Taiwan What to expect from a Tsai presidency? December 8, 2015 0 Written by Ben Goren. With Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leading her main rival, Eric Chu of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT),…
Taiwan Implications of Ma-Xi for Tsai Ing-wen November 13, 2015 0 Written by Gary D. Rawnsley. The first rule of election communication is decide a strong, positive narrative and, with the help of a clear timeline,…
China Taiwan’s Last Chinese October 16, 2015 1 Written by Gunter Schubert. In one of former Taiwanese politician Chao Shao-kang’s latest talk show programmes viewers could follow how NTU political science professor Chang…
China The return of the Taiwan issue to U.S.-China relations September 23, 2015 0 Written by Richard C. Bush III. President Xi Jinping is likely to make Taiwan a major issue at his summit with President Obama. The island is…
China China Intensifies Media Campaign against Taiwan’s DPP in the US August 22, 2015 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. Amid signs of a consolidating identity among Taiwan’s youth and the increasingly likely prospect of a victory by the Democratic…
China Taiwan and the Diaoyutai Spat: Is All that Noise Really Necessary? July 29, 2015 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. If a few years ago you had asked people outside the region whether they had ever heard about the Diaoyutai islets,…
Taiwan KMT’s Presidential Nomination: Significance and Historical Comparisons July 23, 2015 0 Written by Dafydd Fell. On July 19 the Kuomintang (KMT) officially nominated the senior legislator Hung Hsiu-chu as its 2016 presidential candidate. A year ago, even…
Taiwan Taiwan’s presidential election could start a pivot to Beijing July 3, 2015 1 Written by Niv Horesh. Taiwan is limbering up for its 2016 presidential election. Its two main parties have picked their candidates – and gotten very…