I was a member of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) when I was in Hong Kong. Although I was not a journalist, my income from doing media work exceeded that from my job at school. That was why I was able to join.I was oppressed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) before Hong Kong’s handov
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to participate today in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue leaders’ summit hosted by US President Joe Biden in Delaware. The meeting of the four major maritime powers in the Indo-Pacific region — the US, Australia, Japan and India — is taking place again
The Australian Senate and the Dutch House of Representatives have passed motions clarifying that UN Resolution 2758 concerns only China’s representation at the UN and has nothing to do with Taiwan.Legislators from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have called for support for their legislative p
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Chris Stanislawski did not read much in his middle-school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given detailed chapter summaries for every novel they discussed, and teachers played audio of the books during class.Much of the reading material at Garden City Middle School in Long
Migration statistics do not tell us much about the people who leave their own countries and loved ones to work in poorly paid and physically demanding jobs. A lot of the time, we do not even see them — because they live somewhere out of sight in hostels and spend their days working.I worked undercov
With the 79th session of the UN General Assembly set to hold its General Debate from Tuesday next week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Taiwan this year would focus on challenging and refuting China’s misinterpretation and misuse of UN Resolution 2758, highlighting its fight against China’
Regarding the development of renewable energy, the Yunlin County Government recently sent a letter to the Ministry of Economic Affairs requesting that the central government establish total capacity control and operation specifications standards. It also suggested that operators obtain approval for
The 53rd Pacific Islander’s Forum (PIF) took place in Tokyo from Aug. 26 to 30. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) infiltrated the forum through its proxy, the Solomon Islands, in an attempt to remove Taiwan as an observing member and “development partner.” Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan’s diploma
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) has disingenuously attempted to compare its chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) with former South African president Nelson Mandela, framing a narrative for Ko’s arrest by saying that “the Democratic Progressive Party [DPP] is oppressing A-bei [Ko],” and that “the international c
In recent years, countries around the world have expressed support for Taiwan’s independent and sovereign status. One key example is the clarification of UN Resolution 2758 — the US has taken great pains to explain that it is related to the representation issue brought about by the previous change i
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The Australian government wants to ban children up to age 16 from social media and is spending millions of dollars to figure out how. I am willing to wager it will not take long for technology-savvy teenagers who grew up on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube to figure out how to log back on.The promised
Contrary to expectations, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) semiconductor plant in Arizona is reportedly on track to meet its production targets next year. This announcement poses a challenge to the many observers who predicted that the effort to bring chip manufacturing back to the U
Can a flood be called a thousand-year flood if it happens every five years?That is a question worth asking this week in the southern US, central Europe and central Africa after the latest round of biblical deluges that are becoming increasingly routine and destructive as the planet heats up. They ar
Two German naval vessels, a supply ship and a frigate, passed through the Taiwan Strait on the way to Jakarta earlier this month, the first time in 22 years that a German warship has transited the Strait.German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius announced the transit in Berlin on Friday last week,
Dangerous flash points in Asia include the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea conflicts (such as the clashes between China and the Philippines) that have become hot issues to debate at international level. Besides that, the Gulf of Thailand might be the next geopolitical flash point.These conflicts o
The Chinese-language United Daily News published an article by Kuan Chung (關中) titled: “Criticizing US hegemony — it has become a rogue nation.”In response, I would argue that many academics affiliated with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) appear to deliberately overlook or dismiss the widely rec
Two German warships passed through the Taiwan Strait earlier this month, leading to protests by the Chinese government. The commanding officers of those vessels responded by saying that Germany has to do more than state that it wants to defend the international order — it must take action, too.What