Gangsters' involvement in Taiwan's politics may be much more complicated and deeper than many politicians would admit. Ask Premier Wu Den-yih about the issue, and he would definitely give you a nonchalant answer.

Our readers ought to be reminded that Fidel Castro, the aging Cuban dictator, was given tremendous help by Herbert Matthews of The New York Times in 1957 to finally topple President Fulgenecio Batista.

A political miracle is being wrought in Taitung, a county in southeast Taiwan.

Taiwan's Consumers' Foundation and a few other private non-profit organizations, including the Housewives' Association, are planning to propose a referendum on the importation of American beef and beef products that may by a one-in-a-billion chance cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease.

As more game-fixing scandals are coming to light, President Ma Ying-jeou and his Premier Wu Den-yih had to promise all-out government efforts to try to save Taiwan's ailing Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBA).

Could the taste of fish soon be something you can only describe to your children? That is the conclusion of the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature.)

More than two millennia ago, the story goes, King Hui of Liang asked Meng Ke for advice about ruling his people. Master Meng, being the philosopher now known in the West as Mencius, answered by way of analogy.

Once again, former President Lee Teng-hui has hit the campaign trail seeking votes for candidates of his Taiwan Solidarity Union.

It is often difficult to draw a clear line between public and private affairs. It is always arguable whether a government official's love affair should be considered a matter that could be put under public scrutiny.

In Taiwan, the expression one would apply when strongly protesting something outrageous is pronounced the same as “cow.”