VOTE 2016: Tsai Ing-wen’s Judicial Reform Platform

I. Diagnosis and Analysis Although Taiwan’s democracy has made great strides since the institution of direct presidential elections and elections for every seat in the legislature, administration of transitional justice has been incomplete. As a result, the nation’s judicial system, whose members have a duty to restrain state authority and protect citizens’ rights and interests, …

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A Fire That Shall Not Be Extinguished

Fire Ex lead singer Yang Ta-cheng shows us what love (and the new Taiwan) is all about Greatly needing a break from electoral politics, last weekend I began reading Anthony Burgess’ Earthly Powers, a monster of a book that, among its many plot lines, explores the theme of homosexuality through its main character, the octogenarian …

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