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Taiwan’s housing prices are one of the highest in the world, but policymakers don’t seem to understand the gravity of the situation, nor have they taken urgent steps to resolve the crisis ...
Taiwan's GDP per capita has reached 13th highest globally, but its workers' wages lag behind.
Japan’s general election is arriving just after the likely accession of a new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida. But there’s much more going on this year.
Taiwan’s manufacturing profits are growing disproportionately faster than non-manufacturing profits, which has resulted in a loss of innovation and diversity in the economy.
If you say that the minimum wage in Taiwan is too low, you may hear responses that plead the case of businesses that can’t afford to raise wages any higher. But instead of asking what businesses ...
A new executive order states that PRC citizens “neither enjoy the rights nor have the duties of ROC citizens.” It may not have a lasting negative impact on the legal rights of PRC citizens in ...
Taiwan’s doctors and nurses are overworked and underpaid, due to the government’s low health expenditure and minimum wage level.
Legally, Taiwan is a piece of territory that was "never returned" properly. What roles have Japan and the United States played historically?
Taiwan appears to be on the brink of what may become a constitutional crisis. The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party, buoyed by its success in the nine-in-one elections last November, is suddenly ...
According to a Chinese-language copy of the notice, there are 45 directives. Thirteen of those cover terminology restrictions for territory and sovereignty issues, including Taiwan, Hong Kong ...
Taiwan has become a global leader in recycling, with one of the highest recycling rates in the world! The country manages to recycle more than 50% of it’s municipal waste and is thereby only a ...
Taiwan (Sinyi) The housing prices again escalated after the 2008 economic crisis, when Ma Ying-jeou’s administration cut gift and estate taxes from 50% to 10% in 2009, and lowered the corporate ...