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Taiwan's Energy Challenge
October 2016October | Vol. 2016 46 | | Vol. Issue 46 10 | Issue 10 THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN TAIPEI IN OF COMMERCE THE AMERICAN CHAMBER TAIPEI IN OF COMMERCE THE AMERICAN CHAMBER COVERCOVER STORY STORY Taiwan’sTaiwan’s Energy Energy ChallengeChallenge 台灣的能源挑戰台灣的能源挑戰 TAIWAN BUSINESS TOPICS TAIWAN BUSINESS TOPICS TAIWAN INDUSTRYINDUSTRY FOCUS FOCUS Real EstateReal Estate DESIGNDESIGN IN TAIWAN IN TAIWAN FashionFashion Designers Designers BACKGROUNDERBACKGROUNDER October 2016 | Vol. 46 | Issue 10 Vol. October 2016 | 46 | Issue 10 Vol. October 2016 | LGBT RightsLGBT Rights 中 華 郵 政中 北 華台 郵字 政第 北 台 字 第 5000 5000 號 執 照 登號 記 執為 照雜 登誌 記交 為寄 雜 誌 交 寄 ISSUE SPONSORISSUE SPONSOR Published by the Published by the American Chamber OfAmerican Chamber Of Read TOPICSRead Online TOPICS at topics.amcham.com.tw Online at topics.amcham.com.tw NT$150 NT$150Commerce In Taipei Commerce In Taipei 10_2016_Cover.indd10_2016_Cover.indd 1 1 2016/10/4 2:41:59 2016/10/4PM 2:41:59 PM CONTENTS NEWS AND VIEWS 6 Editorial A Significant Initiative 重大的一步 OCTOBER 2016 VOLUME 46, NUMBER 10 一○五年十月號 7 Taiwan Briefs By Timothy Ferry Publisher 發行人 Andrea Wu 吳王小珍 Editor-in-Chief 總編輯 11 Issues Don Shapiro 沙蕩 Cosmetic Law Clarifications Associate Editor 副主編 化妝品法釋疑 Tim Ferry 法緹姆 Art Director/ 美術主任/ By Don Shapiro Production Coordinator 後製統籌 Katia Chen 陳國梅 Manager, Publications Sales & Marketing 廣告行銷經理 COVER SECTION Caroline Lee 李佳紋 Translation 翻譯 Jay Chen, Yichun Chen, Sonia Tsai, Andrew Wang Taiwan’s Energy Challenge 陳正杰, 陳宜君, 蔡函岑, 王先堂 台灣的能源挑戰 ByTimothy Ferry American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei 14 Taiwan’s “Energiewende” 129 MinSheng East Road, Section 3, 7F, Suite 706, Taipei 10596, Taiwan – Developing Renewable P.O. -
Voting Shift in the November 2014 Local Elections in Taiwan
Current affairs China perspectives Voting Shift in the November 2014 Local Elections in Taiwan Strong rebuke to Ma Ying-jeou's government and policies and landslide victory for the DPP. FRANK MUYARD n 29 November 2014, Taiwan held the largest series of local elections policies, including its trumpeted cross-strait economic and political rap - in its history, in a nine-in-one format combining polls for 11,130 po - prochement, left the KMT candidates with few national or local policy Ositions, ranging from mayors of municipalities and cities achievements to run with. In many cases, Ma was seen as so politically toxic (zhixiashi/shizhang 直轄市 /市長 ), county magistrates ( xianzhang 縣長 ), city that candidates declined to stand with him on a public stage. In a desperate and county councillors ( shi/xian yihuiyuan 市/縣議會員 ), township chiefs attempt, Lien Sheng-wen and the KMT tried to nationalise and polarise the (zhenzhang 鎮長 , xiangzhang 鄉長 ), and village and borough chiefs ( cunzhang campaign into a classic Blue-Green battle around cross-strait relations and 村長 , lizhang 里長 ), to indigenous district chiefs and councillors ( zhixiashi identity, pushing the “save the Republic of China (ROC)” card to rally deep- shandi yuanzhumin quzhang , qumin daibiao 直轄市山地原住民區長，區民 Blue voters and prop up their campaign. It had the mostly opposite result 代表 ). All were elected for four-year terms. Two-and-a-half years into the sec - of showing even more clearly the disconnect between today’s mainstream ond presidential term of Ma Ying-jeou, the nation-wide elections were seen national Taiwanese identity and the KMT mainlander old guard such as for - as a mid-term test for his administration and a prelude to the next legislative mer premiers Hau Pei-tsun 郝柏村 and Lien Chan, aggravated by repeated and presidential elections in early 2016. -
2017 Taiwan LGBTI Rights Policy Review
