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Will Dependency on the US Be Questioned in Taiwan After Iran?
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (192+ words) A TRUTH SOCIAL post by US President Donald Trump drew widespread condemnation after Trump threatened that "a whole civilization" would die if Iran did not comply with US demands to surrender. In the same post, Trump incongruously stated "God Bless…...
Tainan Science Park Controversy Reflects Familiar Issues
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (342+ words) ACTIVISTS IN TAINAN were successful earlier this month in convincing the Tainan city government to withdraw more than 900 hectares of land that would have been used for projects, including the development of a science park. The science park was to…...
Cheng Li-Wun Redefines 1992 Consensus, Calls for United Front Against Independence in Xi Meeting
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (475+ words) KMT CHAIR CHENG LI-WUN met with Chinese President Xi Jinping today in Beijing. The meeting took place as part of a six-day trip by Cheng to China that started on April 7th. The meeting began at 11 AM, with a handshake between…...
New Ethnic Law in China Could Be Used to Justify Targeting Taiwanese
1+ week, 2+ day ago (637+ words) newbloommag. net New Ethnic Law in China Could Be Used to Justify Targeting Taiwanese A NEW CHINESE LAW that codifies ethnic policy under the rule of Xi Jinping has led to warnings that its passage will lead to further repression…...
Progressive International's Adulation of "Whole-Process Democracy" Celebrates Capitalist Party-States
1+ week, 4+ day ago (700+ words) New Bloom Magazine Progressive International's Adulation of "Whole-Process Democracy" Celebrates Capitalist Party-States A RECENT ARTICLE by Pawe" Wargan and Jason Hickel, published by the Progressive International, is adulatory about what it claims to be "whole-process democracy" in China. Nevertheless, interrogating…...
Rumors Spread of A Power Struggle in the Ma Ying-Jeou Foundation
1+ week, 5+ day ago (288+ words) THE MA YING-JEOU FOUNDATION has seen internal discord spill out into the public eye as of late, with questions about whether the spat reflects splits within the KMT. Hsiao and Wang both worked with Ma, dating back to his presidential…...
Mandarin Training Center Teachers Demonstrate Against Illegal Contracts
2+ week, 1+ day ago (182+ words) TEACHERS AT National Taiwan University's Mandarin Training Center (MTC) held a press conference on March 20th, calling for better pay conditions and an end to the illegal contracts that they currently work under. The press conference took place between classes and…...
KMT Proposal Over Childcare Premiums Criticized
2+ week, 3+ day ago (411+ words) THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH and Welfare has warned that the fiscal sustainability of the National Health Insurance (NHI) system is at risk through a new proposal from the KMT. The proposal would cover the health premiums of all children from…...
Does China Not Intend to Invade by 2027?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (318+ words) It should be noted that Taiwan is only one component of the report, which covers the broader overview of threats facing the US. Threats covered are not only regional, inclusive of threats in Asia'including Taiwan'but also military, cyber, and space…...
Chinese Government Seeks to Depict Itself as Assisting Repatriation of Taiwanese in Middle East
4+ week, 1+ day ago (503+ words) New Bloom Magazine Chinese Government Seeks to Depict Itself as Assisting Repatriation of Taiwanese in Middle East THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT has claimed that it assisted the return of 93 Taiwanese stranded in the Middle East after the outbreak of war there....