Taiwan Headlines, Feb. 10
Taoyuan outbreak not contained. Vaccines are coming. International students to be allowed in. 3Q recall passes first hurdle. Exports boom. President comments on China ties, China lies in return, and Chiang supports Tsai. Prague Mayor slams China, praises Taiwan ties.
Jaw upends the KMT in a big way–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Things have taken a dramatic turn in the KMT with the re-emergance of Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) in the party.Who becomes the next KMT chair is critically important.It will determine who leads the party into the 2022 local elections–and if the chair survives that–this person will in all likelihood be the KMT’s next presidential candidate.This person […]
Taiwan Headlines, Feb. 7
Huang Jie survives recall. Forex reserves hit record high. Protest against Myanmar coup. CTS, PTS and Homeplus team up to grab Channel 52. US survey shows increasing support for defending Taiwan militarily. Japanese lawmakers call for local Taiwan Relations Act.
Taiwan Headlines, Feb. 5
Taiwan has one new Covid death, and two new transmissions. School is out for a few extra days. Childcare subsidies to rise. Principal charged with selling Sri Lankans for labour. Military reservists rule changes. HK immigrants up. Taiwan’s 5G is fast. Taiwan democracy tops in Asia. US Navy in Taiwan Strait. Guyana renegs on Taiwan office.
Huang recall, Jaw and the White Wolf–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Summary: Old battlehorse Jaw Shaw-kong makes a bid for KMT chair. The White Wolf claims to have young “red troops” for China. The Huang Jie recall vote is this weekend, what does it mean and how will it go? Old battlehorse Jaw Shaw-kong makes a bid for KMT chair With the strong backing of former […]
ICRT’s Weekly Central Taiwan News Report, Feb 3–transcript
Plan to idle coal generators by 2035 passes The Legislative Yuan has passed a DPP resolution to decommission Taichung Power Plant’s coal-fired generators by 2035, and to preserve the generators as a national security emergency reserve.The plant’s owner, state-owned Taipower, had originally scheduled the decommissioning to be complete in 2046.The highly partisan 68-0 vote was […]
Taiwan Headlines, Feb. 2
Pandemic measures continue to grow. DPP lawmakers to take on anthem, constitution. PMI booming. Taiwan second in Asia-Pacific healthcare. Turks caught spying. Taiwan and Poland team up on crime.
Emblem, pollution and polls–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
A DPP bill speeding up closure of Taichung Power Plant passes. Taiwanese are becoming more Taiwanese. Virtually no one wants “unification” with China. Party identification is strongly shifting in Taiwan. But up first, the government is pouring cold water on plans to change the national emblem.
Taiwan Headlines, Jan. 30
Four new cases and one new death from Covid. Four indicted for docking foreign worker’s pay. NPP bill asking MOI to investigate national emblem passes. DPP bill to decommission Taichung coal-fired generators passes. Foreign companies under investigation for speculation. GDP growth surpasses China’s. US to virtually meet with MOEA on automotive chips. More strong words of support from US.
Taiwan Headlines, Jan. 28
Recall drive against Kao Min-lin comes up short. New Party and KMT city councillors questioned. New water measures. Google invests big. Chipmakers up automotive chip capacity. The economy is hot. Cyberattacks are up. Military kit revealed. Beijing increasingly talks war.