under scorching sun and pouring rain, food delivery drivers zipping through the streets has become ubiquitous. The timely arrival of meals, beverages and packages depends entirely on their hustle. Ministry of Labor data showed that there are about 150,000 delivery platform workers nationwide, but mo
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In 2015, I found myself advising Poland’s president on the nation’s demographic woes: The country’s birthrate had stalled at 1.3 children per woman, one of the lowest in Europe. Most Polish couples wanted to have two kids, but settled for one. The reasons were predictable: precarious jobs, not enoug
The world is experiencing a series of political, ecological, social and economic ruptures. Astonishing levels of wealth concentration and inequality have eroded development gains, accelerated social fragmentation and fueled civil unrest. According to the Indicators of Global Climate Change report, w
Taiwan’s first case of African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed on Tuesday evening at a hog farm in Taichung’s Wuci District (梧棲), trigging nationwide emergency measures and stripping Taiwan of its status as the only Asian country free of classical swine fever, ASF and foot-and-mouth disease, a certi
The ceasefire in the Middle East is a rare cause for celebration in that war-torn region. Hamas has released all of the living hostages it captured on Oct. 7, 2023, regular combat operations have ceased, and Israel has drawn closer to its Arab neighbors. Israel, with crucial support from the United
Three decades ago, I could not even finish a 600m run and was mocked by my classmates for being effeminate because I did not like sports. To my utter shock, I was drafted into the Marine Corps, and for a three-year term, while others were only required to serve two. I stood there speechless as the c
The number of celebrities involved in the military draft dodging scandal has continued to rise. Prosecutors and police during the third round of probes took several celebrities into custody — including actors Hsiu Chieh-kai (修杰楷) and Chen Bo-lin (陳柏霖), boy band Energy member Chang Shu-wei (張書偉) and
Beijing has come out in support of incoming Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文), particularly her call for Taiwanese to proudly say “I am Chinese.” It marks a shift in their Taiwan strategy, moving away from military threats and toward the infiltration of institutions an
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Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has received US$145 billion in international financial assistance. While this support, generously provided by partner countries and other donors, has been immensely valuable, it comes with strings attached. The most significant restriction
Despite its geopolitical weight, Southeast Asia has rarely been more divided. In separately seeking tariff relief from the US, nations from Malaysia to Indonesia have undermined their collective leverage. They have a chance to present a united front at a regional forum this weekend — a move that wou
An outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) a week ago disrupted apps and Web sites around the world, affecting more than 2,000 companies and leaving millions of users unable to access apps such as Snapchat, Roblox, Signal, Duolingo and Amazon itself. Removing the tech from our tech-dependent existence l
Taiwan Retrocession Day is observed on Oct. 25 every year. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government removed it from the list of annual holidays immediately following the first successful transition of power in 2000, but the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)-led opposition reinstated it this y
On Oct. 3, the Ministry of Economic Affairs approved a 3.5 percent pay raise for employees of state-run enterprises — Taiwan Power Co (Taipower), CPC Corp (CPC), Taiwan Sugar Corp (Taisugar) and Taiwan Water Corp — which would take effect starting from next year. On Sept. 26, the Ministry of Labor a
In 1925, Mao Zedong (毛澤東) published his article “Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society” (中國社會各階級的分析), which outlined six distinct classes and spelled out his thinking. He wrote that “our enemies are all those in league with imperialism — the warlords, the bureaucrats, the comprador class, the b
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