The Taiwan Gazette translates and publishes original reporting from Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. Our goal with the platform is simple: We want original reporting from the Sinosphere to have a wider impact on global civil society.
The award-winning director of the “The Great Buddha+” gives his thoughts on religion, filmmaking, and making a life plan.
Fact-checking platform Rumor & Truth exposes a doctored TIME Magazine cover featuring President Tsai Ing-wen laughing at a flood-ravaged police officer.
Lu Chen-wei says studying in China helps Taiwanese youth change stereotypical perceptions. But does the same apply to their own political identities?
Director Huang Hui-chen discusses her new documentary, an auto-biographical film about her relationship with her lesbian mother.
After Tama Talum was sentenced to prison for hunting wild game, there were no more shotguns fired at Takimi hamlet, and the sound of cicadas enveloped the tribe.
In the face of China’s cultural industries furiously seeking assimilation, Minister Cheng Li-Chun is completely confident in Taiwan’s film and TV sectors.
Taiwan’s national anthem, flag and democratic history may be absent in future Taiwanese film productions.
The Gazette sits down with sociologist Yu Wei-hsin to discuss the changing landscape of marriage and parenting in Taiwan.
SDP leader and Taipei mayoral candidate Fan Yun says 2018 will be a turning point for small political parties in Taiwan.
Filmed over a decade, this breathtaking documentary tells the story of legendary Taiwanese choreographer Lin Lee-chen and the Legend Lin Dance Theatre.
The Gazette sits down with Lin Fei-fan to discuss the impact of the Sunflower Movement, running for political office, and the future of Taiwan’s “Third Force” parties.
For Taiwanese who emphasize “family values”, the call for marriage equality is suspicious.
Writer Fan Kanghao says that LGBT advocacy should not be limited to fighting for marriage equality.
From animal rights protection to defending same-sex marriage, Buddhist Nun Shih Chao-hwei says we should “put ourselves lower, and open ourselves more”.
Taiwan’s most prominent LGBT activist makes an impassioned plea for marriage equality in Taiwan’s highest court.
Taiwan’s long road to LGBT equality started with one man, Chi Chia-wei.
Will Taiwan’s same-sex marriage law lead to a domino effect of similar legislation in the rest of East Asia? We spoke to a number of Taiwan thought leaders intimately involved in the debate.
How are supporters of same-sex marriage responding to critics of Taiwan’s future marriage equality law? We asked a number of Taiwan’s thought leaders for their take.
The Gazette sits down with Howard Chiang of UC Davis to talk about about LGBT rights issues in Taiwan, and his new book “Perverse Taiwan”.
For Big Ideas 2017, the Taiwan Gazette covers five research projects, authored by seven young scholars coming from a wide range of disciplines.
