Jens Kastner

Old Tai­wanese strug­gle to rent apart­ments be­cause land­lords wor­ry they will die at home and dri­ve down prop­er­ty val­ues.

Taipei has sided with Hong Kong’s pro-democ­ra­cy pro­test­ers as re­la­tions with Bei­jing con­tin­ue down­ward spi­ral.

Zhang Zhi­jun’s vis­it is first min­is­te­r­i­al-lev­el con­tact with Tai­wan, and fol­lows mass anti-Chi­na protests.

Tour guides on the is­land are en­cour­aged to shun pro­test­ers when show­ing around Chi­nese tourists.

Dis­pute be­tween two pow­ers re­sults in un­ex­pect­ed ben­e­fits for tiny Tai­wan’s fish­ing in­dus­try.

A boom­ing lux­u­ry home mar­ket marks the deep­en­ing di­vi­sions be­tween the is­land’s rich and poor.