Tensions between Taiwan’s political parties are escalating as both camps launch rival recall campaigns, further threatening the island’s fragile political stability. Analysts warn that if these tensions remain unresolved, they could deal a double blow to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which is already struggling to govern and deal with increasing military pressure from … Read more
Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai has called for a rollback of “irrational” freezes on the 2025 defence budget, warning of a serious impact on the island’s security. He also accused the opposition of “prioritising partisan interests”. Taiwan’s opposition-dominated legislature last week approved a total government budget of NT$2.9 trillion (US$88.2 billion) for the year ahead – … Read more
Taiwan’s defence ministry revealed the United States has signed a two-year agreement to help train the Taiwanese navy as the island’s legislature prepared for a Tuesday vote on whether to cut military spending on overseas training. In a public notice on Taiwan’s government procurement platform, the ministry disclosed that the US had agreed to send … Read more
Taiwanese authorities have proposed outlawing a small political party dedicated to unification with mainland China, citing concerns about infiltration and organised crime. Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior announced on Thursday that it would formally request that the constitutional court dissolve the China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP), marking the first attempt to disband a Taiwanese political … Read more
Taiwanese prosecutors are investigating new corruption allegations against Ko Wen-je, the former leader of the Taiwan People’s Party, the island’s third party. Ko, whose party holds the balance of power in the legislature, has already been charged with fraud over a real estate deal he approved as mayor of Taipei as well as misusing campaign … Read more
While South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol has attracted notoriety for his stunning failed bid to impose martial law, there is another democracy in the region where the ruling party has been behaving with audacity. On December 20, Taiwan’s legislature became the scene of intense clashes between the ruling and opposition legislators, involving wrestling, kicking … Read more
The leader of the party that holds the balance of power in Taiwan’s legislature is set to step down. Ko Wen-je was one of the candidates for the island’s top job in January’s election but has since been arrested on corruption charges, throwing the future of the Taiwan People’s Party – which he founded in … Read more
When news broke earlier this month of the death of Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao, mainland fan Nicole Li was flooded with childhood memories of watching TV dramas based on Yao’s work. “I can almost recite the lines and plots of My Fair Princess and Romance in the Rain,” 30-year-old Li said, referring to mainland-Taiwanese co-productions … Read more
Former Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou will visit mainland China later this month, his third visit in the past two years, in another push to promote people-to-people exchanges amid elevated cross-strait tensions. Ma will lead a delegation of Taiwanese youth to visit the cities of Harbin in the northeast and Chengdu in the southwest on a … Read more
Former Taiwanese legislative speaker Wang Jin-pyng, a political heavyweight from the main opposition Kuomintang party, has proposed a new cross-strait framework that he says aims to reduce tensions and promote peace. Wang’s concept of “separate governance without division” seeks to establish a situation where Taiwan and mainland China can coexist while maintaining separate governance, yet … Read more