2017 Taiwan LGBTI Rights Policy Review 1 3 Taiwan’s Background 3 Cultural and Social Changes 4 Religious Beliefs 5 Indigenous Cultures table 6 Public Acceptance of 7 Current LGBTI Rights and Policies content 7 International Regulations 7 Signature of International Treaties 7 Designated Authority for Gender Equity 9 Life and Body 9 Hate Crimes 10 Asylum for LGBTI Refugees 11 Laws and Equal Treatment in Law Enforcement 11 Anti-Discrimination Law 12 Exercise of Police Power 15 Correctional Interventions 16 Work 19 Education 19 Sexual Bullying on Campus 20 Gender Equity Education Policy 25 Family Education 26 Social Education 27 Health 27 HIV/AIDS 35 Recreational Drugs 36 Mental Health 37 LGBTI-friendly Medical Care 38 Long-term Care 39 Family and Intimate Relationships 39 Domestic Violence 40 Intimate Partner Violence in LGBTI Relationships 42 Legal Status of Same-Sex Couples 45 Parental Rights 48 Censorship of Sexual Speeches 50 Media 51 Sports 53 Space 54 Transgender 56 Intersex 57 References 62 Authors Collective LGBTI movements have been developing in Taiwan since the 1990s. Today, awareness of gender equity has taken root while visibility and acceptance of the LGBTI community has increased in the Taiwanese society. In the meantime, human rights organizations and women and gender organizations have improved legal and policy protections for the LGBTI community through advocacy, lobbying and applying political pressure. However, living in today’s Taiwan, LGBTI individuals still constantly face discriminations, violations of rights and lack of protection in various aspects of their life. As Taiwanese Constitutional Court’s interpretation on same-sex marriage is likely to contribute to its legalization in two years, Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBTQ+) Hotline Association wishes to expand our work on LGBTI equity to aspects other than marriage equality. -
Ex-HTC Designers Go to Jail for Suspected Expense Fraud and Trade Secret Theft
Sep 02, 2013 12:06 BST Ex-HTC designers go to jail for suspected expense fraud and trade secret theft Ex-HTC designers have gone to jail for suspected expense fraud and trade secret theft. According to Engadget, “Several top designers at HTC were arrested in Taipei under suspicion of fraudulent expense claims, as well as stealing trade secrets ahead of leaving the company to run a new mobile design firm in both Taiwan and mainland China. Five people were interrogated, with the most notable ones being Vice President of Product Design Thomas Chien (pictured above), R&D director Wu Chien Hung and design team senior manager Justin Huang (who also personally sketched out the One’s design). Chien and Wu are taken into custody, whereas the others were released on bail (see video after the break). Their offices were also raided yesterday as part of the investigation. “Reports say HTC chairwoman Cher Wang personally filed a complaint to Taiwan’s Investigation Bureau, which has since learned that Chien, Wu and Huang planned to set up a new design company (which is already registered under the Chinese name “Xiaoyu”) aimed at the mainland Chinese market, and that they would resign after claiming their mid-year bonuses yesterday. The real beef HTC has here is that it apparently caught Chien secretly downloading files related to the upcoming Sense 6.0 UI design, and then shared them with external contacts via e-mail. The Investigation Bureau refused to comment on whether Sense 6.0 is related to the One Max due later this year. -
Taiwan's 2012 Elections in Comparative Perspective
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs China aktuell Continuity and Change in Policies in Taiwan Fell, Dafydd and Charles Chen (2014), Lessons of Defeat and Success: Taiwan’s 2012 Elections in Comparative Perspective, in: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 43, 3, 13–43. URN: http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-7675 ISSN: 1868-4874 (online), ISSN: 1868-1026 (print) The online version of this article and the other articles can be found at: <www.CurrentChineseAffairs.org> Published by GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Institute of Asian Studies in cooperation with the National Institute of Chinese Studies, White Rose East Asia Centre at the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield and Hamburg University Press. This Taiwan edition has been published and edited in cooperation with the European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan (ERCCT) at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. The Journal of Current Chinese Affairs is an Open Access publication. It may be read, copied and distributed free of charge according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. To subscribe to the print edition: <[email