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Jan 8, 2025 | 
taipeitimes.com | Courtney Smith
By Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) / Staff Columnist These are volatile times for the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), with the party’s founder, Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), in and out and back in jail repeatedly, Ko resigning as party chair and naming TPP caucus convener Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) to replace him and an upcoming party leadership vote. How representative of the party’s supporters has the party’s leadership been recently?
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
exbulletin.com | Courtney Smith
The decision to invade Taiwan will come when the Chinese president believes that it will do more to maintain and expand his and the CCP's power than it will cost. There is widespread speculation among foreign, and particularly American, observers about when Beijing will launch an invasion made existential by Monday's military exercises around Taiwan.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
taipeitimes.com | Courtney Smith
By Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) / Staff Columnist
In the aftermath of the 2020 general elections the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) was demoralized. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) had crushed them in a second landslide in a row, with their presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) winning more votes than any in Taiwan’s history. The KMT did pick up three legislative seats, but the DPP retained an outright majority.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
indyweek.com | Courtney Smith
At a recent food giveaway hosted by Communities in Partnership in East Durham, I worked with a small group of volunteers to distribute boxes of fresh produce, meat, and pantry goods. Residents lined up 45 minutes before the giveaway started, and we ran out of food within 20 minutes.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
indyweek.com | Courtney Smith
A hunger-free Bull City could exist, but the city government needs to join the fight.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
taipeitimes.com | Courtney Smith
By Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) / Staff Columnist Allegations of corruption against three heavyweight politicians from the three major parties are big in the news now.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
sifter.com.au | Kyle Pauletto |Fiona Bartholomaeus |Courtney Smith |Adam Christou
This stylish game looks incredible, can you believe it's the debut game for Ewoud van der Werf? Ewoud van der Werf had an idea. Could you combine Dutch folklore, shadowy stealth and his hometown to make a game that captures the cheeky joy of childlike fun? That's SCHIM, where you jump as a shadow frog interacting with this town as you move from shadow to shadow. Nils Slijkerman from Extra Nice noticed Ewoud's skill as part of an internship and a partnership was made.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
taipeitimes.com | Courtney Smith
By Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) / Staff Columnist A lot has changed in the week since this series of columns began looking at the intense jostling and jockeying for position by politicians to put themselves in prime position to run for office in 2026. In the first column, we looked at the northern cities of Taipei, New Taipei and Taoyuan.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
taipeitimes.com | Courtney Smith
By Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) / Staff Columnist The local press is already running lots of content on the jostling and jockeying for power within the parties to be in position to emerge as the chosen candidates in the 2026 elections. In part one of this series we examined some of the strategies being pursued and considerations the parties faced, and examined the races in northern Taiwan.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
taipeitimes.com | Courtney Smith
By Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) / Staff Columnist In spite of the next local elections being over two years away, there is already considerable intrigue and jockeying for position by politicians and their supporters. The local press runs quite a bit of content, mostly speculative, on who will run in what races and what the outcomes might be. This is an overview for English language readers to get a taste of the state of play.
