Foxconn’s dual dependence is central to its commercial success, but also to its geopolitical vulnerability. China offers ...

Advancing workers’ rights in global supply chains presents challenges, but Taiwan’s role as a crucial sourcing country ...

On a superficial level, after the January 2016 elections, the Kuomintang, or the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), seems like a highly pragmatic political party of the past contesting for power in a ...

On a rainy April day in an elementary school classroom in Taipei, 11 and 12-year-old students giggled and bounced on their feet with fists clenched and arms swinging, performing the action of jumping ...

Kevin: Tell me about where you’re from and what brought you to Taiwan? Darice: I’m originally from Minnesota, where I was born and raised. I attended university there, and then worked in Los Angeles.

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 ...

In the “Golden Weekend”, the last weekend before the upcoming presidential and legislative elections in Taiwan, all the major parties held campaign rallies across Taiwan hoping to boost their momentum ...

This article was originally published by Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 6, Issue 12. Used with permission. To get the Global Taiwan Brief in your inbox ...

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, ...

This article is written by Jenna Lynn Cody and Brendan Cody. When I first moved to Taiwan 15 years ago, I remember a night of pool and beer with my then-roommates, thrown together because we were all ...

This article is by Emilie Hu, a senior at Scripps College and a GTI intern in the Fall of 2020. Originally published by the Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, ...