protected]> For an e-mail alert please register at: <www.CurrentChineseAffairs.org> The Journal of Current Chinese Affairs is part of the GIGA Journal Family which includes: Africa Spectrum ●● Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs ●● Journal of Politics in Latin America <www.giga-journal-family.org> Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 3/2014: 13–43 Lessons of Defeat and Success: Taiwan’s 2012 Elections in Comparative Perspective Dafydd FELL and Charles CHEN Abstract: In early 2011, the Kuomintang (KMT, Guomindang) gov- ernment appeared to be in danger of losing power in the upcoming presidential elections. -
Merger and Takeover Attempts in Taiwanese Party Politics
This is the author’s accepted version of a forthcoming article in Issues and Studies that will be published by National ChengChi University: http://issues.nccu.edu.tw/ Accepted version downloaded from SOAS Research Online: http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/24849/ Merger and Takeover Attempts in Taiwanese Party Politics Dafydd Fell, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS University of London Introduction It is often assumed that in mature democracies party mergers are rare. Mair’s study of Western European parties found only 18 cases between 1945 and 1987, with almost half of them taking place in just two countries, Italy and Finland.1 Since the Second World War the only merger of relevant political parties in the United Kingdom was between the Social Democratic Party and Liberal Party in 1988. Unsurprisingly the literature on party merging was until recently quite limited. However, party mergers in consolidated democracies such as in Canada, the Netherlands and Germany in the post Cold War period has led to a renewed interest in the phenomenon.2 In fact a recent study that found 94 European party 3 merger cases in the post-war period suggests mergers are becoming more common. Party mergers are more frequent in new democracies where the party system is not yet fully institutionalised. Since the early 1990s the South Korean party system has featured a seemingly endless pattern of party splits and mergers.4 In another Asian democracy, Japan, party mergers have played a critical role in the development of its party system. For instance, after a period of extensive party splinters and new party start-ups, a major party merger between 1997 and 1998 allowed the Democratic Party of Japan to become a viable 5 challenger to the Liberal Democratic Party for government. -
“You Can't Say 'Chinese'!”: Negotiating Taiwan's National Identity Crisis
“You can’t say ‘Chinese’!”: Negotiating Taiwan’s National Identity Crisis Discourses on Political TV Call-In Shows Alice R. Chu University of Texas at Austin Within Taiwan, two national identity ideologies prevail. One considers Taiwan as a part of “China” and its people as being “Chinese”, while the other declares Taiwan as a sovereign nation-state with a separate “Taiwanese” identity. Thus, discussing the nation’s or presenting one’s own national identity is not only sociopolitically controversial in Taiwan, but also proves personally complex for the individual. In my analysis of call-in show discussions, I examine how participants use reported speech, or constructed dialogue, to discuss the issue of national identity. As the literature on reported speech suggests, what is considered to be “quoted speech” or “reported speech” can be more accurately described as constructing dialogue in an active, creative, and transforming manner (Tannen, 1989). Hypothetical reported speech allows speakers to enact “thought experiments” of “real world” tensions while reconciling opposing views (Myers, 1999). Drawing from these perspectives, this paper explores how TV call-in show participants strategically use constructed dialogue to animate, negotiate, and perpetuate contesting discourses surrounding Taiwan’s national identity crisis. 1. Introduction On May 6, 2000, two weeks before being inaugurated, President of the Republic of China (ROC) (a.k.a.Taiwan), Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) declared at a press conference1 that the country faced an “identity disorder problem”2 and that the “feeling of being unrooted was the [country’s] greatest crisis.”3 The “crisis” he referred to was the issue of Taiwan’s national identity; that is, did the people of Taiwan regard themselves as 1 The Taiwanese TV program 2100 replayed selected footage of this press conference in a video clip at the beginning of the episode (“Big reconciliation: what is our (national) identity?” May 31, 2000). -
