On Monday the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) announced the results of its presidential primaries, with Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu enjoying a more than 17-point lead over his major rival Terry Gou Tai-min ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-17
Han Kuo-yu on Monday won the opposition KMT's nomination for Taiwan's 2020 presidential election, setting the stage for an intense battle with Tsai Ing-wen, the island's incumbent leader, in the upcom ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-15
Singapore reported dismal preliminary second-quarter growth data on Friday, including the slowest pace of annual expansion in a decade, raising bets that a recession and monetary policy easing could b ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-12
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in the United States on Thursday on a trip that has angered Beijing, warning that democracy must be defended and that the island faced threats from “overseas f ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-12
After decades dominated by globalization, trade is being reconfigured as a result of geopolitical, technological and other changes. Sustainability could be a big winner from this process. US President ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-11
Tens of thousands of people staged a protest in Taipei on Sunday afternoon, expressing strong dissatisfaction with the amendments to the Referendum Act. The massive rally, which was held in front of t ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-08
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will spend four nights in the United States in July while visiting Caribbean diplomatic allies, her government said on Monday, angering China, which urged Washington not ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-02
... dent Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party, who was only eight months ago facing political oblivion. Second, they mean that, if Beijing wants to unify with Taiwan peacefully, it will have t ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-02
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s announcement on Saturday suspending controversial extradition legislation after a secret meeting with a top Chinese official wasn’t enough to pacify an ang ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-17
... 1971. During those 21 years, Hong Kong and Macau played a vital role. Western goods could be shipped to them. While Britain supported the embargo, it could not be totally enforced and China was able ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-17
Echoing Hong Kong's second massive rally against China-backed extradition bill, several groups joined Hong Kong protesters simultaneously in Taipei on Sunday afternoon to demand the Hong Kong governme ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-17
Taiwan's past few presidential races had pretty much nothing to do with Hong Kong, with the city only coming into the picture due to observation trips made by some of its politicians and political obs ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-12
Han Kuo-yu, who is seeking to represent Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang (KMT) in the island's presidential election next year, told his supporters over the weekend that he is confident that he can ensu ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-10
Washington is pursuing the sale of more than US$2 billion worth of tanks and weapons to Taiwan, in a move likely to cause fresh tensions with China, Reuters reports, citing people familiar with the ne ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-06
