Politics Time for President Ma to meet the students at the Legislative Yuan March 31, 2014 0 Written by Steve Tsang. One does not need to agree with the students who occupy the Legislative Yuan in Taipei to see that the first…
Politics 324: Police Brutality or Commensurate Response? March 27, 2014 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. Much mystery and disinformation continues to surround the events of the night of March 23 to 24 in and around…
Politics The Hidden Agenda of President Ma’s ‘Economics First, Politics Later’ Cross-Strait Policy March 27, 2014 3 Written by Ben Goren. During the last six years President Ma has signed over eighteen agreements with the PRC. During this period he has repeatedly…
Politics Student protests and Taiwan’s soft power March 25, 2014 0 Written by Gary Rawnsley. A state’s soft power capacity is determined by how it behaves, at home and abroad. It is derived from a style…
Politics Occupy Taiwan and the Red Shirts Movement March 24, 2014 0 Written by Dafydd Fell. One of the challenges of studying Taiwan politics is that we often have too much information and data to cope with.…
Politics Smear Tactics and Taiwan’s Compliant Media March 20, 2014 3 Written by J. Michael Cole. As the occupation of Taiwan’s legislature by thousands of protesters enters its third day, the architecture of power on the…
Politics Occupy the Legislature: Is it the only way? March 19, 2014 2 Written by Gary Rawnsley. You know something important is happening in Taiwan when the island is in the BBC news. Well ok, perhaps current events…
Culture and Society Party-State Reemerges Through Education in Taiwan February 23, 2014 0 Written by Ketty Chen. “Stop Colonial Assimilation Education! Give us back our curriculum!” on an early morning late last week, members of aboriginal rights groups…
Elections Boycotting Thailand’s Elections: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly February 10, 2014 0 Written by Thomas Pepinsky. Thailand’s political crisis shows no signs of abating in the wake of its recent elections. Careful analyses by longtime observers such…
Taiwan A Rude Awakening for Taiwan’s Presidential Office January 26, 2014 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. Chang Ter-cheng (張德正), a 41-year-old truck driver and former Air Force officer, had serious grievances against the government. As he…
