Ruling Party Manipulates Judiciary to Pressure Hsinchu Mayor-Elect
During the Hsinchu mayoral election, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) did not want to lose, used all means to attack the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) candidate Kao Hung-an but still lost.
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TSMC Sets Up Plant in U.S., Does Taiwan Still Have A Protector?
At the tool-in ceremony of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) new fab plant at Phoenix, Arizona, on December 6, founder Morris Chang, who has always been skeptical towards this investment, finally gave his blessing to the project in his address.
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President Tsai's Favorites Exposed in Consecutive Plagiarism Scandals, Disrupting Succession
It was revealed that Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan of Taoyuan, a favored contender for the chairmanship of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and premier, committed plagiarism in completing his master’s thesis.
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Significance of DPP's Major Defeat in Taiwan Local Elections
The results of the local elections were unveiled.
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U.S. and Taiwan Militarily Prepared?
With the meeting between President Joe Biden of the United States and Chinese President Xi Jinping ended, there seems to be reduction of tensions between the two countries.
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Biden-Xi Meeting, U.S. Midterm Elections: Impact on Taiwan
The results of the midterm election in the United States reaffirmed the polarization and populism in American politics.
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Cross-Strait Relations Key in Upcoming Taiwan Elections
During his Palau trip, Vice President William Lai discussed cross-strait relations.
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President Tsai Plays Two-Handed Strategy, Concealing Taiwan's Reality
Su Chi, chairman of the Taipei Forum and former secretary-general of the National Security Council, stated October 26 that President Tsai Ing-wen has divided Taiwan’s role in U.S.-China-Taiwan triangular relations into “yin” and “yang” faces (refers to a Chinese philosophical concept that describes opposite but supplemental forces), causing totally different analyses of Taiwan’s role inside and outside of Taiwan.
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With Xi in Power, Taiwan More Dangerous?
On October 23, the first plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party elected new members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo and Xi Jinping entered into his third term.
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TSMC Becomes Spotlight in U.S.-China Chip War
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) was once the favorite of the United States, and it won numerous kinds of preferential treatments to set up factories in the United States.
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