Taiwan


Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Leave Sydney alone!

Crikey readers have their say.

With China watching, Taiwanese vote for pragmatism

Saturday’s presidential election in Taiwan saw incumbent Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang (KMT) or Chinese Nationalist Party, in power since 2008, re-elected fairly comfortably with 51.6% of the vote

Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The private lives of politicians

Crikey readers have their say.

Taiwan: soon to be made in China?

The new China/Taiwan free-trade agreement is causing tension in Taiwan, with protesters claiming its simply a move to encourage economic dependence and tighter Chinese rule.

My mother, the Cantonese opera star

W H Chong visits Kuala Lumpur to watch his mother star in a Cantonese opera — a three-and-a-half hour extravaganza of elaborate costumes, makeup and music, with almost as much drama behind the scenes as on stage.

Meet the Taiwanese Mafia

The Global Post takes a look at Taiwan’s underbelly — a world of organised crime where mobsters are just as involved in local politics and religion as drugs, gun-running and prostitution.

Floods wash away Taiwanese president’s legitimacy

The aftermath of Taiwan’s floods from Typhoon Morako has turned into a make or break political issue for Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou, who is blamed for failing to properly deal with the disaster.

Tips and rumours: ABC Radio stays mono

One tipster questions if ABC Radio will actually go digital, and what’s going on between Julie Bishop and Dennis Jensen?

Taiwan’s year of progess

Under Ma Ying-jeou, economic and diplomatic ties between China and Taiwan have blossomed and Taiwan has scaled new heights of participation on the international stage, writes Charles Richardson.

Beijing buries the Taiwan hatchet

The first investment deal in Taiwan by China since 1949 has started capturing attention across Asia.

Taiwan, China and Israel dominate foreign travel of our MPs

When it comes to the influence of foreign governments on MPs and Senators, it isn’t China that we should be concerned about — it’s Taiwan, writes Bernard Keane.