Written by Sin Lee and Chan-Yuan Wong. This article argues that Taiwan’s AI and net-zero transitions risk creating a K-shaped economy, as large firms gain better access to capital, technology, talent, and renewable energy while SMEs struggle with upgrading costs. It examines how unequal access to green electricity could constrain SMEs’ participation in global supply chains and proposes policy support.
Written by Scott M. Moore. This article assesses whether Taiwan’s energy system can sustain an “AI Shield” built on its dominance in semiconductor manufacturing. Although the aggregate generation capacity is adequate, outdated grids, rising data-centre demand, dependence on imported gas and affordability disputes create vulnerabilities. The article suggests major energy upgrades, expanding renewables, and lowering energy prices.
Written by Ming-tse Hung. Taiwan’s renewable energy transition is increasingly threatened by misinformation. This article argues that reactive fact-checking is no longer sufficient. Instead, Taiwan needs a proactive strategy that understands the wider information ecosystem and builds sustained collaboration among government, civil society, media, academia, businesses, and local communities to protect information integrity and support climate action.
Written by Maytapat Pararaman. This article examines the environmental sustainability of Taiwan’s technology sector by exploring the interplay between semiconductor development, environmental governance, and international climate commitments. It argues that while legislation, the RE100 initiative, and COP26 participation have strengthened Taiwan’s green transition, tensions remain between economic competitiveness, democratic geopolitics, and ecological responsibility. Ultimately, the article suggests that eco-friendly technological innovation could become a defining pillar of Taiwan’s future international identity and global credibility.
Taiwan is too often reduced to a geopolitical abstraction, but this essay reads the island as a body — one that carries the trauma of colonisation, the 228 massacre, and the White Terror in its very flesh. Through memorials, indigenous counter-mapping, and the Mazu pilgrimage, Taiwan heals by inscribing its wounds back onto the map: re-membering, in the flesh, as another name for healing
Written by Jo-Tzu Huang. Emma Teng’s Taiwan’s Imagined Geography has inspired the author to rethink Taiwan through settler-colonial and imperial frameworks. Teng’s analysis of Qing travel writings reveals how geography and identity were constructed. It challenges Western-centric colonial theories and prompts reflection on Taiwan’s layered colonial histories within global human geography discourse.
