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Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
My latest Op-Ed for the Taiwan Policy Centre
Promises, Promises, Promises (Lai Ching-te 賴清德)
Since 2024, Democratic Progressive Party candidate, and later President of Taiwan (ROC) Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has …
2024
Jan 29: vowed to … deepen bilateral relationship with Palau
Apr 06: vowed to ... 'safeguard Taiwan's sovereignty'
Sep 23: vowed to ... strengthen disaster prevention system
Sep 26: vowed to ... strengthen civil defense in Taiwan
oct 16: vowed to ... work with democratic partners and organizations including Reporters Without Borders to safeguard press freedom and sustainable democracy in the world
Dec 09: vowed to ... 'safeguard Taiwan's democracy'
2025
Jan 06: vowed to ... build Taiwan into an artificial intelligence hub
Jan 21: vowed to ... expand law enforcement in Taiwan
Feb 04: vowed to ... enhance Taiwan’s investment environment
Feb 05: vowed to ... reduce the cancer mortality rate by one third by 2030
Feb 17: vowed to ... reform national defense, bolster Taiwan-U.S. ties and develop the semiconductor industry
Feb 24: vowed to ... enhance Taiwan’s investment environment
Feb 24: (VP Hsiao) vowed to ... strengthen self-defense capability
Mar 03: vowed to ... expedite the opening of political archives to further the implementation of transitional justice
Mar 21: vowed to ... enhance Taiwan-US economic partnership
Mar 28: vowed to ... advance Taiwan’s defense resilience
Apr 02: vowed to ... maintain regional peace
Apr 08: vowed to ... deepen democracy
May 26: vowed to ... shape Taiwan into AI hub
Jul 03: (VP Hsiao) vowed to ... strengthen two-way ties (with USA)
Aug 25: vowed to ... continue improving the ROC (Taiwan) armed forces
Sept 11: vowed to ... shape secure, sustainable Taiwan
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My review of John Sullivan and Lev Nachman's new book: Taiwan, A Contested Democracy Under Threat LINK
Hey, just saw your post about taking the APEX flight course modules. I'm also a foreigner (from Malta, Europe) currently living in Taiwan (Hsinchu right now) and was thinking about following my dreams of becoming a pilot. I'm 27 and was hoping to carry out the PPL-CPL-IR route but found out theres a bit of confusion around Taiwan's ICAO status and licenses being not accepted out of Taiwan. Is it true that flying out of Taiwan is not possible if you get the CPL? Also don't they offer the ATPL?
Hi, my advice is don’t use APEX if you want to start a career in flight. I would advise you to join a course in your home country or in Europe.
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
My latest Op-Ed for the Taipei Times, for the Taiwan Policy Centre.
Over the past few months, various media outlets, think tanks and lobby groups have published numerous opinion columns and reports about the implications for Taiwan given Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. About a week ago, the Taiwan Policy Centre, a non-partisan research and advocacy group, complemented this coverage with the publication of its launch report, “Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow?” As the center’s director of communications, I have worked with colleagues across party lines to produce a paper that refocuses the conversation around the unique circumstances of the nation’s current security context. The war has briefly made Taiwan relevant and visible again, but too
My latest Op-Ed for the Taipei Times.
If ever there was a time when a country should come to appreciate the value of having a functional (semi) universal national healthcare service, it would be during a pandemic. Despite there being glaring and unacceptable gaps in Taiwan’s health insurance and healthcare systems, which often have detrimental effects on unemployed people and those with severe illnesses who cannot afford necessary treatment, even with a government discount, most Taiwanese are the beneficiaries of a high-quality and relatively cheap service that has worked tirelessly to ensure that COVID-19 has not spread unchecked around the country. Much of Taiwan’s success in tackling the
My latest Op-Ed for the Taipei Times
The recent editorial “Cannabis use booms on campuses” (Sept. 10, page 8) by retired military instructor Chen Hung-hui (陳宏煇) — whatever a person’s opinion on the use and dangers of the popular recreational drug are — contains a startling claim. Despite stating that an autopsy did not confirm the cause of death, Chen inferred that a student who had smoked cannabis had died as a result of the substance. If true, this would be the first recorded death worldwide from the use of cannabis and therefore a matter of grave concern and international attention, especially given the ubiquity of the
My latest Op-Ed for the Taipei Times in response to this earlier Editorial:
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2021/09/10/2003764113
International travel during this age of COVID-19 can induce a jarring culture shock. Recently, I flew out of the UK, a state with one of the worst cases and deaths per million population figures, and into Taiwan, a country with one of the best records for containing the spread of the disease. Off the ramp in Taipei, I am steered to a line for non-residents who need to quarantine, which is everyone. I pay NT$1,000 for a 30-day 4G mobile phone number, I confirm my quarantine details and contacts, go through customs, collect my luggage and am steered to a
My latest Op-Ed for the Taipei Times
The Liberty Times editorial, published in this newspaper, essentially argues that the Council of Grand Justices Constitutional Interpretation No. 791 on May 29, ending 85 years of criminal punishment for adultery, is an act of judicial activism that ran ahead of what Taiwanese society is willing to accept (“Adultery ruling is too progressive,” June 14, page 6). That 14 of the 15 justices came to consensus on the ruling was evidence, the editorial claims, of a divide in values between the justices and the public, who were unready for such “controversial” changes. The editorial is uncomfortable with the Judicial Yuan
My latest Op-Ed for the Taipei Times following the Council of Grand Justices Constitutional Interpretation No. 791 on May 29 which ended the criminalisation of adultery.
Having returned to the UK late last year and with a Taiwanese spouse remaining in Taiwan, I have been afforded the chance to compare and contrast the UK and Taiwanese governments’ responses to the COVID-19 crisis. My early conclusions are that Taiwan benefits from a rational, competent government, which quickly recognizes, adapts to and confronts large-scale disasters. It is led by a government that does more than just talk of respecting democracy and human rights, one that is scrutinized and responds to criticism, one that is concerned about public opinion, and one that is used to dealing with emergencies on
My latest Op-Ed for the Taipei Times.
Simon Tisdall, a foreign affairs commentator for the Guardian, last week wrote that the results of the UK’s general election can be attributed to the Labour Party’s move to a supposedly “radical,” “revolutionary,” socialist left (“How will Labour’s meltdown change tactics of the US and European left?” Dec. 19, page 9).
My latest Op-Ed for the Taipei Times, on the UK General Election and the implications for the US Democratic Primaries.
Written by Ben Goren. On Wednesday 31st July, China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced that it would stop issuing individual travel permits to residents in 47 Chinese cities. The announcem…
My latest piece for the University of Nottingham Taiwan Studies programme.
On Oct. 25, 1971, Albania’s draft resolution A/L 630 and Add. 1 and 2 passed by a roll-call vote of the UN General Assembly 76 to 35, with 17 abstentions. This recognized the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as the sole legal China and was encoded as General Assembly Resolution 2758. Sensing that the Republic of China’s (ROC) eviction from the UN was inevitable, Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) ordered his representatives to formally leave the UN in protest before the vote.
My Op-Ed in the Taipei Times today.