Taiwan’s Pork-barrel Politics and an Unwanted Road
Taiwanese environmentalists are nearing the crunch in their
fight to stop a government plan to build an 85-kilometre expressway through
some of the island’s last pristine territory. It will cost a whopping NT$93
billion (US$2.81 billion), take seven and a half years to build and is fiercely
opposed by many of the people it is supposed to benefit.
But this is…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Asia Sentinel to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.