Taiwan Insight

2024 Taiwan Theatre Report: A Gray Area

31 January 2025 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Yi-Ping Wu. The 2024 Taiwan Theatre Report analyses the trends in Taiwan’s theatre scene, highlighting the rising popularity of musicals and comedy while addressing the impact of the #MeToo movement. Finally, the government’s launch of the Taipei Theatre Awards signals institutional support, even as the industry faces challenges balancing commercial success with artistic and social responsibility.

The Spring of the Marginalised: Fostering Conversations between Czech and Taiwanese Literatures

29 January 2025 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Li-Ting Chang. This article introduces the exhibition “The Spring of the Marginalised” and explores the burgeoning relationship between Czech and Taiwanese literature, emphasising their shared experiences of political oppression, and the role of translation and cultural exchange in fostering dialogue and understanding.

Winter Bluebirds: K-Pop in the Social Movement

27 January 2025 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Chee-Hann Wu. his article examines the participation of K-pop fans in Taiwan’s new wave of the Bluebird Movement since December 2024, demonstrating how transnational fandom culture can intersect with social activism and serve as a vehicle for resisting perceived threats to democracy and personal freedoms.

Taiwan’s Just Transition: Findings from the 2024 Survey

24 January 2025 Yu-Chen

Written by Jiun-Da Lin and Kuei-Tien Chou. The Risk Society and Policy Research Centre at National Taiwan University have been conducting annual surveys on just transition. This article discusses the results of the latest survey in 2024, revealing Taiwanese citizens’ attitudes and understanding of climate change, Net-Zero policies, and their effects on economic inequality. This article further proposes policy recommendations based on the survey to enhance just transition.

Toward a Whole-of-Society Approach to Energy Transitions in Taiwan

22 January 2025 Yu-Chen

Written by Anthony Li. This article reviews how the government of Taiwan under President Lai Ching-te continued to lead the way in energy transitions in 2024. It discusses its energy policy and outlines the achievements as well as the challenges of how the central government mobilises local governments, solar energy companies, NGOs, and local communities for solar energy development.

Civic Efforts Fostering Rule of Law: Judicial Reform Foundation’s 2024 Recap and 2025 Aspirations 

20 January 2025 Yu-Chen

Written by Cheng-Ching Lin and Grace Huang. The Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) unites dedicated allies from Taiwan’s civil society to advance judicial reform. This article highlights their efforts and achievements in 2024, as well as their outlook for 2025. Despite the challenges posed by political turmoil in parliament, JRF remains committed to fostering public engagement, rebuilding trust in democratic governance, and upholding the rule of law.

Building a Regional NGO Hub in Taiwan

17 January 2025 Yu-Chen

Written by Robert Wang. Over the past two years, with the support of AIT and MOFA as well as local NGOs, a Taiwan NGO alliance has successfully initiated a Fellowship Program to provide training for young NGO activists in the region and to create an NGO support network in Asia. It is important that this program be continued and expanded in order to strengthen civil societies and bolster democracies in the region.

The Smoking Gun of Democratic Backsliding? The 2024 Amendment to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act in Taiwan

15 January 2025 Yu-Chen

Written by Shih-An Wang. This article examines the 2024 amendment to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act from the perspective of democratic backsliding. The author argues that the amendment demonstrates an alarming political attempt to undermine the Constitutional Court’s integrity and advocates for greater levels of public oversight to halt the derogation of democracy.

Making History but Not as One Chooses: The Trump Administration and Challenges for US Taiwan Policy in an Era of Difficult Deterrence

13 January 2025 Adrian Chiu

Written by Jacques deLisle. Amidst the focus on potential radical impact under the second Trump administration, this article examines some fundamental trends and challenges in US-Taiwan relations and US-China-Taiwan dynamics. The longstanding US policy of strategic ambiguity is becoming increasingly harder to hold and Taiwan’s capacity to navigate is waning.

Turmoil at Home for Taiwan in 2024

10 January 2025 Adrian Chiu

Written by Dr Chieh-chi HSIEH. This article examines the domestic political turmoil in Taiwan in 2024, including corruption scandals for all three main parties and ongoing confrontation in the Legislature. However, it argues that these challenges have demonstrated the resilience of Taiwan’s democracy based on the evidence of its institutions, leadership and people.

Taiwan in 2024: Geopolitical Uncertainties

8 January 2025 Adrian Chiu

Written by Dr Chieh-chi HSIEH. This article argues that the path dependencies of the Taiwanese, US, Japanese, and South Korean governments encountered a change of political leadership in 2024, which created some uncertainties for Taiwan in 2025. They are compounded by the conservative stance of President Lai Ching-te towards President Trump since the latter’s election.

Taiwan in South Asia: Engagement, Opportunities & Constraints

6 January 2025 Adrian Chiu

Written by Raian Hossain. This article examines Taiwan’s relations and engagement in South Asia, with reference to the cases of India and Bangladesh. It argues that Taiwan has great potential in the region. Taiwan should strategise to interact with different South Asian countries based on their own merit and limitations and find areas of mutual interest to increase its regional footprint.

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