Taiwan Weekly is a newsletter released every week by Fair Winds Foundation and Association of Foreign Relations that provides coverage and perspectives into the latest developments in Taiwan.

Misfortune Out of His Mouth: Lai's Taiwan Independence Label Increasingly Difficult to Remove

Vice President William Lai is scheduled to lead a delegation to visit Paraguay next month.

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Taiwan's Economic Challenges Under the Shadow of Cross-Strait Conflict

The semiconductor industry has become Taiwan’s “protective sacred mountain” over the last 20 years.

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Military Tensions in Taiwan Strait Man-Made?

In an interview, Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih expressed that after stability and peace are ensured in the Taiwan Strait, he will reduce the length of compulsory military service back to four months.

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Why are Hong Kong People Leaving Taiwan?

In 2019, the protests in Hong Kong broke out, and the administration of President Tsai Ing-wen in Taiwan loudly proclaimed its support for Hong Kong.

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Island of Fraud? Taiwan's Total Fraud in 2022 Exceeded $200M

Fraud crimes have become a national security problem in Taiwan, with an accumulated loss of NT$6 billion (about NT$193 million) last year.

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With Ko's Rising Momentum, Competitive Three-Way Race Emerges

The popularity of both presidential candidate Ko Wen-je and his Taiwan People's Party (TPP) have recently shown strong gains in the polls.

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Hou's Poor Performance Amplifies Voices within KMT to Substitute Presidential Candidate

Recently the #MeToo Movement has swept through Taiwan’s political arena.

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Who Will Young People Vote for in the 2024 Election?

The collapse of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the local elections last year began with the controversy of thesis plagiarism of former Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien.

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Lai's Internal and External Troubles

The recent remarks of William Lai, presidential candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), describing the cross-strait relationship as “the federation of brothers” have encountered harsh criticism.

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2024 Presidential Election: Contest Among Lai, Hou, and Ko

Although Terry Gou, founder of Hon Hai Precision Industry Company (Foxconn), held four large-scale campaign rallies from southern to northern Taiwan in early May, and reached a climax with a "Peace Declaration" in Kinmen, he was eventually informed by the Chairman Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) that he will not be recruited as the party’s presidential candidate.

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