China China’s water stress is on the rise May 25, 2018 0 Written by Jiao Wang, Lijin Zhong and Charles Iceland. Water stress levels in many parts of China are very high, due to low levels of…
China Is China stuck in the ‘success trap’? May 25, 2018 0 Written by Manoranjan Mohanty. It is irrefutable that China has achieved great success in economic growth. It has been the world’s second-largest economy since 2010,…
Cross-Strait Relations Two years into Tsai’s China policy: Is it time for change? May 25, 2018 1 Written by Yu-Hua Chen. At her inauguration speech on May 20th 2016, President Tsai Ing-wen pledged to maintain the stability of Taiwan's relations with China,…
China China’s military is poised to become a world class force May 24, 2018 0 Written by Srikanth Kondapalli. The 19th Party Congress guidelines, published in October 2017, envisioned the establishment of joint theatre commands by the 2020 and the People's…
International Relations Re-envisioning Taiwan’s public diplomacy May 24, 2018 1 Written by William C. Vocke. A large part of the Republic of China’s (ROC’s) foreign policy has focused on the issue of sovereignty and the…
China Why an invasion of Taiwan by China won’t be easy May 23, 2018 1 Written by Gary Sands. A recent poll revealed nearly two-thirds of Taiwanese believe their military is not capable of preventing an invasion by China's armed forces. Only…
China China’s energy security: the transition towards a green energy system May 22, 2018 0 Written by Jørgen Delman. China’s energy security strategy prioritizes maximum self-sufficiency. But the country’s primary energy self-sufficiency rate has been going down since the early…
China The China-U.S. conflict is about much more than trade May 21, 2018 0 Written by Charles Burton. The recent unprecedented, high-level U.S. delegation to Beijing has left China highly dissatisfied. The group included U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and America’s…
China Taiwan’s maritime concerns: The Arctic and the South China Sea May 16, 2018 1 Written by Dana S. Trif. The Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) issued in July, 2016 its…
Politics Can the KMT reinvent itself? Lessons from the past May 10, 2018 0 Written by Dafydd Fell. In a recent article I was sceptical of the Kuomintang’s (KMT) chances of taking back power at the local level in 2018 and…
