Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) now faces its most complicated U.S. environment in decades, one shaped by ...

With the 2016 general elections right around the corner, the island nation of Taiwan will once again exercise its hard-won democracy in a contest heralding exciting political change. On January 16, ...

On 8 May 2024, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivered a public address at a commemoration of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), reaffirming the importance of democracy, the free market, and human rights ...

On a rainy April day in an elementary school classroom in Taipei, 11 and 12-year-old students giggled and bounced on their feet with fists clenched and arms swinging, performing the action of jumping ...

In 1985, Taiwan witnessed the birth of its first test-tube baby conceived through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). In 2007, following numerous negotiations between the governing and opposition ...

Taiwan will be reviewing its minimum wage in the third quarter of this year, but despite annual increases to the monthly minimum wage since 2017, Taiwan’s average wage growth has not been catching up.

This article was originally published by Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 6, Issue 12. Used with permission. To get the Global Taiwan Brief in your inbox ...

Taiwan’s low wages rank among the longstanding top concerns of Taiwanese, and while Taiwan’s GDP has seen faster growth in recent years, Taiwan’s wage growth remains subpar. Among Organization for ...

I was unaware of Taiwan’s red-white-and-blue flag before the age of sixteen. The Taiwanese flags in my Ahma (grandmother) and Ahkong’s (grandfather) suburban New Jersey home were exclusively green and ...

The idea of a unified Taiwanese identity for everyone across all ethnic lines is a relatively new one. Up until very recently, Taiwan’s history is marked with successive bouts of foreign occupation ...

This article was originally published by Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 9, Issue 9. Used with permission. To get the ...

Over the past 35 years, there has been an ongoing rise in one particular demographic group in Taiwan. Their presence has become increasingly integral to the economic engine as well as daily life. The ...