Taiwan's demographic crunch is going to start to really bite this year, and only accelerate from there. Also touch on foreign employees and tech, and how they fit into this picture. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Michael Turton at his jaw-droppingly awesome best: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

I've been busy and scaled back my social media posting dramatically in the last 6 weeks, including nothing on my personal pages. It was relaxing, but probably not a good idea. Here is a long thread of my recent columns: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

The CCP isn't a political party; it is a voracious Leviathan. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

I keep expecting some sort of realignment, but like a rubber band an equilibrium keeps restoring itself, which it may again soon if the DPP's polling follows on its current trend. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

This has been going on in one form or another for a very, very long time, as Michael Turton explores: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

If someone told me I would be quoted in TIME and that the president likely read it, I would assume that would be good...but no, my quote was used to make the exact opposite point as I had intended: time.com/7304818/us-c...

Some interesting details when one looks deeper into the race: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

I swear we do not coordinate our columns! Lol, once again Michael Turton and I wrote pieces that are nicely complementary: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

It just keeps getting worse: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

A "current state of play" piece. Correction: they are not necessarily "dying their hair pink" but they are coloring their hair one way or another for social media posts. Still funny, though. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Sigh... www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

This is very important, and must be watched carefully: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

If Cheng wins but Hau does well, it's possible he will challenge the result: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Jaw's presser on Sat turned Hau's post from a vague conspiracy to a major discussion topic, which I've already submitted a column on. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Never a dull moment. Mirror Media is alleging nefarious behaviour by Huang. Of course, Huang is not guilty of anything in any court of law and we don't live under trial by Mirror Media, but if is true my analysis is...why hasn't this happened before? www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Cheng leads in the polls, Hau leads in big endorsements, Lo is nipping at Hau's heels, Chang is leading a blunt campaign to shape the debate and call out BS, Cho has some...ahem...interesting ideas and Tsai seems like a nice grandpa. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Headline sums it up: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Post-disaster too many people point fingers and blame over shallow, short-term issues that do not get to the core of the problem. People in govt would do well to follow Michael Turton's work, that puts it all in context: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

About time! By Michael Turton: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

In local Chinese language news, coverage is nuanced and it is possible to follow individual character quirks and character arcs that get washed out in English. Two recent interesting human stories I used as examples: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

The election results from last 4 elections (except pres), they were amazingly stable. Despite KMT slightly losing vote share in 2024 in LY, their seat count skyrocketed. Chu maximized turnout where it mattered for KMT, Lai dropped the ball as DPP chair. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

All parties have issues now. In DPP, knives are out for Ker, but not only does this risk ultimately distracting from what the DPP really needs to reflect on following recall debacle, Ker might beat them anyway, making them look toothless ahead of '26. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Update: Jaw and Hau are holding a poll over the next two days to decide which of them will run, which could mean Jaw is in and Hau out. Regardless of who wins, the party will likely move deeper blue. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

I ask an important question near the end: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZFO...

Another great piece by Michael Turton drawing an interesting distinction: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Not a cheerful topic, but necessary. By Michael Turton: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Really not entirely sure what Chu will do, but subsequent reporting suggests he may be out of the race. Apparently he discussed it with his family. FYI, KMT chair election is Oct 18. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Premier Cho is including permanent residents in the N$10,000 cash handouts in the draft proposal special budget they are sending to the legislature: www.taisounds.com/news/content...

Includes comments by myself on her trip: www.facebook.com/reel/1381038...

There was far too much I couldn't fit in this one due to limited word count. That's the only downside to print media, I can't blather on endlessly: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Awesome news! Michael Turton is now in the Taipei Times twice a week! Look for him on Mondays and Thursdays!!!!! www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Comments by myself on the new cabinet included: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Vf...

Heavy on the politics of cabinet shuffles, but no definite answers on whether Lai's shuffle is going to be successful or not: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Been too busy for social media, so this came out over a week ago. Final part of the series on the TPP, and throw in some counter-theories to what I wrote in parts 1-3. Just got news Ko was granted bail, curious what impact that will have. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Differences between Ko and Huang's visions. Up soon, part 4! www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Two for today. The last one was about the Ko era, here is the new look Huang era. Next is an analysis on how the two visions differ: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Powerful analysis that drills down to the core of the problem and slices through the BS like a chainsaw: "the problems are created, shaped and controlled by the flows of government intervention and non-intervention. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Next up is my analysis on Huang-era TPP, but to refresh mine and everyone else's memory, wrote this on the Ko era: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Been busy, flaked on posting this, but it's definitely a great piece on a key element of Taiwan's politics that analysts often forget, but of course @michaelturton is on it! Anyone writing in English saying they didn't learn from him is probably lying. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

FYI, Jenna's Lao Ren Cha blog has moved to Substack laorencha.substack.com

Not just Kaohsiung, @michaelturton.bsky.social did a survey of local air raid shelters and found that in many cases the people residing in the buildings weren't even aware of this, and the space allocated for the shelters were used for storage, and totally unusable. Such a mess...

My last column examined what a mess the recalls were for the DPP, this one examines why it was also a mess for the KMT: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

The last month was a self-inflicted disaster for the DPP, and this column goes into some of the reasons why (there's more, but word count limits). The KMT can't celebrate, though, the recalls were in many ways as bad or worse for them, and that's my next column: www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

This was fun to do with @michaelturton.bsky.social! Lol, no -- we were not in Taipei.