Articles by Chieh-Yi Cheng

Is the US still a friend of the EU?

The already tenuous relationship between Europe and the US is being further strained by the war in Ukraine. Europe-based journalist Chieh-Yi Cheng looks at how Europe-US ties are likely to develop from here.

Chieh-Yi Cheng

28 Feb 2025

Trump’s best collaborator in the EU

The EU has not been very enthusiastic about US President Donald Trump’s recent moves, except for one country. Journalist Chieh-Yi Cheng looks at how Italy is trying to get on Trump’s good side.

Chieh-Yi Cheng

06 Feb 2025

Tackling food fraud upstream and downstream

Journalist Chieh-Yi Cheng notes that the traditional ways of food preparation have given way to high-tech production, leading to the improvement of food quality, as well as counterfeiting methods. It now becomes a cat-and-mouse game, with the need to boost efforts in surveillance, tracing funding sources, and tracking the quantity and movement of raw materials and ingredients, in order to nip the problem in the bud.

Chieh-Yi Cheng

27 Mar 2024

Mismatch between women's wants and social support cause of Italy's demographic woe

Italy is facing a major population challenge in late marriages and low birth rates, as young people struggle to start their own families given low incomes and larger global issues such as war and climate change. Can the conservative party Brothers of Italy convince young people to have more children?

Chieh-Yi Cheng

30 Jan 2024