Blog posts from the team at International Community Radio Taipei, Taiwan's only English radio station.
Posts tagged "Beijing"
Taiwan This Week: Failure to communicate

Taiwan This Week: Failure to communicate

Listen to the broadcast Friday July 1st during the 8 o’clock hour on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. The show begins about 20 minutes after the hour. Or, stream the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. ICRT News and guests discuss Beijing’s announcement that cross-strait communication has been suspended,...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: So, I know they SOUND angry ...

Taiwan This Week: So, I know they SOUND angry …

Listen to the broadcast Friday May 27th at 8:30pm on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. Or, listen to the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. Despite China’s strident criticism of President Tsai Ing-wen’s omission of the 92 Consensus in her inaugural address, many analysts predict that Beijing is unlikely to...Continue reading
Chiang Kai-shek Documents Sold For Nearly 3 Million USD

Chiang Kai-shek Documents Sold For Nearly 3 Million USD

More than 100 documents handwritten by late Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek have been sold for 2.87 million US dollars at a Beijing auction recently. The 140 documents were dated from January 1935 to February 1945 and it also covered the period of the second Sino-Japanese war, reported Chinese media. The content included Chiang’s comments on...Continue reading
Mainland Affairs Council Requests China address Hong Kong's Call for Suffrage

Mainland Affairs Council Requests China address Hong Kong’s Call for Suffrage

The Mainland Affairs Council says China and Hong Kong should face calls for universal suffrage by the Hong Kong people squarely. The statement follows a massive protest march in the territory yesterday during which people took to the streets to underscore their appeal for universal suffrage and defend their right to self-rule. In a prepared...Continue reading