Lawrence Chung

3 days ago | scmp.com | Lawrence Chung

The leaders of Taiwan’s two main opposition parties will hold an emergency summit on Tuesday to confront what they call a deepening political crackdown by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), amid an escalating battle over lawmaker recall campaigns and growing judicial scrutiny of opposition activists.

4 days ago | scmp.com | Lawrence Chung

A growing number of espionage cases are rattling Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), piercing deep into the island’s political and military core and exposing worrying vulnerabilities in its counter-intelligence systems.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Lawrence Chung

Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has expelled a former aide to Joseph Wu – now the island’s security chief – for allegedly spying for Beijing, adding to a series of espionage cases implicating key figures within the DPP government. The decision came on Sunday after Ho Jen-chieh – a long-time DPP member and former assistant to Wu during his tenure as the island’s foreign minister from 2018 to 2024 – was detained and held incommunicado over the weekend.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Lawrence Chung

Taiwan is bracing for a showdown as the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) throws its full support behind a sweeping recall campaign aimed at unseating opposition lawmakers, in a bid to regain control of the legislature. The campaign – pushing for a recall petition where voters could remove the officials before their terms end – has energised pro-DPP civic groups and mobilised supporters island-wide.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Lawrence Chung

Taiwan is offering a sweeping package of zero duties on American goods, non-retaliation pledges and increased US investments as it rushes to prepare the ground for talks with Washington aimed at easing the impact of steep new import tariffs. However, analysts said that US President Donald Trump’s hardline, transactional approach to world affairs meant how far Taiwan’s goodwill gestures would work remained to be seen.