Taiwan’s strategic importance in semiconductors has never rested on the sheer location of factories on the island. It has ...

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has a demographic dilemma, which is intimately tied to an ideological dilemma. Its primary goal of ‘reunification’ with China, which the KMT considers the “Mainland ...

Taiwan’s low wages rank among the longstanding top concerns of Taiwanese, and while Taiwan’s GDP has seen faster growth in recent years, Taiwan’s wage growth remains subpar. Among Organization for ...

There’s a cliche popular in Taiwan that Taiwanese education is “Confucian” or based on the philosophy of Confucianism. This is used as praise where it succeeds: high standards, high societal respect ...

This article is by John Dotson, the deputy director at GTI. Originally published by the Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 6, Issue 13. Used with ...

This is a translation of the original 進步本土的小黨，如何成為有政治實力的第三勢力？ by Yi-Hsuan Lin (林邑軒), a journalist and columnist ...

This article was originally published by Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 9, Issue 15. Used with permission. To get the ...

Over the past 35 years, there has been an ongoing rise in one particular demographic group in Taiwan. Their presence has become increasingly integral to the economic engine as well as daily life. The ...

Taiwan’s GDP per capita is expected to exceed US$40,000 next year. Also, Taiwan’s GDP per capita and cost of living is now on par with Spain, Slovenia and Japan (left chart below). But how does Taiwan ...

With the 2016 general elections right around the corner, the island nation of Taiwan will once again exercise its hard-won democracy in a contest heralding exciting political change. On January 16, ...

The United States has been rocked by large street protests over the past two weeks, sparked by the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died while being arrested by four police officers. These ...

Which giant do you prefer? Are there any legends of giants in your culture? What do they look like? Do your people still know these legends well? In Taiwan, we are an island nation with a diverse ...