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Analysis and argument from the InfoHandle newsroom—our take on the stories behind the headlines.
InfoHandle Editorial: When the Kuomintang itself alleges mainland interference in its chairperson race, lawmakers have no excuse to stall bipartisan updates to election security and foreign-influence disclosure rules.
Rival-party releases showing coordinated cross-strait messaging make it harder to postpone fixes to Taiwan’s election disclosure rules.
Headline NATO-style ratios are easy to promise from a National Day podium; Taipei still owes the public a dated supplementary budget and audited procurement trail.
Defense conveners Hsu Chiao-hsin and Wang Yi-chuan should publish supplementary drone-program hearing timetables now that Legislative Yuan panels must vet NT$55.9 billion in uncrewed systems spending without hiding behind classified annexes.
Micron’s Taoyuan union authorized a strike after rejecting bonus terms, a reminder that Taiwan’s AI memory boom will not stay competitive if workers see no durable share of fab profits.
Online enthusiasm for DPP Taipei mayoral hopeful Puma Shen can tighten the race, but without ward organization and turnout mechanics the Yang Wave will not rewrite November arithmetic on its own.
