Published since 2019 by the Fair Winds Foundation and Association of Foreign Relations, Taiwan Weekly provides in-depth report and analysis of the major issues facing Taiwan.
Origin of Disaster: When Only the China Virus is the Virus
In just a few days, Taiwan's domestically transmitted cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) have reached 2,000 (Note: As of May 22, the number is now over 5,000), and Taiwan's glorious status as a model in epidemic prevention has fallen rapidly.
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Tsai Administration Failing in International Negotiations
The administration of President Tsai Ing-wen has been in office for five years.
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Taiwan Should Seriously Review its Energy Policy
Two units of Taipower's Xingda Power Plant tripped on May 13, causing power outages in some areas. Officials from President Tsai Ing-wen, Premier Su Tseng-chang, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-Hua, to the chairman of the Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) have all emphasized that the incident was not related to electricity shortage.
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This Week in Taiwan 0516-0522
May 17: Following the major power outage across Taiwan on May 13, the Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) announced emergency regional power cuts on the evening of May 17. According to Taipower, this time was indeed a "power supply problem." The main reason is that the first generator at the Xingda Power Plant failed in the afternoon, and it took a long time to shut it down and repair. In addition, due to the current water shortage, hydropower was insufficient to support the large demand of residential electricity at night. The incident affected some 1.2 million households for nearly two hours. President Tsai apologized to the people and stated that like the people, she found the situation hard to accept.
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New Measures Implemented as Virus Alert Raised to Level 3 in Taiwan
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic situation took a downturn as a spike of 180 confirmed cases were reported in Taiwan on May 15, 2021, in which 164 cases were in the municipalities Taipei and New Taipei.
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Failed Coronavirus Screening, Minister Chen a Fraudster
Infectious respiratory diseases come and go without a trace, and it is impossible to stop them with aimless protection.
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Taiwan Should Care More About American Politics
It wasn't so long ago that those in Taiwan could be forgiven for directing their attention outside of American politics.
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This Week in Taiwan 0509-0515
May 10: It is reported that the Penghu Defense Command, Huadong Command, and the 6th, 8th, and 10th Regiments of the Army will be renamed to five Combat Zones. Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng confirmed this on May 10 and expressed hopes that this arrangement will enable commanders of combat zones to better coordinate the army, navy, and air forces and strengthen the joint combat capability of the military. This move will change the status quo in Taiwan where army generals serve as theater commanders.
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Gang Members Sends DPP into Governance Crisis
It started with some emboldened men in black dress broke into, at daybreak, the Zhonglun branch police station of the Songshan Precinct in Taipei and maliciously smashed computer monitor yet without legal investigation of this "Songshan Riot."
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If the President Loved Democracy as Deeply as She Protected Party
The family of Chao Chieh-you, which was presumed to be an organized crime syndicate, involved itself in the gang members controversy.
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