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.
New Cabinet Not Any More Competent
On the surface, former Vice President Chen Chien-jen was designated to organize the new cabinet, but in substance, Chen was summoned to enter the cabinet, because President Tsai Ing-wen single-handedly dominated the cabinet reshuffle process.
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Mediocre Performance of Tsai Administration's Economic Policies
In 2016, then president-elect Tsai Ing-wen, accompanied by her core aides Lin Chuan, Ho Mei-yueh and Kung Ming-hsin, visited companies representing major industries between her election in January and inauguration in May.
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Another Global Economic Miracle：Taiwan's National Fund Never Exits the Market
Another economic miracle of Taiwan—a National Financial Stabilization Fund (NFSF), which protects the stock market from crashing in perpetuity, should be globally recognized!
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This Week in Taiwan 0116-0128
January 17: Elected representatives questioned that the packaging of luosifen (snail rice noodles) made in mainland China conveys "united front" campaign propaganda, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) subsequently announced a ban on importing the product, causing controversy. The MOEA explained that the import of luosifen was never approved. In other words, it is a smuggled product, which the MOEA asked distributors to take off store shelves, and the move has nothing to do with political propaganda.
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Premier Su Clings to Power, Disrupting Chairman Lai's Reform Schedule
The Legislative Yuan did not adjourn on January 13 as planned by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), disrupting the cabinet reshuffle schedule, and hence giving Premier Su Tseng-chang the very last chance to keep his premiership.
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Kao's Problem and Lai's Dilemma
Vice President William Lai is only one step away from obtaining his ticket to the presidential election after being elected chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on January 15.
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CSIS Wargame May Be Missing the Point
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently conducted a military simulation of a mainland Chinese invasion of Taiwan in 2026.
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This Week in Taiwan 0109-0115
January 10: The third reading of amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act, renamed the Climate Change Response Act, passed the Legislative Yuan. The legislation sets a timetable of net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 and includes provisions to collect carbon tax beginning as soon as 2024.
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Taiwan Should Learn to Say "No, Thanks" to U.S.
Taiwan is destined to be pro-American because of its history and political reality.
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Whose Political Situation？Can the "Tsai-Su System" Continue？
On the question of whether NT$180 billion (about US$6 billion) in over-levied tax revenue should be paid back to the people, the administration of President Tsai Ing-wen has made several turns in the past three days, changing from "rebate" to "no rebate" then back to a cash rebate to the people.
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