ICRT’s Taiwan This Week

Taiwan This Week hosted by Gavin Phipps, with guests Courtney Donovan Smith and Hsin Hsiao:
Ketagalan Media: An Impossible Choice: The KMT’s China Policy

… After the general public turned against the KMT on the 1992 Consensus, the party finally is acknowledging it has become toxic electorally. But what can they do about it? The KMT traces its origins to revolutionary societies in China that overthrew the Manchurian Qing court and established the Republic of China in 1912. At […]
Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) Podcast 台灣時事 02-03-2020 Episode 31 – Huang Jie Recall, William Lai to visit US.

This week Michael Turton (麥哲恩) is on vacation (but still is with us this week with a new article on Report.tw). Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) is joined by Scott Ellinger (陳鷹), a former US military and AIT official. The recall campaign by Han fans against Kaohsiung NPP city councilor Huang Jie passes signature count to […]
Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) Video 台灣時事 02-03-2020 Episode 31 – Huang Jie Recall, William Lai to visit US.

This week Michael Turton (麥哲恩) is on vacation (but still is with us this week with a new article on Report.tw). Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) is joined by Scott Ellinger (陳鷹), a former US military and AIT official. The recall campaign by Han fans against Kaohsiung NPP city councilor Huang Jie passes signature count to […]
Taiwan Context Podcast: U.S. Policy on Taiwan with guest Scott Ellinger

The Taiwan Context hosted by Courtney Donovan Smith, with special guest Scott Ellinger
Ketagalan Media: Save the Sinking Ship: Can the KMT Reform?

By all measures, the January 2020 election was a blowout re-election for President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). She set a record for the most votes ever received in a presidential election in Taiwan, and increased her margin of victory over her opponents from 56.1% to 57.1%–a remarkable feat for an […]
UDN: Han fans counterattack: Recall action against Huang Jie reaches first stage target

A recall motion against New Power Party Kaohsiung City Councillor Huang Jie (黃捷), a vocal opponent of Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, has reportedly passed the first threshold according to a report by the United Daily News. The recall was launched by fans of Mayor Han in response to the Wecare-led recall efforts against Han, which […]
Ketagalan Media: The Race Is On: The Next Chairman of the KMT

… The KMT is a financial disaster, they have lost the support of younger voters by decisive margins, are far out of the mainstream on the key national sovereignty issue and seem bereft of new ideas. They are in need of radical reform and a new vision in order to secure a future (see parts […]
Podcast: Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) 台灣時事 01-28-2020 Episode 30

This week Michael Turton (麥哲恩) is on vacation (but still is with us this week with a new article on Report.tw), so Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) is joined by Scott Ellinger (陳鷹), former US military and AIT official. Dragonslayer Jessica Drun took on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the World Health Organization over […]
Video: Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) 台灣時事 01-28-2020 Episode 30

This week Michael Turton (麥哲恩) is on vacation (but still is with us this week with a new article on Report.tw), so Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) is joined by Scott Ellinger (陳鷹), former US military and AIT official. Dragonslayer Jessica Drun took on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the World Health Organization over […]