Notes from Central Taiwan: Dereliction of duty: 2025 in reviewTackling chronic gangsterism, boosting the birthrate, raising taxes on the wealthy — a look at the policies that should have been implemented, but weren’tBy Michael Turton / Contributing ReporterIt’s a good thing that 2025 is over. Photo: Lo Pei-derDEMOGRAPHIC SUICIDEInstead, Taiwan is now committed to demographic suicide in order to preserve its current political economy. Taiwan still has no real policy to promote foreign adventure tourism to take advantage of its magnificent mountains and seascapes. No trade-off of Europe for more investment and visibility in Asia and especially in defense of Taiwan. Notes from Central Taiwan is a column written by long-term resident Michael Turton, who provides incisive commentary informed by three decades of living in and writing about his adoptive country.
