China The other xinshidai: Taiwan and alternative spiritualities in China July 6, 2018 0 Written by Paul Farrelly. Wandering around Beijing in November 2017 I noticed a number of large banners proclaiming ‘Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered the…
Economy Taiwan and Free Trade Agreements – Missing the Wood for the Trees? September 13, 2016 0 Written by Michael Reilly. Apart from city-state entrepôts such as Hong Kong and Singapore, Taiwan is probably the most trade-dependent nation in the world. The…
International Relations Compelling Compliance? How Taiwanese Identity Disrupts Cross-Strait Deterrence March 2, 2016 1 Written by Raymond Kuo. Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won a historic victory in the island’s January elections. But this victory has prompted concerns of…
Taiwan Why Beijing Needs to Work with Tsai Ing-wen January 21, 2016 0 Written by Yu-Hua Chen. The result of 2016 Taiwan presidential election has come out and, not surprisingly, the candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)…
Taiwan Undoing An Undemocratic Anachronism: It’s Time To Elect Taiwan’s Premier January 20, 2016 2 Written by Ben Goren. January 16th 2016 turned out to be a very good day for Asia’s most robust, and well-functioning, democracy. Taiwan went peacefully…
Taiwan How will Beijing respond to a Tsai presidency? January 15, 2016 0 Written by Pascal Abb. On January 16, Taiwanese voters are widely expected to effect the third change in government since the R.O.C.’s full democratization, with…
China Mind Your Language: Why Taiwan Isn’t the Provocateur in the Taiwan Strait January 5, 2016 3 Written by J. Michael Cole British author George Orwell, one of the greatest polemicists ever to have put ink to paper, once wrote that “Orthodoxy,…
Taiwan Is it ok to say Taiwan? January 5, 2016 0 Written by Saša Istenič. Last month the Ljubljana City Library organized a Week of Chinese Culture, consisting of a rich programme of events prepared in…
Taiwan Will 2016 Elections Be The End of Taiwan’s Year of Protest? December 15, 2015 0 Written by Brian Hioe. The Rise of an “Activist Subculture” Among Taiwan’s Youth If many have pointed towards the historic nature of 2016 elections in…
Taiwan Love or Bread: Public Opinion on the Cross-Strait Dilemma during the Ma Ying-jeou Era December 10, 2015 0 Written by Chih-Jou Jay Chen. The core dilemma that the Taiwanese are confronted with in regard to cross-strait relations is the choice between national sovereignty…