Taiwan Headlines - Politicians and their handles
In a bit of a change of pace, in this episode we look into a lighter subject: The role of social media in local politics, and the amusing handles some politicians have taken.
14 Sep 202111min
Taiwan Headlines - Love from Lithuania, Canada and US
NOTE: This episode was recorded 6 days ago and was only published now due to technical problems. Taiwan is to establish a “Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania” and CCP flips out. Halifax defe...
27 Jul 20217min
Taiwan Headlines - KMT's Vaccine Politics
Three KMT-run counties and KMT want to buy vaccines, government says no. What’s curious is who is behind it, and who isn’t. KMT also suing Health Minister and CECC head Chen and head of the FDA over l...
24 Jul 20217min
Taiwan Headlines - TPP closes in on KMT in polling
Neither the DPP nor the CEC are doing the KMT any favours. Polling shows DPP and KMT continue to lose support, but lost supporters aren’t to ‘no party’, but other parties--and TPP is now less than 3% ...
20 Jul 20215min
Taiwan Headlines - July 5: Ko P and the Deep Blues
A recent My Formosa poll showed the demographic with strongest “faith in” Ko P came from...deep blues! That’s striking considering Ko pitches himself as a centrist. However, a just-released video sugg...
5 Jul 20216min
Taiwan Headlines - July 4: More election warring
New information has surfaced on subject of yesterday’s show: warring over elections. EY absentee voting proposal is only for referendums, and KMT & DPP appear to be politicking on whether it will appl...
4 Jul 20216min
Taiwan Headlines - July 3, Warring over Elections
The third “revenge recall” is set for Taiwan Statebuilding Party lawmaker Chen Po-wei for Aug. 28--but the Aug. 28 referendums were bumped to December. KMT continues to push for absentee ballots, and ...
4 Jul 20217min
Taiwan Headlines - July 2, Covid and the KMT
This week saw a break in the trend of Monday having the lowest Covid case count. KMT raises death rate questions. KMT figures jump the vaccine queue, but a DPP accusation doesn’t hold up. Miaoli lifts...
2 Jul 20215min
