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Taiwan and Artificial Intelligence

5 August 2024 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Hon-min Yau. This article examines Taiwan’s recent development and regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). Sensing the incoming grand trend of AI development, Taiwan’s “Year 0” for AI came in 2017. At the time, AI-enabled devices such as smart speakers or smart TVs have been the focus of the consumer market, but other emerging AI-enabled services in fields such as object recognition, medical diagnosis, customer service, and vehicle self-driving were seen by Taiwan as new economic opportunities for Taiwan’s development.

Whose stratified reproduction? Disparities in Taiwanese gay men’s quest for overseas surrogacy

1 July 2024 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Jung Chen. This article begins by examining the current Assisted Reproductive Act in Taiwan. Its exclusion of Tongzhi couples’ leads many to seek transnational surrogacy services. Recognising the controversy surrounding the services in LGBTQ+ community, the author argues for ‘flexible moral boundaries’ to distinguish between ‘problematic’ and ‘ethical’ surrogacy practices.

How Will 2023 Gains in Transgender Rights Fair after the 2024 Elections?

16 February 2024 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Yo-Ling Chen. 2023 was a big year for Taiwan’s transgender rights movement. This article traces important legal cases regarding transgender rights in 2023, and explores how the growing public visibility of transgender issues and legal consensus around the need to abolish compulsory surgery for changing one’s legal gender play in the aftermath of the 2024 elections.

Assisted Reproductive Act Amendment: The Testing Ground for the New Taiwanese Parliament’s Power Dynamics

2 February 2024 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by JhuCin Rita Jhang, Ph.D. The 2024 Taiwanese presidential election has garnered substantial international attention due to the ever-intricate US-Taiwan-China relationship. However, this election means more to the Taiwanese than just how they want to engage with China. Contrarily, domestic issues carried much more weight than usual, including housing prices, economic policies, transportation infrastructure, and, for the first time in the centre of the competition, the Assisted Reproductive Act (ARA).

#MeToo Cases Lead to Legal Hotline for Victims. But Will This Change Engrained Social Attitudes?

25 August 2023 Adrian Chiu

Written by Darice D. Chang, Caritta Lin, and Rita Jhang. The #MeToo movement blossomed in Taiwan in May 2023 partly due to a successful TV show, Wave Makers, which features sexual harassment in the political world and partly due to several high-profile sexual harassment cases brought to light in Taiwanese politics around the same time. While increased social awareness and scandal brought swift legislative action and increased support for victims in the form of both social support and legal aid, which we will delve into more detail, amendments to laws that have failed victims previously and increasing support are not a definitive solution to an entrenched social issue — instead, we should consider the various factors that have contributed to a society where power based gender violence could be an open secret.

What have we learned from the still-unfolding #MeToo movement in Taiwan?

18 August 2023 Adrian Chiu

Written by Weiting Wu. The flames of Taiwan’s #MeToo movement have provided new opportunities to reflect on Confucian and patriarchal influences throughout society. To do so, however, Taiwan must act and work in solidarity to address the long-repressed suffering of #MeToo victims. Then, the transgender population, ethnic minorities, senior citizens, people with disabilities, and so on, may finally have the power to seek their justice.

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