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Taiwan Politics
Divergent Understandings of Taiwanese Democracy: Ma Ying-jeou vs. Tsai Ing-wen
Posted On July 19, 2019 Dafydd Fell 0

In recent speeches, both politicians claimed that Taiwan’s democracy is in danger. But the way they conceptualize this danger is …

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China Cross-Strait
Rule of Law and Rule by Law: Contrasting Paths of Legal Development in Taiwan and China
Posted On October 29, 2018 Mariah Thornton 0

While Taiwan endeavors to bring its legal system more in line with global liberal democratic standards, under Xi Jinping the …

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Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
228: Trauma, Memory and the Birth of a Nation
Posted On February 28, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

The 228 Massacre is sacred ground — a graveyard out of whose soil a nation emerged. And for many, it …

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Taiwan Politics
The Politics of Railway Relocation in Taiwan: Democracy versus the Environment
Posted On February 12, 2018 Dafydd Fell 0

Although democracy has offered many environmental benefits, it has at times promoted environmentally damaging policies that are now very difficult …

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Cross-Strait
Conflict in the Taiwan Strait: What it Is, and What it Isn’t
Posted On January 31, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

International media need to find a better term than ‘rivals’ to describe a situation in which a small democracy is …

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Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
Cycles of Optimism and Pessimism in Taiwan
Posted On January 22, 2018 Dafydd Fell 0

Taiwan has gone through many ups and downs over the past decades. It always helps to keep the latest cycle …

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Society & Culture
Making Transitional Justice Work
Posted On December 8, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

Institutionalization will be key to ensure the long-term survival of the many agencies that have a role to play in …

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Taiwan Politics
When Did Martial Law Start and End?
Posted On July 20, 2017 Dafydd Fell 0

The lifting of martial law in 1987 was an important turning point in Taiwan’s history. But it was not such …

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Editor Picks Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
Thirty Years After the Lifting of Martial Law in Taiwan, Political Divisions Remain
Posted On July 16, 2017 Dafydd Fell 0

The roots of the longstanding divisions that continue to haunt Taiwan’s political scene lie in contrasting understandings of the martial …

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Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
Revisionism in the KMT Global Narrative: A Comparison of Ma Ying-jeou’s Rhetoric at Home and Abroad
Posted On March 4, 2017 Gloria Hu 0

Although the KMT has rewritten its rhetoric to appear “rehabilitated” as a functioning party within a democratic system, thinly veiled …

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Book Reviews
Memoirs of a Foreign Big Beard
Posted On January 3, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

In his latest book, professor Bruce Jacobs walks us through the key trials surrounding the Kaohsiung Incident and gets down …