Politics Ma’s reform: Laudable goals, mounting obstacles October 10, 2013 2 Written by Yu-Shan Wu The president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Ma Ying-jeou was a highly welcome new leader for the country both domestically…
Politics Taps October 9, 2013 0 Written by Paul R. Katz. It has been a rough few weeks for Taiwan’s young democracy (see the reports in The Economist and Washington Post).…
Politics Double Ten Special Issue October 8, 2013 0 His re-election may have been relatively uneventful, but Ma Ying-jeou’s second term has been anything but, with numerous grassroots popular protests, plunging approval ratings and…
Security Taiwan’s retired generals: A gold mine for China? October 3, 2013 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. “From now on, we should no longer separate the Republic of China [ROC] Army and the People’s Liberation Army [PLA] —…
Politics The Summer of Our Discontent October 2, 2013 0 Written by Ming-sho Ho. This past summer saw a record-high temperature of 39.3 degree Celsius in Taipei city. Befittingly Taiwan’s social protests were fueled by…
Taiwan Crisis in the KMT September 21, 2013 0 Written by Michael Turton. Two weeks ago President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan decided to drop a giant rock into the torpid waters of the island's…
Taiwan On Recent Mass Protest in Taiwan August 13, 2013 4 By Julie Yu-Wen Chen and Helen Russell. On Saturday 3rd August hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese, including many young people, took to the streets of…
International Relations Should China have a ‘Taiwan Independence’ plan? July 19, 2013 8 Written by Michal Thim. The future of Taiwan, its political status and relations with its powerful neighbour, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is undoubtedly…
Taiwan A Separate Taiwan and China’s External Policy July 15, 2013 0 Written by Don Keyser. Since 1949, China and Taiwan have waged the international dimension of their contest on four principal battlegrounds: [1] “hard power” realities,…
Taiwan The Chen Shui-bian Drama Gets Weirder June 3, 2013 1 Written by J Michael Cole. Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice confirmed on Monday that former president Chen Shui-bian, who is serving a 20-year jail sentence for…
