Podcast: Taiwan Report News Brief (04-08-2020) Back to the revolutionary future for the KMT
Plenty of coronavirus news with more subsidies, face mask rules on their way, but new cases are down, and local scientists make a breakthrough. Taiwan makes moves to bypass the WHA in May. Taiwan to the rescue on the world stage. HK’s Carrie Lam defends attack on RTHK, asking about Taiwan’s role in the WHO. […]
Video: Taiwan Report News Brief (04-08-2020) Back to the revolutionary future for the KMT
Plenty of coronavirus news with more subsidies, face mask rules on their way, but new cases are down, and local scientists make a breakthrough. Taiwan makes moves to bypass the WHA in May. Taiwan to the rescue on the world stage. HK’s Carrie Lam defends attack on RTHK, asking about Taiwan’s role in the WHO. […]
Taipei Times: Officials call for calm as markets shake
Video: Taiwan Report News Brief (03-04-2020) Administration opens the cash floodgates
Immigrants under the spotlight, problems with the PRC rumble on as coronavirus rages on, the administration goes on a spending spree, govt assures us 2% GDP growth is “no problem” this year in spite of banks downgrading their predictions and the race for the KMT enters the final stretch as Johnny Chiang is accused of […]
Is Changing the Name of China Airlines on the Cards?
SETN is reporting that when asked about changing the name of China Airlines to avoid confusion overseas, Transport Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) replied that although the Transport Ministry is the largest shareholder in the airline, it would be better to get a consensus with the general public, then discuss the issue. Clearly Taiwan having a […]
Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) 台灣時事 07.28.2019 Pilot 10
Hosts Michael Turton (麥哲恩) and Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) discuss Dan Han Kuo-yu becoming the official KMT candidate, Ko Wen-je, Terry Gou and Hung Hsiu-chu in relation to the presidential race. Cigarette smuggling scandal an indictment of Taiwan’s bureaucratic problems (The News Lens piece) and the impact of HK protests on Taiwan’s presidential election (Diplomat […]
Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) 06.23.2019 Pilot 05
For the first four fuzzy minutes Michael Turton (麥哲恩) and Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) discuss Han’s troubles in Kaohsiung, then the video gets clearer. A poll shows that if the 2018 9-in-1 elections were reheld today, the DPP would win in Kaohsiung and Taichung–but the other results would remain the same. Han’s big rally in […]