Taiwan re-elects Pres. Tsai Ing-wen — by another landslide!

Tsai Ing-wen & Trista di Genova-CHANG

Political Beats

January 31, 2020October 16, 2021 Trista di Genova 0 Comment cross-strait ties, Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, KMT in Taiwan, Lee teng-hui, ma ying-jeou, Taiwan history, Taiwan politics, Tsai Ing-wen, White Terror

Tsai’s entire career trajectory could be described as a ‘Rampage of Firsts’, shattering glass ceilings as she rose through the ranks of Taiwan society By Trista di Genova-CHANG, The Wild East magazine Foreign observers & Taiwanese alike view Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen as a BIG POSITIVE! That must be why

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WE STAND STRONG W/HONG KONG!

Business and Economy Political Beats

August 22, 2019October 12, 2019 Trista di Genova 0 Comment censorship, ChiCom chinese communists, comparative democracies, cross-strait ties, falun gong persecution, Hong Kong protests, Lifayuan 立法院, political oppression, Taiwan China relations

By Trista di Genova, Editorial Desk WE admire Hong Kongers’ courage in standing up against Bully China; and fondly reminisce about when Taiwan students peacefully colonized the Taiwan Legislature in the 2014 Sunflower Movement! 🙂 When Hong Kong people recently made a series of bold moves to protest a new

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Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim tackling some tough questions

Political Beats Strait-Talk

August 13, 2013January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 1 Comment Amnesty International, Chinese blind activist Chen Guangcheng:, Chinese Civil War, Chinese control of Taiwan media, Chinese in Taiwan, cross strait relations, cross-cultural communication, cross-strait ties, Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, DPP Legislator Hsiao Bi-Khim (蕭美琴), DPP's former President Chen Shui-bian （陳水扁）, dual citizenship, freedom and democracy in the ROC, media monopoly in Taiwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九), rights of foreigners in Taiwan, Taiwan human rights, women's rights

By Trista di Genova / The Wild East, political beat The Breakfast Club really outdid itself this time, inviting DPP Legislator Hsiao Bi-Khim (蕭美琴) to speak at its monthly gathering on July 27. Hsiao discussed the life and work of Taiwan legislators and addressed major issues facing the foreign community,

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Chinese Python Swallowing the Taiwan Frog

Political Beats Strait-Talk

January 3, 2012January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 1 Comment 2012 Taiwan elections, analysis of China, Chen Chu Kaohsiung Mayor, chen shui-bian, cross-strait ties, Formosa Kaohsiung incident, Linda Arrigo, ma ying-jeou, Rebiya Kadeer, Shih Ming-te 施明德

OPINION / By Linda Arrigo (permission to republish; originally here) The New York Times editorial, “To Save Our Economy, Ditch Taiwan”, has raised my hackles – I always warned Taiwanese independence advocates that the US would sell them out, and here it is literal. I have not been following the

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'Formosa Betrayed' debuts in U.S. this weekend

February 26, 2010 Trista di Genova 0 Comment arms sales to Taiwan, cross-strait ties, democracy, Formosa Betrayed, human rights, overseas Taiwanese, US-Taiwan relations, White Terror era in Taiwan

Formosa Betrayed Official Website This weekend, February 26-28, a new movie about Taiwan will be coming to theaters. Formosa Betrayed is the first American film to ever deal with US-Taiwan relations and explore the issues of democracy, identity, and justice during the White Terror period in Taiwan. The movie was

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