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.
The heartening journey of Ilha Formosa to its rightful place
By Harry Sheridon and Elsa Lycias Joel Taiwan being a self-reliant country, there should never be a sovereignty dispute with the global bodies parroting Chinese propaganda. Political friction shadowing the relationship between these two nations are understandably better than the various roles the big brother plays on both sides since 1979. Be it a concluded […]
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.
Taiwan Headlines, Jan. 27
Covid cluster grows. Taiwan’s population drops. Most are satisfied with job, gender equality. Man eggs CKS statue. Government Chinese IT kit to go. International pressure over automotive chips. Flying squirrel, Yuhan launched into space. PRC belligerence rises. Hsiao Bi-khim quarantined.
ICRT Weekly Central Taiwan News Report, Jan 27–transcript
Pandemic measures continue to increase In an echo of last spring, more pandemic measures are being imposed.Last week saw a large number of big events cancelled, including the Lantern Festival, and more, smaller events have been added to the list since then.Preventive measures will be taken at sites where crowds gather such as traditional markets, […]
Biden admin bombshell on Taiwan–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
The pandemic effect is back in Taiwan, and things are again being cancelled. The Biden administration makes previously hidden reassurances to Taiwan official policy, and takes a strong stance. Though Taiwan has removed a major food-based irritant from the US relationship, one remains with Japan.
