Unorthodox travel

We talk a mid-term address, continuing fallout from US President Donald Trump's China trip, an award winning Taiwanese literary work and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the Trump-Xi meeting and Taiwan, fallout from passage of a watered down special defense budget bill and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk President Lai Ching-te traveling to Eswatini on a rather special airplane, Taiwan likely to be a topic of conversation between US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping next week, a rat problem and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk President Lai Ching-te's nixed state visit to Eswatini, the central government's general budget plan moving forward after more than six months in limbo and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun returning from her China trip, President Lai Ching-te being slated to visit Eswatini later this month and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun's visit to China, the DPP's shortlist for its Taipei mayoral candidates, fears of a plastic bag shortage and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk Taiwan People's Party founder and former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je being sentenced to 17 years in prison, heated debate about the possible restarting of nuclear power plants, Employment Gold Cards and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the KMT and the Taiwan People's Party approving a pact for November's ballots, the continuing dispute over the status of a lawmaker-at-large, the latest on a designation spat with South Korea and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the premier making a brief trip to Japan on his day off that raised some ire feelings, a sharp decline in Chinese military flights near Taiwan, revisions to the Meteorological Act and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the government's reaction to the US-Israel war on Iran, dueling defense budgets; scores of people being indicted in the Prince Holding Group case and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn