Written by Jung Chen. This article explores how Taiwanese gay men navigate legal barriers to fatherhood via cross-border reproductive technologies. The author introduces “affective relatedness” and argues that emotions, like hope and belonging, are essential drivers for queer parenthood. This framework also illuminates the reciprocal emotional connections forged between the researcher and participants during sociological fieldwork.
Written by Tom Wilson. Urban resilience drills in Taiwan have been promoted as a cornerstone of President Lai’s whole-of-society approach to preparing for contingencies and crises. How do they look in practice? Drawing on observations of the urban resilience exercise in Douliu, this article explores how everyday state-society relationships can shape and complicate efforts to build resilience.
Written by Tom Wilson. As Taiwan prepares for the 2026 urban resilience exercises, this article examines a key challenge in the current approach: a mismatch between how resilience is formally defined and measured, and how it operates in practice in Taiwan crisis settings, where informal, trust-based community networks often play a central role.
Written by Yen Lin (mashbean) Huang. This article argues that Taiwan’s experience demonstrates that the digital space need not be characterised by quarrelling and indifference, or a tool for stronger control and deeper division. It can also be a space of digital collaboration that unites people and builds solidarity. The true divide lies not in which technology is adopted, but in whether society retains agency.
Written by Aleksandrs Gross. This article analyses recent Taiwan-Japan solidarity amid tensions between Japan and China. It captures how widespread and deep mutual support is at the grassroots, people-to-people level in both countries. The current tense political climate has only deepened the friendship between the two peoples. This benefits Taiwan and puts China in a tricky position.
Written by Isis M. Lee. A landmark exhibition in Prague displays 100 masterpieces from Taiwan’s National Palace Museum — yet Taiwan itself disappears from the story. This erasure reveals how authoritarian pressure increasingly shapes cultural spaces far beyond China’s borders.
