The View from Taiwan

Mayor Ma of Taipei in 2002  ordered that Hanyu Pinyin, the official PRC romanization system, be used on all signs because it facilitated Tai...

Areas of land subsidence in Taiwan; all except Taipei are fish farming centers ( source ).  The new head of the public construction commis...

Big round of applause today for the EU and Charles Tannock : Dr Tannock, who is the chairman of the European Parliament-Taiwan Friendship G...

The legislative elections are coming up in seven months or so (yes, that fast). Focus Taiwan offered a piece on the opinions of Frederic Chi...

This week I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing local expat and Taipei resident Prashantha Lachanna, or Prish, as she is known to ...

It's all out there in black and white.... SPECIAL : China stages huge naval drill.  Vietnam is holding drills in the South China Sea ....

I did some really great riding this weekend. Saturday I went up to Guguan, always an enjoyable ride. Sunday I drove down to Shuili with Drew...

If today's AFP story is any guide, AFP is going to be an endless font of media fun during this election season. The story consists of 1...

The DEHP scandal has damaged Taiwan's international reputation. Hong Kong stopped sales of certain Taiwan products : The Centre for F...

Today my friend Domenic and I rode to the checkpoint above Guguan on Highway 8, where the guards turned us back as the road is still under ...

The language of policy-making discourse : Outgoing CIA director Leon Panetta, US President Barack Obama’s pick for US secretary of defense,...

The good news was flickering around the intertubes yesterday.... Here is the hearing announcement . Two panels, names known to anyone who ...

Another retired KMT general, another pro-China comment ? Taiwanese media, citing a Chinese media report quoting PLA Major General Luo Yuan ...

Those of us who have been following the American Chamber of Commerce's longtime advocacy of closer links between Taiwan and China and ad...

Freedom House sent this: +++++++++++++++ As you may know, in November 2010, Freedom House launched the China Media Bulletin , a weekly dig...