Taiwan politics

A single leader cannot make Taiwan independent or unify it with the People Republic of China. Even trying either course would be political suicide.

The coming election may set the future course for the KMT, currently Taiwan’s main opposition party.

Taiwan's first real COVID-19 outbreak engendered fierce political debates between the DPP and the KMT.

How are Taiwan’s various political players interpreting the U.S. withdrawal, and the subsequent fall of Kabul?

The goal of Taiwan’s recall and referendum reforms was to empower civil society against entrenched politicians. The result has been the exact opposite.

Tracing the political stances and stakes of four upcoming referendums.

The country named new heads of defense and China policy in what is being interpreted as an attempt to cool cross-strait tensions and work with the United States.

How did Taiwan manage to make the best of 2020’s worst situation?

The canceled visit by Ambassador Kelly Craft spared Taiwan an enlarged domestic controversy over its handling of the final days of the Trump administration.

The Kuomintang wants to overturn a government decision to allow imports of U.S. meat containing traces of a controversial feed additive.

Two recently passed resolutions hint at a strategic shift within the KMT, but could also be aimed at fracturing the ruling DPP’s careful approach toward relations with the U.S.