Almost the Status Quo
選舉特別報導 3 TAIPEI TIMES • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2009 Almost the status quo The east coast provided all changes in government for Taiwan proper, with the DPP taking back Yilan County, an independent snatching Hualien 吳志揚 KEELUNG CITY : Chang Tong-rong 張通榮 TAOYUAN COUNTY : John Wu DPP Keelung City 52.22% KMT 55.11% of votes gained OTHER Taoyuan of votes gained County OTHER CANDIDATES Taipei OTHER CANDIDATES Cheng Wen-tsan (DPP) 鄭文燦 45.69% Hsinchu County Lin Yu-chang (DPP) 林右昌 42.08% Wu Fu-tong (Hakka Party) 吳富彤 2.08% City Lee Bu-huei 李步輝 2.81% Swing against KMT : 8.62% Sw i ng to KMT: 13.97% Hsinchu County Yilan County 許明財 Miaoli 林聰賢 HSINCHU CITY : Hsu Ming-tsai County YILAN COUNTY : Lin Tsong-shyan 55.63% Taichung 54.26% City of votes gained Taichung of votes gained County OTHER CANDIDATES OTHER CANDIDATE Liu Gin-shwo (DPP) 劉俊秀 41.32% Lu Guo-hua (KMT) 呂國華 45.74% Lin Hsiu-er 林修二 3.05% Swing against KMT: 13.64% Sw ing to DPP : 6.51% Changhua County Hualien Nantou County County 傅 山昆萁 HSINCHU COUNTY : Chiu Ching-chun 邱鏡淳 Yunlin HUALIEN COUNTY : Fu Kun-chi County 38.49% 56.37% of votes gained of votes gained Chiayi City Chiayi OTHER CANDIDATES County Peng Shao-chin (DPP) 彭紹瑾 30.55% Previous results: OTHER CANDIDATES Chang Pi-chin 張碧琴 30.21% Du Li-hua (KMT) 杜麗華 25.44% Tseng Chin-hsiang 曾錦祥 0.75% Tainan 2005 Zhang Zhi-ming 張志明 18.19% Swing against KMT: 28.6% County Swing against KMT: 17.22% Kaohsiung MIAOLI COUNTY : Liu Cheng-hung 劉政鴻 County Taitung NANTOU COUNTY : Lee Chao-ching 李朝卿 County Tainan City 63.79% 50.87% of votes gained of votes gained -
Funeral for Lin Yi-Hsiung's Mother and Daughters
Published by: International Committee for Human Rights in Taiwan Europe : P.O. Box 91542, 2509 EC THE HAGUE, The Netherlands U.S.A. : P.O. Box 45205, SEATTLE, Washington 98105-0205 European edition, February 1985 Published 6 times a year ISSN number: 1027-3999 18 Funeral for Lin Yi-hsiung’s mother and daughters On 1 January 1985, streams of mourners from every part of Taiwan came to pay their last homage to Mr. Lin Yi-hsiung’s mother and his twin daughters in a funeral service at Gi-kong Church in Taipei. The church building used to be the home of Mr. Lin and his family. Five years ago, on February 28, 1980, Mr. Lin’s mother and twin-daughters were murdered there. Mr. Lin’s mother died of 13 knife wounds. The funeral stirred memories of their violent death and the still unsolved murder. Many people broke down and wept. After the funeral service, the hearse followed by about 60 cars and buses left for Mr. Lin’s hometown, I-Ian, on the east coast of Taiwan, where the three deceased were laid Lin Yi-hsiung and his family Taiwan Communiqué -2- February 1985 to rest. The murder continues to be a painful chapter in the history of the Taiwanese people’s strive for democracy and freedom. Mr. Lin’s mother and twin-daughters Liang-chun and T’ing-chun (age 7) were knifed to death after Mr. Lin -- who was in prison at that time -- had indicated to his visiting wife that he had been tortured. A third daughter, Ah-chun, age 9, survived multiple stab-wounds. -
Taiwan's 2014 Local Elections
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Staff Report December 30, 2014 Taiwan’s 2014 Local Elections: Implications for Cross-Strait Relations Matthew Southerland Policy Analyst, Security and Foreign Affairs Kevin Rosier Policy Analyst, Economics and Trade **The authors thank Richard Bush, Rupert Hammond-Chambers, and Alan Romberg for their review of an early draft of this report. These experts do not necessarily agree with or endorse the staff report’s assessments and statements contained herein, and any errors should be attributed to the authors. Disclaimer: This paper is the product of professional research performed by staff of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, and was prepared at the request of the Commission to support its deliberations. Posting of the report to the Commission’s website is intended to promote greater public understanding of the issues addressed by the Commission in its ongoing assessment of U.S.