Taiwan will be reviewing its minimum wage in the third quarter of this year, but despite annual increases to the monthly minimum wage since 2017, Taiwan’s average wage growth has not been catching up.

This article was originally published by Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 6, Issue 12. Used with permission. To get the Global Taiwan Brief in your inbox ...

The United States has been rocked by large street protests over the past two weeks, sparked by the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died while being arrested by four police officers. These ...

Taiwan’s low wages rank among the longstanding top concerns of Taiwanese, and while Taiwan’s GDP has seen faster growth in recent years, Taiwan’s wage growth remains subpar. Among Organization for ...

This article is written by Jenna Lynn Cody and Brendan Cody. When I first moved to Taiwan 15 years ago, I remember a night of pool and beer with my then-roommates, thrown together because we were all ...

On 8 May 2024, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivered a public address at a commemoration of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), reaffirming the importance of democracy, the free market, and human rights ...

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has a demographic dilemma, which is intimately tied to an ideological dilemma. Its primary goal of ‘reunification’ with China, which the KMT considers the “Mainland ...

This article was originally published by Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 10, Issue 4. Used with permission. To get the ...

This article is partially based on a Taiwan Report News Brief podcast. Who becomes the next KMT chair is more important that most people realize. It will determine who leads the party into the 2022 ...

This article was originally published by Global Taiwan Institute in its weekly newsletter, The Global Taiwan Brief, Vol. 9, Issue 9. Used with permission. To get the ...

In the first week of 2026, the Chinese Communist Party rehearsed a new blockade of Taiwan, including several hours of live-fire exercises targeting both the northern and southern approaches to the ...

Recently, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) pointed out that Taiwan’s status was not determined in the reshuffling of governments and sovereignty that followed World War II, a statement ...