Voting to repurpose mothballed power plant
Voting to repurpose mothballed power plant By Tsai Ya-ying 蔡雅瀅 Two referendums on the mothballed Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮) might be held con
2019/04/29
Tsai Ya-ying is a lawyer affiliated with the Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association./Translated by Chang Ho-ming

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Ma-anshan plant not ‘perfectly safe’
During an interview with the Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper), Tu Tze-chen (杜紫宸), former head of the Industrial Technology Research Institute’s Knowledge-based Economy
2017/12/27
Tsai Ya-ying(lawyer affiliated with the Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association.) / Translated by Paul Cooper

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CPC requires an alternative plan
CPC requires an alternative plan By Tsai Ya-ying 蔡雅瀅   Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Yang Wei-fuu (楊偉甫), who is also acting chairman of CPC Corp, Taiwan (C
2017/12/05
Tsai Ya-ying(lawyer affiliated with the Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association.) / Translated by Julian Clegg

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Understanding Taiwan’s Indigenous Laws:A Brief Inquiry
Abstract Different articles explain the emergence of legal safeguards for Taiwan‘s indigenous peoples, and how the promulgation of indigenous laws can be understood from a political point of
2016/07/28
Joas Platteeuw

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Indigenous Taiwan:A Short Introduction
Abstract This article introduces the reader to indigenous Taiwan. In the first section two different tribes are followed; from their approximate arrival in Taiwan, to their contact with different
2016/07/28
Joas Platteeuw

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Why We Don’t Need the Taipei Dome
More movie theatres and department stores are what Taipei needs the least. What makes a great city isn’t the amount of amazing large-scale constructions it has, but rather whether or not its
2016/04/06
Translated by Quentin M, Zoe Ching Chi Lee Attorney at Law

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National heritage a chance for recognition
Minister of Culture Lung Ying-tai (龍應台) recently expressed hope that Taiwan and China can make joint World Heritage site status applications to UNESCO and that this could be placed on the cross-s
2013/12/23
Tsai Ya-ying 蔡雅瀅 / Translated by Paul Cooper

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An Update on the Miramar Story
(Photo by Joseph Lee) Emotions ran high after the announcement, on December 22nd, that the Environmental Impact Assessment was approved for the Miramar Resort on Shanyuan beach.  Since th
2013/01/29
Emily McKee

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