Third Pole Project was launched three years ago by www.chinadialogue.net, a not for profit web platform with offices in London, San Francisco, Delhi and Beijing. Established six years ago, its ...

Since 1985, Taiwan’s real estate profits have grown by nearly 40 times, but the minimum wage has not even grown by four times. If the minimum wage had grown as quickly as real estate profits, it ...

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 manufacturing profits are growing disproportionately faster than non-manufacturing profits, which has resulted in a loss of innovation and diversity in the economy.

The News Lens International is a Taiwan-based independent digital media, providing balanced reporting and thought-provoking opinions from Taiwan and all around Asia. All four referendum questions ...

In recent years, Taiwan has seen a rise in road traffic deaths, suicide deaths, and a drop in fertility rates, which could be related to its inadequate and low wages.

The Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage The Discovery Channel has listed the pilgrimage of the Dajia Mazu from Jenn Lann Temple in Taichung’s Dajia District to Fengtian Temple in Xingang, Chiayi County as one ...

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's inadequate minimum wage has led to a multitude of social problems, including high injury death rates, mental health issues, and increasing suicide rates.

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 ...

Bong Joon Ho's daunting observations of capitalism in "Parasite" are apparent. The Oscar-winning picture goes much further in exploring the depths of South Korean society.

Data source: International Monetary Fund When we compare in terms of US dollar-value growth, we however see that in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, Taiwan and South Korea’s per capita GDP were only ...