Podcast: Taiwan Report News Brief (03-07-2020) Something weird to the speaker cometh
The legislative speaker gets bizarre threats, Ko Wen-je cleared of trafficking in organs, government issues guidelines for events amid coronavirus outbreak, Taiwan tops Asia in gender equality but not all is well and will the new KMT chair to be elected today drop the 1992 consensus? Important note: all of our podcasts, including this one, […]
Video: Taiwan Report News Brief (03-05-2020) US House shows love for TAIPEI
Taiwan remains a free nation, good news on the coronavirus front, more places block Taiwanese visitors, 3Q takes aim at the Taishang in Wuhan, US House passes TAIPEI act, DPP boots out TAPA members and Johnny Chiang makes a couple of interesting comments. As always, all English articles used in the report are linked to […]
Podcast: Taiwan Report News Brief (03-05-2020) US House shows love for TAIPEI
Taiwan remains a free nation, good news on the coronavirus front, more places block Taiwanese visitors, 3Q takes aim at the Taishang in Wuhan, US House passes TAIPEI act, DPP boots out TAPA members and Johnny Chiang makes a couple of interesting comments. As always, all English articles used in the report are linked to […]
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 […]
Podcast: 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 […]
Video: Current Affairs Taiwan 台灣時事 #34 (03-02-2020) 228 Gaffes and the King of Hualien
Michael Turton (麥哲恩) and co-host Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) discuss the ongoing Fu Kun-chi (“King of Hualien”) saga, the KMT chair byelection goes into the final stretch, the interesting lack of endorsements in the KMT chair race, who might run in May 2021, could China Airlines change its name, the coronavirus outbreak and Han Kuo-yu’s […]
Podcast: Current Affairs Taiwan 台灣時事 #34 (03-02-2020) 228 Gaffes and the King of Hualien
Michael Turton (麥哲恩) and co-host Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) discuss the ongoing Fu Kun-chi (“King of Hualien”) saga, the KMT chair byelection goes into the final stretch, the interesting lack of endorsements in the KMT chair race, who might run in May 2021, could China Airlines change its name, the coronavirus outbreak and Han Kuo-yu’s […]
Video: Taiwan Report News Brief (03-02-2020) Could the King of Hualien become the King of the KMT?
Drone registration on the horizon, coronavirus cases rise, mixed messages on whether to fear your pets, US severs Taiwan from China–at least on a map, deep drop in traffic at Taoyuan airport, big decisions on the way regarding CKS Memorial, Hau likens KMT reform to “pulling up weeds” and could the King of Hualien become […]
Podcast: Taiwan Report News Brief (03-02-2020) Could the King of Hualien become the King of the KMT?
Drone registration on the horizon, coronavirus cases rise, mixed messages on whether to fear your pets, US severs Taiwan from China–at least on a map, deep drop in traffic at Taoyuan airport, big decisions on the way regarding CKS Memorial, Hau likens KMT reform to “pulling up weeds” and could the King of Hualien become […]
Video: Taiwan Report News Brief (03-01-2020) The curious case of the missing endorsements
Tough new drunk driving measures are set to kick in, more measures announced in the battle against the coronovirus, including one targeting foreign workers. The CECC and Health Ministry, however, come out against a crackdown against undocumented caregivers. Ko Wen-je posts a picture of himself when he was 18, and the KMT central standing committee […]
