Taiwan Tsai Gets Passing Grade for Apology to Taiwan’s Aborigines August 1, 2016 2 Written by J.Michael Cole. It was a move that many saw as unnecessary — and an unnecessarily risky. In a highly publicized event at the…
China Is China Really That Irritable? June 29, 2016 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. We, or at least international media, seem to have traveled back in time. The current president isn’t Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文)…
China Radio Silence in the Taiwan Strait? Think Again June 28, 2016 1 Written by J.Michael Cole. The Taiwan Affairs Office on Saturday confirmed that Beijing had suspended cross-strait communication mechanisms due to failure by the Tsai Ing-wen…
Taiwan Tsai’s Timidity Risks Squandering Mandate June 3, 2016 1 Written by Ben Goren. In Taiwan there are ominous signs that newly elected President Tsai Ing-wen, her Premier Lin Chuan, and his cabinet, may be…
Taiwan The KMT responds to loss: Trauma management and mimetic distortion June 2, 2016 4 Written by Stephane Corcuff. It could have been the first civic protest against Taiwan’s new government of Premier Lin Chuan and President Tsai Ying-wen. Or,…
Taiwan The Unifying Themes Behind ‘Black Island’ and ‘The Convenient Illusion of Peace’ February 4, 2016 0 Written by J. Michael Cole I distinctly remember the feeling that something had shifted, that a new, undefined force had installed itself in Taiwan. It…
Taiwan Why Did the Ruling KMT Suffer a Humiliating Defeat in Taiwan’s 2016 Presidential Elections? February 2, 2016 0 Written by T.Y. Wang. Taiwan concluded its 2016 combined presidential and legislative elections on January 16. In a three-way presidential race, Tsai Ing-wen of the…
Taiwan Contradictions facing President Tsai Ing-wen January 26, 2016 0 Written by Linda Gail Arrigo. Tsai Ing-wen’s election landslide with 56% of the popular vote, nearly double that of the KMT’s Eric Li-luan Chu at 31%,…
Taiwan Green Taiwan vis-à-vis China’s the Red Supply Chain January 22, 2016 0 Written by Chun-Yi Lee. On January 16 2016, Taiwan’s politics experienced its third turnover of ruling parties. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s presidential candidate, Tsai…
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)…
