The Ministry of the Interior and other agencies plan to soon propose amendments to the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (家庭暴力防治法), given the high number of cases in which people apply for protective orders, but continue to be abused while waiting for the order to be granted — a situation which serio
Across Europe, governments are reviving a Cold War doctrine with renewed urgency: National security is anchored not only in military power, but in the resilience of society as a whole. Power grids, digital infrastructure and supply chains are no longer economic assets — they are strategic pillars of
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) on Monday expelled China-born legislator-at-large Li Zhenxiu (李貞秀), stripping her of her seat in the legislature. TPP Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) has distanced himself from any responsibility over the matter, choosing simply to say that Li did not meet the standard
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It has been China’s long-held dream to dethrone King Dollar. Beijing got its first break after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine and Russian lenders were deleted overnight from the system that moves the world’s money. However, back in 2022, the yuan was nowhere close to confronting th
Even as Israeli bombs rained down on Lebanon, most of the world breathed a cautious sigh of relief when news broke that Pakistan had mediated a ceasefire between the US and Iran, with the goal of reopening the Strait of Hormuz.The reprieve was not the product of sudden restraint by US President Dona
China’s state-run Xinhua news agency on Sunday unveiled 10 new “incentive measures” for Taiwan, following a landmark meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) in Beijing on Friday last week. The measures largely focus on cros
The US Department of State late last month issued an “orange” travel advisory for Hong Kong and Macau. According to the latest amendments to the implementation rules for Hong Kong’s National Security Law, police have the authority to require travelers to provide passwords for their mobile phones and
The Iran crisis has demonstrated how deeply interconnected regional conflicts have become in an era of globalized security. What might appear as a geographically separated confrontation in the Middle East has tangible consequences for the Indo-Pacific region, particularly for deterrence, diplomatic
Following last week’s meeting between Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced 10 incentive measures for Taiwan, including imports of agricultural, fishery and food products, but tied them to the
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The opposition’s decisive victory over Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling Fidesz party has been greeted with relief across the democratic world. Armed with a constitutional majority, the center-right Tisza party and its leader, Peter Magyar, are now poised to dismantle Orban’s 16-year gr
The collapse of peace talks between the US and Iran in Islamabad is a reminder of the fragile limits of diplomacy by middle powers navigating between great-power rivalries.An ambitious coalition of nations, led by Pakistan and backed by China, alongside Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt, pulled off som
With the Middle East in flames, and one-fifth of the world’s supplies of oil and gas in limbo thanks to the uncertain status of the Strait of Hormuz, it is tempting to imagine that a clean-energy world might leave such conflicts behind.“Fuel — oil and gas, particularly — is a security challenge,” fo
Taiwan’s headline inflation unexpectedly pulled back last month — led by declines in fruit and communications device prices — offsetting gains in fuel, transport and meat prices. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.2 percent year-on-year, down from 1.75 percent in February and remaining below the
On April 2, Taipei Times contributing reporter David Frazier published his review of my recent book Echoes from the Sino-Burmese Borderlands: Untold Stories of Overland Chinese Migrants During the Cold War (“Echoes from a fractured frontier,” April 2, page 11). The primary part of his review is a su
Swiftly following the conclusion of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s (鄭麗文) China trip, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office unveiled 10 new policy measures for Taiwan. The measures, covering youth exchanges, agricultural and fishery imports, resumption of certain flights and cultur
During Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s (鄭麗文) visit to China to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), the large entourage of business leaders that typically accompanies such trips was nowhere to be seen. This is not merely a snapshot of China’s economic slowdown, but a de
Last month, the UN Commission on the Status of Women held its 69th session in New York City. For two weeks, delegates from 193 member states debated resolutions, negotiated language and issued statements on advancing gender equality worldwide. Taiwan was not in the room, as the UN’s membership rules
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