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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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Cross-Strait Hong Kong
Pro-Police Rally in Hong Kong: We’ve See This Before in Taiwan
Posted On July 2, 2019 J Michael Cole 0

United Front Work groups in Taiwan and Hong Kong use the same playbook and rely on a very similar modus …

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China Cross-Strait Hong Kong
Threatened Ban on Hong Kong National Party Signals Beijing’s Weakness
Posted On July 18, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

One hell of a contrast: As Beijing renders illegal small political parties in the Hong Kong experiment with autonomy, Taiwan …

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China Cross-Strait
Xi-Lien Meeting: Same Old Platitudes, With Two Possible Gems
Posted On July 17, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Given how little the two men gave us to run with, all we’re left with is what wasn’t said, or …

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Taiwan Politics
Can the KMT Reinvent Itself? Lessons From the Past
Posted On May 9, 2018 Dafydd Fell 0

The current leadership does not seem to have learned from its electoral defeats and therefore the Kuomintang remains locked in …

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Cross-Strait Editor Picks
China Acting on ‘Lebanonization’ Threat Against Taiwan
Posted On May 8, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Beijing has given up on winning the hearts and minds of the Taiwanese. Instead, using violence-prone proxies and a fake …

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Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
Prospects for Taiwan’s 2018 Local Elections
Posted On April 30, 2018 Dafydd Fell 0

The upcoming local elections will give us a chance to gauge public satisfaction with Tsai Ing-wen’s DPP government and to …

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Unprecedented Violence, Possible China Link As Anti-Pension Reform Protesters Storm Taiwan’s Legislature
Posted On April 27, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Physical assaults on members of the press and law-enforcement officials, and the presence of a protest leader at an event …

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China’s 31 Preferential Policies for Taiwan: An Opportunity, Not a Threat
Posted On March 23, 2018 Gunter Schubert 0

China’s strategy is a blessing in disguise, pushing the government and all political forces to do better in order to …

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China Cross-Strait
Top Chinese Military Strategist Bemoans KMT’s Lack of Commitment to Unification
Posted On February 21, 2018 J Michael Cole 0

Members of the Kuomintang who visit China are ‘lying and eating and drinking’, a Chinese military strategist argues.   Speaking in a …

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Society & Culture Taiwan Politics
Sex, Primaries and Electoral Systems in Taiwan
Posted On February 5, 2018 Dafydd Fell 0

The campaigns for the November 2018 local elections remain focused on personalities rather than issues and continue to favor the …

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Cross-Strait
New Party Officials Held for Questioning as China-Linked Spy Probe Widens
Posted On December 19, 2017 J Michael Cole 0

Four individuals from the pro-unification New Party were taken in for questioning in a case that seems to be linked …