In 2017, the ruling DPP reformed the Referendum Act. The first referendum votes under the new act did not go smoothly.

In what should be a referendum year, both parties appear to be adjusting their messages for the 2020 presidential elections.

Forget Beijing: Taiwan is rolling out its “warm power” to win friends across Southeast and South Asia.

Can Taiwan reinvent itself as a part of Southeast Asia?

As Taiwan pushes to distance itself from China, Kinmen Island wants to build a bridge to Xiamen and “become a peninsula.”

And why a new Monroe Doctrine won’t help Taiwan in its battle for diplomatic survival.

The fight to save Taiwan's endangered trees is ensnaring migrant workers – but at the expense of the real criminals?

Labor protests in Taiwan reveal a pesky sincerity problem for government agencies.

Taiwan’s systemic inertia has created the perfect environment for the continued exploitation of migrant fishermen.

Nuclear energy has long been a contentious issue for Taiwan, but there are few good alternatives.

A cemetery’s destruction highlights Taiwan’s systemic lack of cultural preservation.

The end of the Kim regime would spell trouble for the Taiwan Strait.

Zhang Anle and his solution for the cross-strait dilemma.

Even a tactically “successful” invasion of the island might lead to strategic defeat for the PRC and the Communist Party.

Huaxin Street in Taipei is home to many of Taiwan's 40,000 Burmese immigrants.

Tsai Ing-wen's popularity is falling amid pressure from Beijing and economic uncertainty.