My latest Op-Ed for the Taiwan Policy Centre
Promises, Promises, Promises (Lai Ching-te 賴清德)
Since 2024, Democratic Progressive Party candidate, and later President of Taiwan (ROC) Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has …
2024
Jan 29: vowed to … deepen bilateral relationship with Palau
Apr 06: vowed to … ‘safeguard Taiwan’s sovereignty’
Sep 23: vowed to … strengthen disaster prevention system
Sep 26: vowed to … strengthen civil defense in Taiwan
oct 16: vowed to … work with democratic partners and organizations including Reporters Without Borders to safeguard press freedom and sustainable democracy in the world
Dec 09: vowed to … 'safeguard Taiwan’s democracy’
2025
Jan 06: vowed to … build Taiwan into an artificial intelligence hub
Jan 21: vowed to … expand law enforcement in Taiwan
Feb 04: vowed to … enhance Taiwan’s investment environment
Feb 05: vowed to … reduce the cancer mortality rate by one third by 2030
Feb 17: vowed to … reform national defense, bolster Taiwan-U.S. ties and develop the semiconductor industry
Feb 24: vowed to … enhance Taiwan’s investment environment
Feb 24: (VP Hsiao) vowed to … strengthen self-defense capability
Mar 03: vowed to … expedite the opening of political archives to further the implementation of transitional justice
Mar 21: vowed to … enhance Taiwan-US economic partnership
Mar 28: vowed to … advance Taiwan’s defense resilience
Apr 02: vowed to … maintain regional peace
Apr 08: vowed to … deepen democracy
May 26: vowed to … shape Taiwan into AI hub
Jul 03: (VP Hsiao) vowed to … strengthen two-way ties (with USA)
Aug 25: vowed to … continue improving the ROC (Taiwan) armed forces
Sept 11: vowed to … shape secure, sustainable Taiwan
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Q:Hey, just saw your post about taking the APEX flight course modules. I'm also a foreigner (from Malta, Europe) currently living in Taiwan (Hsinchu right now) and was thinking about following my dreams of becoming a pilot. I'm 27 and was hoping to carry out the PPL-CPL-IR route but found out theres a bit of confusion around Taiwan's ICAO status and licenses being not accepted out of Taiwan. Is it true that flying out of Taiwan is not possible if you get the CPL? Also don't they offer the ATPL?
Anonymous
Hi, my advice is don’t use APEX if you want to start a career in flight. I would advise you to join a course in your home country or in Europe.
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Letters from Taiwan is an online diary of what engages and interests me about Taiwan, as well as a record of my journeys and discoveries. It is an extended letter of admiration and gratitude to this beautiful country, that has so patiently given me a home.
Originally from the UK, I arrived in 2000 as a teacher and now work full time in the field of medical devices.
This blog does take an active, passionate, and often partisan interest in Taiwan's current affairs, with particular emphasis on its history, politics, and economy.
Taiwan is geographically and politically situated at an important juncture of global hegemonic struggle. The identity of the nations and the peoples living here, and the ongoing contest over the definition and meaning of those identities, is a field study in contemporary nationalism and nation building. It is because this contest is far from resolved that I find 'contingent' to currently be the most suitable descriptor.
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