Jane Lee’s campaign hit with scandal over thesis plagiarism –Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Summary: The Citizen Judge law passes over united opposition. The passport and China Airlines legislation passes, but is just a suggestion. Jane Lee’s campaign is under pressure as she tearfully rejects her master’s degree. Foreign Minister warns to the media that the Chinese military threat is on the rise. The US Democratic Party draft party […]
HK gives Taiwan rep office a middle finger over “one China”–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Headlines Two people who recently returned from the Philippines have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in Taiwan since the start of the pandemic to 454. Foreign nationals who entered Taiwan as visitors on or before March 21 will be eligible to obtain another 30-day extension of stay, given […]
DPP seizes back the podium after a melee–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Headlines Taiwan is still full of reminders of the authoritarian era under Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) and his son Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國), with a total of 1,814 sites, monuments and office spaces named in memory of them, an average of one for every 20km2 in the nation, a Transitional Justice Commission report said.Excluding the 227 statues […]
Taiwan’s govt: Avoid China, HK and Macau–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Headlines Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) on Thursday directed that the government’s COVID-19 relief funds be expanded by adding an additional budget of approximately NT$200 billion (US$6.79 billion).Su directed the allocation of the additional budget to help businesses affected by the pandemic and fund the procurement of disease prevention supplies and the purchase, research and development […]
ICRT’s Taiwan This Week: Mulling counter measures
Gavin Phipps hosts Courtney Donovan Smith and Brian Hioe
Support for KMT hits all-time low–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Headlines: A warning system developed to monitor volcanic activity in northern Taiwan and guide disaster prevention measures will be launched by the end of this year, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).The system will target the Datun volcano system in Taipei and Turtle Island in Yilan, which are active volcanoes, defined as a volcano […]
CCP Propaganda porn–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Headlines A new case of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease was reported in Taiwan on Friday, marking a second day imported infections have been confirmed this week. Two military officers and one soldier are in critical condition and a female sergeant is recovering at Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital’s Zuoying branch after their small boat capsized […]
Boxing lessons for KMT lawmakers, for real–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
KMT lawmakers take boxing lessons, seriously After occupying the Legislative Yuan for only 20 hours before being overrun by DPP lawmakers during their protest of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) nomination of Chen Chu (陳菊) to head the Control Yuan, former Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu Li-lun (朱立倫) announced over Facebook on Wednesday that he and […]
Escape from HK and the extreme separatist TPP–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Interesting details related to the Kaohsiung mayoral by-election I’ve been doing some research on the KMT and Taiwan People’s Party candidates for mayor in the Kaohsiung mayoral by-election.But first I have to issue a correction.In a report a few days ago I incorrectly said that KMT candidate Jane Lee’s father, Li Jung-tsung (李榮宗), was previously […]
KMT reform: The backlash begins–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Snakeheads seized A criminal group that allegedly collaborated with Chinese “snakeheads,” or human smugglers, has been busted, according to the National Immigration Agency’s Border Affairs Corps.The sold Republic of China (ROC) passports to human traffickers in China, making a profit of about NT$20 million (US$674,309) over the past 12 months, Border Affairs Corps officials said.The […]
