Rory Karsten

Mounting Support: Tsai Ing-wen Promises to Strengthen Democracy

Tsai Ing-wen began her second term as the President of Taiwan by delivering a speech in which she outlined her plans for the island nation. One aspect highlighted in the speech is the establishment of a constitutional amendment committee, something that has attracted the attention of the Chinese Communist Party. Tsai Ing-wen asserts Taiwan’s identity Tsai Ing-wen ...

Rory Karsten

Tsai Ing-wen.

Dozens in Central Chinese City Hospitalized for SARS-like Pneumonia

Twenty-seven cases of “lung inflammation caused by a virus of unknown origin” have been registered in the city of Wuhan, central China, according to local authorities. Online media outlets and comments were quick to draw parallels with the deadly SARS outbreak that killed hundreds in 2003 when it appeared in southern China. Seven of the ...

Rory Karsten

ER waiting area in a hospital in China.

Tiananmen Square Massacre: The Great Unknown for China’s Youth

June 4 is the 28th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre where untold numbers of pro-democracy activists were killed by soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army. Yet awareness of what occurred in 1989 is unknown to many of China’s youth, says Wei Jingsheng, a veteran activist best known for his involvement in China’s democracy movement. ...

Rory Karsten