Taiwan Why Democracy Is the Best Form of Government for Taiwan December 5, 2018 0 Written by Alex Tan It is election season again in Taiwan, and voters cast their votes for local and municipal elections on November 24th. These local…
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 The decline of KMT identification December 14, 2015 1 Written by Nathan Batto. The KMT’s horrible polling numbers are familiar to anyone who has been paying attention to Taiwanese politics over the past few…
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…
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…
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…
