Taiwan Insight: The governmentality of Taiwan’s anti-epidemic politics
NEPCAP: Cross-strait relations with China in Taiwan politics (TR’s Courtney Donovan Smith)
Lao Ren Cha: The Freedom Pineapples have helped, but Taiwan still gets erased in international media
Taiwan Headlines, Mar. 5, 2021
Court rules same-sex marriage ban on foreign nationals from countries that ban it illegal. Kao recall fails. GlobalWafers now #2 in silicon wafers. Taiwan #6 in economic freedom. Taiwan ties with Eswatini and Somaliland deepen. Lithuania to boost ties. Flanders and Japan support Taiwan. US embassy meet in Japan.
Carnegie: Deepening the U.S.-Taiwan Economic Partnership
Scholar’s Stage: All Measures Short of a Cross Straits Invasion
Taiwan Insight: Why Taiwan Should Pay More Attention to the Futenma Relocation Issue in Okinawa, Japan
Taiwan Headlines, Mar. 4, 2021
Jaw attacks Tsai administration over China. Sean Lien mulls KMT chair run. Government to subsidize 5G base stations. Taiwan’s economy nears overheating. Australia supports Taiwan pineapple. White House calls Taiwan “critical security partner”. Congress bill to diplomatically recognize Taiwan introduced.
Taiwan Headlines, Mar. 3, 2021
Taiwan has received its first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines at Taoyuan International Airport from the COVAX allocation program. Today, Wednesday March 3rd, is the first day without headlines featuring Jaw Shaw-kong in weeks appearing on my feed of local news reports.While I don’t think it is happening quite yet, I will be watching to see […]
ICRT’s Weekly Central Taiwan News Report, Mar. 3–transcript
Matsu pilgrimage gets go-ahead The largest religious procession in Taiwan, the Dajia Jenn Lann Matsu pilgrimage, will go ahead this year in spite of pandemic worries.It will begin on April 9 and conclude on April 18.The dates were set after Jenn Lann Temple Chair Yen Ching-piao (顏清標) performed a ritual to seek instructions from Matsu, […]