Jordyn Haime is a freelance journalist based in Taiwan. She writes about society in Taiwan, cross-strait relations, and Jewish issues in Asia. Follow her on Twitter @jordynhaime
Li Yanhe, a.k.a. Fu Cha, is a well-regarded Taiwanese publisher who was detained on a recent trip to Shanghai. His disappearance has sent shockwaves through the Taiwanese publishing and culture industry.
George Soros saw potential for political transformation in China's expanding economy in the 1980s. Under Xi Jinping, the PRC has become anathema to everything he stands for.
Contrary to what some feared would be a repeat of last year’s military exercises, Beijing has issued a low-key response to Tsai Ing-wen’s recent visit with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
After years of advocacy from LGBTQ rights campaigners, Taiwan has decided to recognize transnational same-sex marriages, though Taiwanese-mainland Chinese couples are excluded.
In Tainan, a lesser-known museum presents a de-sinicized version of the island’s history, and reveals a political divide over collective memory.
Taiwan has lifted visa restrictions on some incoming visitors in a bid to revive international travel, but has left Asian tourists from its most important markets off of the exempt list.
Taiwan experts and officials have refrained from calling the recent tensions a "crisis." “There's apparently an overreaction by the foreign media and also by policy experts in the U.S.," one Taipei-based political scientist said. "In Taiwan, people just don't see it as a very severe crisis right now.”
A new biography by Alfred L. Chan purports to be the most comprehensive English-language work about China's "chairman of everything."
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was a vocal supporter of Taiwan and helped strengthen Japan-Taiwan relations. His death on Friday was officially mourned at the highest levels of Taiwan's government.