Over 100 residents in Nantou County’s Mingjian Township on Monday protest a proposed incinerator in the heart of Taiwan’s tea-growing region. Not surprisingly, they settled on state-owned land, since they will only have to clear that with the central government. Hsu noted in a meeting last month that Nantou is the only county in Taiwan without a waste incinerator. Photo: Chen Feng-li, Liberty TimesIncinerator opponents in Mingjian have formed the Mingjian Township Anti-Incinerator Association (名間鄉反焚化爐自救會) to fight the project. Photo: Chang Hsieh-sheng, Taipei TimesBUREAUCRATIC APPROACHThe Nantou County Magistrate’s deployment of the terms “rational” and “scientific” is a classic bureaucratic approach.

Source: Taipei Times March 18, 2026 17:31 UTC