-China economic relations and their implications for U.S. security, as mandated by Public Law 106-398 and Public Law 108-7. However, the public release of this document does not necessarily imply an endorsement by the Commission, any individual Commissioner, or the Commission’s other professional staff, of the views or conclusions expressed in this staff research report. 1 Background On November 29, 2014, Taiwan held a series of local elections for 11,130 positions, including mayors, county magistrates, city and county councilors, township chiefs, and village and borough chiefs. The Nationalist Party (Kuomintang, KMT), which holds both Taiwan’s presidency and a majority in Taiwan’s legislature, won only six of the races for the mayors and county magistrates of 22 cities and counties* (see Table 1 for a complete overview of all 22 elections). -
Election Result by Parties & Seats for the 7Th Legislators Elections
Election Result By Parties & Seats For The 7th Legislators Elections (National Level Public Officials Election-Taiwan,2008) Locality Parties & Seats KMT DPP NP PFP TSU GPT CP DFP HYJYP WPP Candidates Seats Candidates Seats Candidates Seats Candidates Seats Candidates Seats Candidates Seats Candidates Seats Candidates Seats Candidates Seats Candidates Seats Grand Total 108 81 104 27 10 0 3 1 28 0 14 0 14 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 Taiwan Province 55 45 54 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 6 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 Taipei County 12 10 11 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ilan County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Taoyuan County 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hsinchu County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miaoli County 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Taichung County 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Changhua County 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nantou County 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yunlin County 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chia-I County 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tainan County 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kaohsiung County 4 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pingtung County 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taitung County 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hualien County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Penghu County 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Keelung City 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hsinchu City 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Taichung City 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Chia-I City 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -
Political Reform in Taiwan and the International Human Rights Regime
Political Reform in Taiwan and the International Human Rights Regime Political Reform in Taiwan and the International Human Rights Regime By Mab Huang Political Reform in Taiwan and the International Human Rights Regime By Mab Huang This book first published 2020 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2020 by Mab Huang All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-5275-5758-8 ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-5758-1 CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................................................ 1 Part I. Chapter One ................................................................................................ 5 The Intellectual Ferment for Political Reforms in Taiwan, 1971-1973 (The University of Michigan Press, 1976) Chapter Two ............................................................................................ 115 Political Ko’tung and the Rise of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan: 1984-1986 (Soochow Journal of Political Science, 1996) Part II. Chapter Three ......................................................................................... 135 Drafting a Bill for a National Human